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Active learning methods in teaching German as a foreign language
Balounová, Anna-Marie ; Hejhalová, Věra (advisor) ; Stefan, Katrin (referee)
The presented bachelor's thesis concentrates on active learning methods in teaching German as a foreign language. The work is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part focuses on the characteristics, classification and selection of teaching and activation methods. Active learning methods are classified into discussion, situational and staging methods, and didactic games. Furthermore, the theoretical part deals with the mainstays of active learning methods - motivation, cooperation, and critical thinking. The practical part deals with the analysis of the textbook and workbook Direkt interaktiv 1. The textbook is analysed in terms of activation methods and presents possible didactic modifications of chosen exercises. The practical part contains also additional work materials for selected chapters based on activation methods. These worksheets contain methodological commentary. Keywords: active learning methods, cooperation, teamwork, critical thinking, motivation
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The participle constructions from a comparational point of view using the example of Günter Grass' translations as a case study
Novotný, Tomáš ; Tichák, Viktor (advisor) ; Hejhalová, Věra (referee)
The contrastive analysis of the free participle I-phrases in German and their translation equivalents in Czech comprises the core of this bachelor's thesis. The introduction highlights the reasons for the choice of the theme, explains the goal of the thesis and provides description of its individual parts. The description of the key attributes of the free participle I-phrases in German and the transgressives of simultaneity in Czech constitutes the majority of the theoretical part. Their common attributes are then used to show their semantic proximity. The methodology highlights the means and procedures used in the individual parts of the analysis. The quantitative analysis consists mainly of the numeral comparison of the phrase types and word forms from the analysed sample, that occur as equivalent forms within the translations of the chosen three books from Grass. In addition to that the decline in use of the free participle Iphrases and the transgressives of simultaneity within the analysed sample is also discussed here. The qualitative analysis shows the equivalence of all the different types of translation from the analysed sample with the original forms using a wide range of paraphrases and explanations. At the end the results of the analysis are summarised and compared with the initial statement of...
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Idiomatic Phrases in the Novell "Buchmendel" from Stefan Zweig and in its Translation into Czech
Kyselová, Soňa ; Hejhalová, Věra (advisor) ; Šemelík, Martin (referee)
This bachelor's thesis pursues the contrastive comparison of Czech and German idioms in Stefan Zweig's novel "Buchmendel" and its Czech translation. Besides the theoretical description of idioms, its characteristic features and its classification deals the thesis with the contrastive phraseology, which was taken into account in the practical section, where the found idioms were divided according to their degree of equivalence, compared and commented. The center of interest is the appraisal of the suitability of the translation.
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On the Use of Articles in German, English and Czech
Trojanová, Jana ; Maroszová, Jana (advisor) ; Hejhalová, Věra (referee)
The thesis deals with the use of articles in German, English and Czech. In the theoretical part the characteristics of German and English article, its varieties and historical development is introduced, and one chapter is dedicated to the existence of potential article in Czech. Further the usage of the articles in German and English is described, primarily with the abstracta. In the practical part ten selected abstracta will be analysed. For the analyses the cases in which there are different articles will be crucial. The occurrence and function of Czech demonstrative and indefinite pronouns that evince certain similarities of an article will be also examined.
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Phrasemes with the "Fisch" component - corpus analysis
Křesťanová, Jitka ; Hejhalová, Věra (advisor) ; Šemelík, Martin (referee)
The aim of this work is the analysis of phrasemes with the Fisch component. The work is divided into two parts. Theoretical part deals with phraseme terminology and phrasemes in general. In the practical part of this work are analyzed formal and semantic sides of the phrasemes with Fisch component. For this purpose serve two dictionaries ("PONS. Deutsche Idiomatik: Die deutschen Redewendungen im Kontext." and "DUDEN Band 11. Redewendungen und sprichwörtliche Redensarten: Wörterbuch der deutschen Idiomatik.") and the most extensive German corpus DeReKo.
