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The influence of early English language learning on the development of selected language competencies of elementary school students
Michalová, Šárka ; Špačková, Klára (advisor) ; Kacafírková, Petra (referee)
The question of the asset of early foreign language learning is a frequently discussed topic. Following prevailing opinion in society, that ‚the sooner, the better ', the beginning of compulsory foreign language learning is continually shifting in lower grades at primary school. A lot of children have already started with foreign language learning in kindergarten. Researches, which support the benefits of the approach, focus on a very narrow aspect of foreign language acquisition (pronunciation) or survey these facts with a specific group of inhabitants (immigrants). As experts point out, there is no significant benefit of early instructions ascertained in the Czech Republic. However, the research focused only on adults. We do not have any further evidence of the advantages of starting to learn a foreign language early. Therefore, the author focused on comparing the level of foreign language competences of two groups of pupils after their two-year compulsory instructions of English at primary school. The aim was to compare the level of their language competence in English and the learners' potential difficulties by the learners with early learning experience and by the learners without previous experience of foreign language learning before the beginning of compulsory learning at primary school....
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Authority of Social and Legal Protection of Children and its Work with Socially Disadvantaged Families with Children in Jindřichův Hradec
MICHALOVÁ, Šárka
The Bachelor Thesis named Authority of socio - legal protection of children and its work with socially disadvantaged families with children in Jindrichuv Hradec is divided into four parts in its theoretical part. The first chapter deals with the definition of socio-legal protection of children, the legislation and documents regulating this area. In the second chapter I deal with the definitions of family, family function, impaired family environment by functionality and social exclusion. The social work with a family itself is described in the third chapter of the theoretical part. In the last, fourth chapter I devote to the authority of social - legal protection of children. I have used the qualitative type of the questioning method for data collection. For the technique of data collection I decided to lead structured interviews with workers at the Municipal Office in Jindrichuv Hradec, Department of Social Affairs. The aim of the research part of the thesis was to find out what services and activities for children from socially disadvantaged families at risk of social exclusion are carried out by the Authority of socio - legal protection of children in Jindrichuv Hradec. Moreover I have tried to suggest some additional activities in this area and possible cooperation with other subjects which have been working in this field. Based on interviews with municipality officials in Jindrichuv Hradec, Department of Social Affairs, I found out that the Town of Jindrichuv Hradec offers three types of activities for children from socially disadvantaged families. These are social education activities, called. "Krouzek", a recreational and educational camp and an educational weekend stay. These activities are financed mostly from the municipal budget of the Town of Jindrichuv Hradec. From this research I also found out that there are not any no-governmental no-profit organization dealing with free time activities for children from socially disadvantages families aged 4 - 16 there. Furthermore, In Jindrichuv Hradec the low threshold clubs for children and youth are missing; the only one in this region is in Stare Město pod Landštejnem. This Bachelor Thesis can serve as a complete overview of the activities offered to children from socially disadvantaged families for parents and guardians in Jindrichuv Hradec. Its results may be also used by the Authority of socio - legal protection of children in Jindrichuv Hradec.
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