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The Construction of Ethnic Minority Identity in Foreign Language Teaching in South Bohemia
FISCHBÖCK, David
This master thesis concerns itself with the topic of creation of identity in relation to language acquisition and its role in the teaching of foreign languages. In the first, theoretical part of this thesis, the connection between language and identity is explored from multiple perspectives. First, identity and its numerous subtypes are described from a psychological point of view. Later, the focus shifts to the relationship between the acquisition of language and the construction of identity. Finally, the role of identity trough language acquisition is explored as a part of the teaching of foreign languages. In the second, practical part of this thesis, the theoretical knowledge is put into practice on the example of foreign language teaching in schools in the region of Budweis/České Budějovice, in south Bohemia. Using two questionnaires a comparison is created between a group of English and a group of German learners. This comparison aims to find answers concerning the role of identity in foreign language teaching classes. The goal of this comparison is not only to (dis)prove the differences in the attitudes of the two learner groups towards their target language, but it also tries to find reasons, factors, and explanations, that would help to clarify these differences. These clarifications are then to be used as the basis for recommendations, which would help to optimise the learning of foreign languages through a stronger identification of the learners with their target languages.
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The German Minority in the Czech Republic and its Thematization in School Teaching, Using the Example of the City of Český Krumlov
FISCHBÖCK, David
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the German minority in the Czech Republic and with how the topic is being presented in schools on the example of the town Český Krumlov. The first, practical part concerns itself not only with the history of the town Český Krumlov from 1918 until present day, but it also describes the joint Czech-German history of the town inhabitants from the time after the first World War until the post-war period. Furthermore, some specific topics like the origin of the name Český Krumlov, the Czech-German culture, the region of the Bohemian Forest or some specific aspects of the expulsion of the German minority from Czechoslovakia are described in standalone chapters. In the second, theoretical part of this thesis, I made a survey on the grammar school Gymnázium Český Krumlov, which was meant to determine how much the students of the graduating classes know about their own history and the history of Český Krumlov. Apart from the historical knowledge, the last part of my survey tried to find out whether the students enjoy learning German and how they view the langue itself. This was done because I find it interesting to show and compare how the German language is viewed by contemporary youth in a formerly exclusively German speaking region.
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