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Static and dynamic characteristics of the linguopalatal contact of the Czech /ř/
Pavlíková, Miriam ; Skarnitzl, Radek (advisor) ; Veroňková, Jitka (referee)
An unique Czech fricative thrill - /ř/ - was studied mainly by Dr. Hála and Dr. Chlumský in the first half of the twentieth century. The methods employed were rather simple and the experiments were done on limited sample size. We decided to revisit and extend the results with electropalatography (EPG). Four female and three men participated in the experiments that were based on reading aloud voiced and voiceless /ř/ in various contexts. We dedicated a short part to dynamic characteristics of /ř/ and focused predominantly on the area of linguopalatal contact. We described the points of linguopalatal contact during /ř/ with adjusted anteriority index (CA). The possible factors affecting the CA are discussed. We scrutinized the differences in CA depending on selected factors for the whole group and each participant. The data suggest that thrill /ř/ occurs in the alveolar area. Anteriority index was chiefly dependent on voicing /ř/, type of the read material and also differed among various speakers.
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Application for the calculation of speech features describing hypokinetic dysarthria
Hynšt, Miroslav ; Mekyska, Jiří (referee) ; Kiska, Tomáš (advisor)
This thesis is about design and implementation of application for computing speech parameters on people with Parkinson disease. At the beginning is generaly described Parkinson disease and Hypokinetic dysarthria and how it affects the speech and speech parameters when it occurs. Mainly there are described areas of speech like phonation, prosody, articulation and fluent speech. As a part of next topic this thesis describes specific speech parameters with bigger meaning during diagnosis Parkinson disease and it's progress over the time. There are also mentioned few significant studies dealing with examination of speech of the subjects with diagnoses of Parkinson disease and computing some speech parameters in order to analyze their speech impairments. Part of the thesis is description of implemented standalone application for calculating, exporting and visualizing of speech parameters from selected sound records.
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Rhetoric - an important element in teaching
Ivančo, Tomáš ; Šafránek, Jiří (advisor) ; Frainšic, Michal (referee)
Title: Rhetoric - an important element in teaching Objectives: It is a summary and presentation of important rhetorical skills necessary for attracting students to teaching. Creation of speech and rhetorical exercises through which we can improve rhetorical skills. Methods: We used the method of literature retrieval from books. Results: Important principles of rhetorical speech. Preparing the speaker, articulation and breathing skills, speech teacher - animator. Keywords: rhetoric, communication, verbal, nonverbal, articulation
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Monitoring of the influence of the English language education on the articulation development of child
Tatková, Helena ; Durdilová, Lucie (advisor) ; Hájková, Vanda (referee)
This thesis outlines the problem of the influence of English language development in preschool articulation. The theoretical part is devoted to the development of speech and articulation, as I present a comparison between the formation of Czech and English sounds. The third chapter describes the problems of articulation disorders including articulation problems most common in preschool children. Conclusion theoretical part consists of chapter, which deals with teaching English in kindergarten. Evaluates the pros and cons of this teaching. As part of the research in the practical part of the thesis I focused on the examination of language pre-school children. Important was also the interview with the English teacher. The aim of my thesis was to evaluate the level of articulation in preschool children receiving instruction in English language. Survey I conducted twice at intervals of six months. The results rather confirmed my suspicion that the development can be influenced by the pronunciation of English teaching at preschool age.
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Demands of the Teacher's Proffesion on the Teachers' Voice
Králová, Michaela ; Tichá, Alena (advisor) ; Koverdynský, Luděk (referee)
This dissertation thesis deals with the demands on teachers' voice and proper use of voice in the teacher's profession. The whole thesis consists of two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is divided into nine sections: the anatomy and physiology of the vocal tract, voice developement, comparison of spoken and singing voice, psychological impact on voice, voice defects and hygiene, voice reeducation, methods of voice diagnostics and voice acoustics. The research part presents the findings of acoustic voice measurement. Students (only women) of Faculty of Education in Prague participed in the research. The objective of this part was to asses the quality of students' voice and their voice readiness for future teaching.
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Linguopalatal contact in Czech palatal stops
Bartošová, Petra ; Skarnitzl, Radek (advisor) ; Machač, Pavel (referee)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is an articulation analysis of Czech palatal stops [ť] and [ď] using electropalatography. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the average and maximum rate of linguopalatal contact in the palatal area as well as to examine the dynamic process of this contact. It also features a short analysis of occlusion duration of Czech palatal stops. The theoretical part of the thesis contains a description of stop consonants, palatals, and the research method - electropalatography. Since thorough analysis of such speech sounds in Czech has not been extensive, the thesis should contribute to a more detailed look on articulation effects during the production of Czech palatal stops. It should also explore the impact of several factors on the production of those speech sounds - in particular voicing, differences between speakers, vocalic environment and nature of the material. In addition, it might be valuable among EPG studies as a considerable number of different speakers (6) is analysed.
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Specifications of Czech and foreign methods in playing the trombone and subsequent verification in practice
ŠÁLEK, Libor
The first part of the thesis is theoretical and defines the basic concepts associated with techniques of playing the trombone. In the following part an analysis of several selected educational and methodology strategies of playing the trombone is carried out. Based on a review of the available literature and the experience of teaching practice three main representatives of methodological directions in teaching how to play the trombone were selected and described. Czech methodological approach is represented by methodology of Jaroslav Ušák, Andre Lafosse and Denise Wick are the representatives of foreign authors. The following section contains an analysis and comparison of these three teaching methodologies, suggesting their positives and negatives. The practical part deals with case studies of students of Conservatory in České Budějovice. Based on the above mentioned methodological analysis, practical experience and physiological, talent and intellectual features of students, the most suitable methodology was suggested for each individual. The conclusion of the thesis focuses on the analysis of observed features during the period studied. The work concludes with interpretation of the collected data, evaluation of the efficiency of the chosen methodology and offers proposals for improvement in the future.
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Contribution to Usage Postural System at Stripping Logopaedia Defects
ŠAFÁŘOVÁ, Michaela
This work focuses on the use of a postural system in logopedy (speech therapy). Based on theoretical knowledge of anatomy, kinesiology and logopedy, it explains the influence of a posture on respiration, phonation and articulation. The work mainly concerns the head region and phonatory system in connection with posture and respiration. The possibility is also suggested of incorporating the postural system into logopedic excercises in from of correct sitting position based on the so-called ?cogged wheel model?. The subject of this study was a group of five preschool children with cerebral palsy diagnosis under the care of a voluntary association Arpida in České Budějovice.
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Language education in the nursery school
VORÁČKOVÁ, Pavlína
The diploma work considers the positron and importance of language pedagogy in present preschool educational system, follows its impact on the content in separate fields of preschool educational program, language goals deduced from acquired knowledge, types of activities in progress in nursery school. Based on the relationship of deduced goals to different language levels, sets language competence margins to preschool age children as well as methods used for their development. Practical section investigates the level of language education (with respect to language levels) of preschool age children in a ``small-type{\crqq} nursery school class.
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Are the Mandarin "retroflexes" retroflex? "Palatals" palatal? "Velars" velar? Notes on terminology.
Třísková, Hana
Mandarin initial consonants are traditionally classified into several series. The classification is based on the articulatory features. The paper explores whether the terms used for identifying particular series reflect real articulatory features of the proper consonants (such as: is the "retroflex" series articulated with the tip of the tongue curled backwards?) The conclusion: we have to distinguish between the phonological usage of the particular term (i.e. the term is used for classifying the series) and the phonetic usage (i.e. the term is used for describing the articulation).
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