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Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence through Reading Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider
Míková, Barbora ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
This thesis concerns the development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) through reading a work of postcolonial literature (The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, 2005) in an English class. The theoretical part explains notions such as intercultural communicative competence and culture. It also describes the benefits of reading in ELT. The practical part presents a project consisting of altogether twelve lessons dedicated to reading The Whale Rider. The aim of the project is to support the pupils' development of ICC, make them aware of other English-speaking cultures than just the traditionally presented ones and, last but not least, to develop their language skills. The outcome of the project is, besides the expected raised level of ICC, which is, however, hard to measure, a poster about Maori culture realized by the pupils. KEY WORDS intercultural communicative competence, postcolonial literature, reading, English language teaching, The Whale Rider
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Variety of e-learning programmes in English language teaching
Ševčíková, Božena ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Ficza, Tomáš (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with e-learning in the sense of using online tools, programmes and websites in the English language teaching. In the current modern society we use internet and electronic devices on daily bases and it is only natural that such trend is infiltrating also the field of education. The aim of this thesis is to provide the teachers, who would like to use e- learning in their lessons, with theoretical background and inspiration. The thesis is divided into two parts - a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part is divided into several chapters, each of them focuses on some theoretical aspect of e-learning. The term can be seen from more points of view, this thesis understands e-learning as any programme, tool, platform or website that needs to be used online - using an internet connection. The next chapters of the theoretical part deal with the advantages and limits that are connected with using e-learning, itsʼ history or place in the Framework Educational Programme. To put together the practical part, which is supposed to be something like a catalogue of the particular e-learning programmes, I decided to use a questionnaire as the main source of the programmes. Apart from the questionnaire my sources were literature on given topic or my own internet search....
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The role of English in the globalized world and its reflection in current teacher training manuals
Hovorka, Marek ; Quinn Novotná, Veronika (advisor) ; Gráf, Tomáš (referee)
The present thesis is concerned with the reflection of Global Englishes (GEs) and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in current teacher training manuals. The theoretical part introduces research into GEs and ELF with an emphasis on the pedagogical implications of the global role of English. The practical part consists in an analysis of four teachers training manuals of British provenance published between 2011 and 2014. Using a qualitative content analysis (see Schreier 2012), the author identifies in the selected publications textual material reflecting research into GEs and ELF. The identified textual material deals primarily with the teaching of language (e.g. pronunciation teaching) and culture (e.g. cultural relevance of materials), but attention is also paid to the current role of English in the world. On the basis of this material, the author then evaluates how the selected publications reflect research into GEs and ELF. The conclusion provides a summary of results, and suggestions for further research. Keywords: Global Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, teacher training manuals, ELT, qualitative content analysis
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Teaching Differences between British and American English in Lower-secondary EFL Classes
Stelzerová, Pavlína ; Müller Dočkalová, Barbora (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
Presented thesis deals with teaching differences between British and American English. Its aim is to suggest a suitable way of teaching selected vocabulary differences between these two English varieties in EFL classes. The theoretical part of the presented thesis summarizes the knowledge background gained by studying relevant researches and professional publications. On that study the author's original teaching materials are based. The practical part consists of a brief research; original materials were used in five EFL classes, and consequently their efficiency and utility was examined. The main goal of this thesis is to propose this topic as a kind of useful enrichment of English lessons and to examine the way it could be included in a lesson plan without affecting it or burdening teachers with an extra preparation. Key words: American English, British English, differences, teaching EFL classes
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Use of Media in the EFL Classrooms at Secondary Schools in the 21st Century
Slavíková, Lucie ; Vít, Radek (advisor) ; Synková, Klára (referee)
Title: The Use of Media in the EFL Classrooms at Secondary Schools in the 21st Century Author: Bc. Lucie Slavíková Department: Department of English Language and Literature Supervisor: PhDr. Radek Vít, Ph.D. Abstract The aim of this diploma thesis is to explore and compare various types of the old and the new media, which are commonly used in the EFL classrooms at the Czech secondary schools in the 21st century. The key question is to what extent are the new media implemented into the English lessons at the Czech grammar and secondary technical and vocational schools. The findings of the online questionnaire survey, which was conducted on the random sample of the Czech secondary school teachers of English and on the sample of the 15 or 16 years old first grade secondary school students of English proved that both the old and the new media are commonly used in the English lessons. However, despite the fact that the lives of the 21st century students are largely influenced by the new media, the English teachers use the old media more often. It is recommended that more initiatives and programmes should be directed at the promotion of the implementation of the new media into the English lessons and also at the training of the teachers in using them effectively. Key words English language teaching, media...
