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Canadian English
Šubertová, Aneta ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Bojarová, Marie (referee)
The thesis aims at exploring the variety of English spoken in Canada with a special focus on its pronunciation at the segmental level. In the theoretical part, the historic development of Canadian English is briefly outlined and the essential features of Canadian pronunciation are described. In the practical the recordings of three native Canadian speakers are carefully analyzed and compared with the main characteristics of the Canadian accent.
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Inter-sonorant Voicing in the Speech of Czech Learners of English
Feldmanová, Sabina ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis elaborates on the inter-sonorant voicing phenomenon which is to be found in Czech English. The theoretical part describes the rules for voicing changes of consonants and some of the general pronunciation rules in a wider context of connected speech in both Czech and English. Further, it gives a brief description and explanation of the origin of inter-sonorant voicing. The practical part introduces two hypotheses and provides details of the original research of inter-sonorant voicing phenomenon among Czech upper-secondary school students, as well as it presents the results in relation to the two hypotheses.
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Cockney Dialect
Nechanský, Tomáš ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
This thesis aims to provide the reader with a comprehensive description of phonetic, lexical and grammatical variations of the Cockney dialect. Not only does it comment on the linguistic aspects of Cockney, but it also refers to the sociolinguistic point of view, offering a comparison of Cockney and the Queen's English based on Bishop and Coupland's sociological survey of English accents. Moreover, it gives the reader a historical overview of Cockney, presenting Cockney's development and its influence on the standard forms of English. As an additional source of information, my own questionnaire research was conducted. The survey attempts to support the notion that Cockney with its long history is not a dialect that is dying out, but a dialect that still influences the speech of people outside London. The results of my survey confirm the relevant status of Cockney among modern British dialects.
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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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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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Romance influence on English Wordstock
Rosová, Daniela ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
Title of the bachelor thesis: Romance Influence on the English Wordstock Key words: History of English, borrowing, loan word, lexicalization, language acquisition, second language, language interference. Abstract The bachelor thesis Romance Influence on the English Wordstock is concerned with the Romance impacts on English, which is most noticeable in its wordstock, and simultaneously it tries to find out what the awareness of learners of English of these influences is. The practical part is based on research in the form of a questionnaire which was distributed among English students of the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague and which consists of four exercises where various Romance specifics can be found. The research revealed that students do not have a particular cognizance of Romance influence but it showed that the longer the students study English, the fewer problems they have with the words coming from Romance languages. It also studied whether students who know the French or Latin language have an advantage when acquiring the English vocabulary. The result affirms that these people may profit from their knowledge when learning English expressions similar to the French ones but they should already be confident in the language, otherwise the superficial knowledge of it can...
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Music as an Effective Means in Teaching English Pronunciation
Young Žáková, Lenka ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (advisor) ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to point out the beneficial effect music has on learning English pronunciation. The theoretical part describes how music can positively influence the process of learning and helps to create an effective educational environment. This work further focuses on the motivational effect of music and on its ability to increase student interest. The practical part provides the reader with concrete examples of the methodology used in singing classes at the basic art schools with focus on selected features of English pronunciation. Key words: music, pronunciation, singing, song
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Czech Attitudes to English Lexical Borrowings
Endrštová, Zdeňka ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
The proposed thesis deals with the attitudes to English borrowings in the Czech Republic, primarily examining their variability caused by age. Its main aim is to verify the assumption that growing age correlates with the tendency of Czech language users to have negative attitudes towards borrowings from English. In the theoretical part, selected aspects of the occurrence and perception of English borrowings in Czech are presented. Besides, some of the major issues considering the area of language attitudes are dealt with. The practical part gives an account of a questionnaire survey in which 165 respondents from three generations took part. The questions focus on the perception of frequency of English borrowings in Czech, the semantic transparency of these lexemes, the language users attitudes to English loanwords, as well as their predictions and concerns considering the further development of their mother tongue. The results suggest that older generations tend to have rather negative attitudes to the borrowings. Moreover, younger peoples assessment of anglicisms is not as decisively positive as originally hypothesised in the present analytical framework. Nevertheless, noticeable differences in language attitudes among age groups were confirmed.
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Expressing Epistemic Possibility in Modern British and American Fiction and Non-fiction
Červenková, Radka ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee) ; Jančovičová, Ivana (advisor)
This diploma thesis analyses ways of expressing Epistemic Possibility in modern English: modal verbs may, might, can and could. The expression of Epistemic Possibility is examined separately in four registers: British and American fiction and non-fiction. In Part One, an extensive theoretical background is provided. Part Two is based on a corpus of examples representing contemporary British and American fiction and non-fiction. Devices of expressing Epistemic Possibility are analysed according to their occurrence in positive statements, questions and negative statements. Special attention has been paid to Syntactic Co-occurrence Patterns associated with Epistemic Possibility. Results are summarized in conclusion and statistical data and tables are provided in Part Four. Nevertheless, this thesis is focused only on written English.
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