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Realisation of r sound in the Speech of Czech Learners of English
Hodková, Barbora ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Jančovičová, Ivana (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the differences between realisations of English and Czech /r/ sounds and the possible negative transfer from the mother tongue on the Czech speaker's pronunciation of /r/ in English. To evaluate the aforementioned phenomenon, a method using a pronunciation test and a questionnaire were used. The test consisted of a reading part and a picture description, where the second part provided semi-spontaneous talk. The questionnaire was designed so that the questions about the individual pronunciation-affecting factors were answered. The final analysis investigated whether the level of English and the age at which the speakers started to learn English directly affects the degree of native-like pronunciation of /r/ in English.
Supplementary Pronunciation Activities to Maturita Solutions Pre-Intermediate
Švehlová, Barbora ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Žďárek, Karel (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with devising a set of pronunciation activities, fully integrated into the units of Maturita Solutions Pre-Intermediate coursebook. The main aim is to create supplementary material for practising various pronunciation features. The theoretical part of the thesis includes a brief overview of the current situation of pronunciation teaching and points out several reasons why it is still a very marginal part of language lessons. Furthermore, it scrutinizes some aspects that are crucial for pronunciation teaching to be effective and analyses the current techniques. Those are consequently applied on the newly created exercises. The practical part consists of the analysis of the Maturita Solutions Pre- Intermediate coursebook in terms of pronunciation followed by introducing the set of newly designed exercises. Finally, the author encloses a short feedback from the piloting of several chosen activities in a high school class.
Teaching English Dental Fricatives to Czech EFL Students . An Action Research Project
Pospíšilová, Věra ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Žďárek, Karel (referee)
This bachelor thesis presents an educational action research project focused on the teaching of the English dental fricatives /θ/ and /ð/ to Czech EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. The theoretical part focuses on the description of the dental fricatives and their production in standard and several other English accents. Furthermore, the issue of teaching pronunciation is being discussed with special attention paid to the Czech students of English and their problems with the pronunciation of the target sounds. The practical part turns the attention to a detailed description of the action research project which was implemented by the author of the thesis in one of her English courses during January and February 2011 with the aim to improve her own teaching methods and at the same time help her students to improve their pronunciation of the English dental fricatives.

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