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On Some significant aspects of growing L1 communicative competence
Klikarová, Helena ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee) ; Pípalová, Renata (advisor)
The main purpose of the thesis was to investigate the role of the age factor in discourse and to observe some significant aspects of the growing LI communicative competence in children. The analysis was based on a corpus consisting of audio recordings of adult-child interactions in the primary school environment. The interactions involved pupils of different ages and their teachers. The children formed three age groups according to their grade. They were pupils of the first, third and fifth grade; that is to say they were mostly seven, nine and eleven years old. The recording took place in Barnes Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon, USA, during two weeks in May, 2006. Although the school staff was very helpful and open to the project, there were factors that made it rather complicated (see also 1.3). Firstly, the time period of two weeks was a short time to obtain enough material for a large-scale research project. Moreover, the school schedule included many activities such as field trips or theatre performances, which even further reduced the time aimed for recording. Secondly, the school was a noisy place, which caused certain passages of the recordings to be unintelligible. Thirdly, young children from the first grade were sometimes shy and reluctant to talk, so their speech was inaudible and thus...
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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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