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Development of Australia's Foreign Policy, her History and her Image in Czech Grammar School
Schwambergerová, Hana ; Gibbs, Michael (advisor) ; Bojarová, Marie (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis was to acquaint the reader with Australian foreign policy - describe its development in the history, the most important events which have shaped the Australian attitude towards the rest of the world in the last decades and also depict the current issues of Australian foreign affairs. The presumed interconnectedness of Australia with the rest of the world should be proven, giving evidence that it is significant for teachers to be able to mention at least the major features of Australian international presence. A small survey conducted among Czech grammar school teachers should hint whether Australia as such and its foreign policy issues are considered an important topic to be taught. Australia can be undoubtedly considered a vital proof of the predication that bad start does not necessarily mean a bad end. Having basically started its modern history as a vast prison where the British convicts and criminals were expected to serve their sentences, it was understandably struggling to find its own way of living and to gain at least a small reputation among the British colonies in the first dozens of years after it had been discovered. Nonetheless, the rough Australian climate steeled the already harsh incomers who managed to find their way of coping with the specific conditions and...
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Development of Australia's Foreign Policy, her History and her Image in Czech Grammar School
Schwambergerová, Hana ; Bojarová, Marie (referee) ; Gibbs, Michael (advisor)
The aim of this diploma thesis was to acquaint the reader with Australian foreign policy - describe its development in the history, the most important events which have shaped the Australian attitude towards the rest of the world in the last decades and also depict the current issues of Australian foreign affairs. The presumed interconnectedness of Australia with the rest of the world should be proven, giving evidence that it is significant for teachers to be able to mention at least the major features of Australian international presence. A small survey conducted among Czech grammar school teachers should hint whether Australia as such and its foreign policy issues are considered an important topic to be taught. Australia can be undoubtedly considered a vital proof of the predication that bad start does not necessarily mean a bad end. Having basically started its modern history as a vast prison where the British convicts and criminals were expected to serve their sentences, it was understandably struggling to find its own way of living and to gain at least a small reputation among the British colonies in the first dozens of years after it had been discovered. Nonetheless, the rough Australian climate steeled the already harsh incomers who managed to find their way of coping with the specific conditions and...
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Teaching English through Dramatic Texts
Rezková, Kateřina ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Gibbs, Michael (referee)
Dramatic and literary texts have always struggled to find their plače in EFL/ESL classes being always considercd a distraction rather than a source of language practice. The principle goal of this thesis is to justify the use of dramatic texts in English language teaching, emphasizing their benefits as samples of authentic natural communication. From students" perspective, they can be found partieularly helpful as a source of language whieh students eneounter in real lile outside class. The benefits of using activities based on dramatic texts are demonstrated in the practical part, which, apart from sample acti vity paeks, ineludes the students' response to such acti vities. Dramatic texts proved to be a valuable supplementary material valued by students as well as teachers. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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