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Teaching English Pronunciation in Contemporary Czech and British Textbooks
Pokludová, Martina ; Farrell, Mark Robert (referee) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor)
This thesis aims at exploring and comparing to what extent commonly used contemporary English textbooks for secondary schools produced by Czech and British publishers support teachers in teaching pronunciation. The theoretical part summarizes the changes in the approach to pronunciation teaching within nine well-known foreign language teaching methods and briefly describes current trends in pronunciation teaching as an outcome of a continual development. The practical part presents the result of qualitative, quantitative and methodological analysis of the selected set of four Czech and four British textbooks, comparing their attitude to the teaching of pronunciation.
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Pronunciation of Czech Teachers of English: Focus on Wofrd- Stress
Sokolová, Hana ; Matuchová, Klára (referee) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor)
The topic of this thesis is to describe the pronunciation of Czech teachers of English, with focus on word stress and the ensuing vowel reduction. The introduction presents two hypotheses, that teachers with a TEFL university degree and teachers from more prestigious schools have better pronunciation. The theoretical part deals with the theory of word stress and explains its relevance in teaching English. The practical part is an analysis of authentic recordings of Czech teachers of English, focused on correct stress placement and vowel reduction. Finally, the methodological part tries to offer a variety of methods to achieve correct stress placement.
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Reflection of old-Germanic Legends and Myths in the Works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (With the Focus on The Silmarillion and Edda)
Milanovová, Kateřina ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the reflection of the old-Germanic myths and legends in the work of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, focusing mainly on The Simarillion and the Icelandic saga Poetic and Prose Edda. It does not aspire to be a complete listing and description of all the oldGermanic myths and legends Tolkien was inspired by and used them in his works. It should provide an outline of the most significant and striking similarities and parallels in these books. For this purpose I have cited many extracts from the texts. In the beginning of this thesis I have also attempted to draw an outline of Tolkien's life and his sources of inspiration. For a better insight into the issue I have included a chapter on some of the most important myths of non-Germanic origin.
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Is the development of the number of realized M&A transactions procyclical?
Červinková, Kristýna ; Stroukal, Dominik (advisor) ; Vozárová, Pavla (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to reveal the relation between business cycle and the number of transactions considering mergers and acquisitions. For this purpose the appropriate macroeconomics indicators have been chosen. The base hypothesis, which stands for the procyclical development of transactions, was examined by regression analysis of panel dataset containing quarterly based data from The Visegrad Group countries in the period from 2000 to 2014. The ordinary least square method together with robust estimation of standard deviation provided the confirmation about positive relation of the quarter change of GDP as the main explanatory variable and the number of transactions. Nevertheless, more robust findings appeared in case of significance of stock markets and public debt. The positive relation of the stock price was proven to be in accordance with the behavioral theory. The increase in transaction activity is capitalized through the profit from the sold of overprized stocks. Unexpected result about positive relation of public debt required the specification of assumption about the lower preference of smooth consumption of The Visegrad group households.
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Smoking in restaurants: consumer sovereignty and market failure
Červinková, Kristýna ; Šťastný, Daniel (advisor) ; Slaný, Martin (referee)
Bachelor thesis aims to uncover the possible causes of market failure on the Czech market hospitality. By presenting several hypotheses is described by the behavior of the supply-side and demand-side, resulting in a discrepancy between existing high demand for smoke-free restaurants and lagging supply. Verifying the validity of these hypotheses using analysis of available research and own field research; thesis attaches the share on the form of the current situation to both sides, but also to their interaction. Behavior of customers provides distorted signals, so the owners are not sufficiently motivated to make a major step towards change.
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