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Nominal-verb bonds and the possibilities of their translation into Czech
Pálková, Ivana ; Šemelík, Martin (advisor) ; Hejhalová, Věra (referee)
The aim of the presented research is to compare description of light verbs and light verb construction in selected grammar books of contemporary German and other resources. The research also focuses on analysis of examples demonstrating German durative light verb constructions and their equivalents in Czech language taking the parallel corpus InterCorp as a basis for this bachelor thesis. The main emphasis is put on translation possibilities of these language structures into Czech and their potential systematisation. In the conclusion of the thesis, the position of these constructions in contemporary German language is summarized and concrete improvements for their description in accessible resources including grammar books and dictionaries are proposed. Key words: contemporary German, light verbs, light verb constructions, corpus analysis, contrastive analysis
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Syntax of Adjective Compounds in a Bilingual Dictionary
Schmidtová, Iva ; Vachková, Marie (advisor) ; Hejhalová, Věra (referee)
The aim of the given thesis is to expound the problem of syntax processing by creating adjectival compounds in dictionary entries for the Large German-Czech Academic Dictionary. Assuming that exactly these words, which belong to the complicated vocabulary items, cause difficulties for foreign speakers with text comprehension and text production. It is based on the nature of German language, which makes many compounds, as opposed to in Czech language. Not only are the meanings of these words revealed to be problematic, but also their usage. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with characteristics of adjectives as word class, and because each word always has its context, attention will be primarily focused on the adjectival valency. Previously, only the valency of verbs and substantives has been discussed. When a native speaker automatically knows these syntax structures and even when, in case of foreign language, there could exist structural similarities between the source and target language, the structures ought consequently to be given in the dictionary. In some mono- or bilingual dictionary the user should find complex informations for word searched. The practical part involves analysis of ten chosen adjective compounds, which shows how the valency structures are...
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On the use of the progressive in the modern German language
Boček, Lukáš ; Šemelík, Martin (advisor) ; Hejhalová, Věra (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the use of progressive form in the contemporary German language. The first part gives a definition of the progressive form and compares its description in the existing (and mostly newest) grammar books. It also deals with other related topics such as the category of aspect. In spite of the fact that the progressive form appears in both contemporary spoken and written German, it has been widely discussed whether it belongs to the standard language or not. The second part is based on a corpus analysis (DeReKo and DWDS) and investigates the use of progressive form by means of several examples. In addition, the thesis aims at resolving the status of the progressive form in the German language. It inclines to the view that the progressive form belongs to the standard contemporary German which should be reflected by the standard-setting instances accordingly.
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Lexical elements of National Socialist language and their lexicographic treatment
Kolář, Daniel ; Vachková, Marie (advisor) ; Hejhalová, Věra (referee)
This thesis deals with lexical elements of National Socialist language and its aim is to study their lexicographic treatment. The theoretical part first of all sketches the elementary historical connection among language, lexicography and the political regime and it explains the effect of the politics on language through three historical examples, among which the language of the Third Reich is the most important one. As far as the language of the Third Reich is concerned, the attitudes of the NSDAP to language and language maintenance are further explained. The theoretical part is concluded by characterization and overview of the most important lexicographic projects which were implemented during the National Socialism. The practical part focuses on the contemporary lexicographic treatment of certain chosen lexemes which were mostly used during the period of National Socialism. This treatment is mostly based on the comparison of their past and their contemporary meanings and their representation in the contemporary discourse. The various types of discourse are analyzed by the corpus methods developed at the Institute of German Language in Mannheim.
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On the German Written Correspondence of the Czechoslovak Chambers of Commerce and Trade from 1930-1935. On the Research on History of Professional Languages.
Přibík, Radek ; Šemelík, Martin (advisor) ; Hejhalová, Věra (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with a linguistic analysis of 32 German letters sent as a part of correspondence of the chambers of commerce and trade in the Czechoslovak Republic from 1930-1935. In addition to the textual analysis of the texts themselves, the thesis summarises the political and economic background with overlapping implications for national relations in the Bohemia region in the period after the dissolution of the Habsurg Monarchy. It also examines the contribution and essence of the chambers of commerce and trade. The core of this work consists in a textual analysis of the collected archival material from the National Archives in Prague. The aim of this thesis is to compare the linguistics and text linguistics phenomenon of individual senders and to analyse the German language in the context of the chamber of commerce and trade's dealings.
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