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Teaching English Effectively with an Interactive Whiteboard
Dudáková, Luisa ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Vít, Radek (referee)
The diploma thesis Teaching English Effectively with an Interactive Whiteboard deals with the phenomenon of interactive whiteboards; their characteristics, installation in schools, possible ways of use and contributions to English lessons. The main aims are to examine the tool from various perspectives, to research the situation of IWBs in the Czech Republic and to provide technical as well as methodological support for teachers of English as a foreign language. The theoretical part summarises facts about interactive whiteboards on the basis of worldwide research and publications, whereas the main body is more teacher-oriented and focuses on the practical aspects of using IWBs at schools. Therefore, it includes a survey, guidelines with many ideas, sample activities created in the software ActiveInspire and accompanied by a detailed commentary, and finally, training for teachers which was organised in Prague. Digital appendices form an inseparable part of the thesis. Key words: interactive whiteboard (IWB), English teaching, methodology, technology, ActivInspire, guidelines
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Comparison of ELT methods used in a bilingual preschool and a language preschool
Wirnitzerová, Jitka ; Žďárek, Karel (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
This bachelor thesis is aimed at comparing ELT methods based on analysis of observed lessons in a bilingual and language preschool, which focus on teaching English. The theoretical part describes eight teaching methods generally used in the teaching process and characterizes their main principles. The explanation of terms method, approach, technique and principle is included in this part as well. The practical part contains description of individual observed lessons and analyses the application of ELT methods put in practice. The outcomes of the study are based on frequency of accurence of the teaching methods. Further, the results of observations in both preschools are subjected to mutual comparison.
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Services marketing
Pfefferová, Tereza ; Vokáčová, Lucie (advisor) ; Pánek, Pavel (referee)
The aim of Marketing services thesis is to create an optimal marketing management for english teacher´s start-up business. Theoretical part is focused on marketing mix and its enlargement in area of services, also known as 7P mix. Then, thesis describes environments of business, internal as well as external, and its influencing the business subject. There are mentioned some of the main specifics of B2B market at the end of theoretical part. To create thesis there were used methods like literature review, description, comparison, deduction, interviews, analysis of secondary datas and primary datas and surveys. In practical part of thesis there is enviroments of business analysis. Marketing management was designed based on findings from analysis and theoretical part in order to reach maximum of customers among enterprises. Among concrete proposal of management there are offering options of Skype lesson instead of classic hours. Autor should also buy a car to be more flexible, constantly learn new pedagogical and lingual knowledge, reach C1 english certificate, set price level between 450 and 550 crown per lesson, reach new potencial customers during personal meetings according to B2B market rules, let the customers have a free first hour and have some good references from the other students on her precisely made websites.
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The Use of Teaching Aids in English Language Teaching at Primary school
HŮRKOVÁ, Lenka
This diploma thesis deals with didactic aids and their use in English classes at the first grade of elementary school. At the beginning of the thesis I will characterize the specifics of teaching English at the first grade of elementary school, I will also clarify the term "didactic aid". I will divide types of aids and the possibilities of their use so as the teaching could be heterogeneous, pleasant, effective and primarily easy for pupils to understand. In the practical part of the work there are presented aids which are used by teachers. It is described there how the particular aids are implemented into teaching English and how teachers and pupils think about them in terms of popularity of their use. There are also presented different types of aids which become popular among pupils. By the level of their attractivity there were chosen a few of the most favourite aids.
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