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Using RWCT methods in French language teaching
Suchomelová, Eva ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Fučíková, Milena (referee)
This work focuses on using methods of the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking (RWCT) program in teaching French as a foreign language. The goal is to create a French lesson using these methods and to test it in practice. The first chapter is dedicated to the development of critical thinking in the school environment and describes selected RWCT methods. The second chapter connects critical thinking with current trends in teaching French, especially with the action-oriented approach. The third chapter focuses on how the development of critical thinking is anchored in curricular documents and on the expected level of students' language skills. In the fourth chapter, we use all these insights to prepare a lesson for upper primary school students. The fifth chapter reflects on the actual course of the tested teaching unit and feedback from students, adding further recommendations. We found that although the use of RWCT methods in foreign language teaching is not directly supported by curricular documents, nothing prevents teachers from proceeding this way. Teaching a foreign language and supporting the development of critical thinking require a safe environment, orienting activity on the student, cooperation, and formulating thoughts and opinions, creating space for natural communication in the...
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Humour during the French classes
Hanzlíková, Dana ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Machleidtová, Silva (referee)
anglicky : Title of the thesis : Humour during the French classes Keywords : Comic, irony, humour, laughter, Henri Bergson, Louis Cazamian, gelotology, gélothérapie, sense of humour, French as a foreign language, school class, word play, joke, riddle, tongue twister, didactical sheet. Abstract : The thesis aims to provide a comprehensive description of possible use of humour in teaching the French language. In the theoretical section, it defines humour as a form of comic, deals with the influence of humour and laughter on health and describes the advantages and difficulties of integrating humour into school teaching. In the practical part, it analyses the humour in French textbooks, proposes a typology of humour in teaching materials and presents finally didactical sheets to teach French at all language levels. These exercises and activities are dedicated to all speech and language skills. They are focused on different themes to captivate the target age category and meet the requirements to be fun for students. The thesis should become aid and inspiration for those teachers, who decide to incorporate humour and laughter in the teaching of French.
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Use of Audiovisual Teaching Aids in the Teaching of French Language
Bielková, Soňa ; Suková Vychopňová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Klinka, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis is about the use of audiovisual aids in French language lessons. The aim of the thesis is to discuss the availability and diversity of audiovisual documents accessible online. The thesis defines and characterises specific concepts of audiovisual education and the use of audiovisual aids for activities related to listening comprehension. Lastly, the thesis presents less conventional forms of audiovisual education and online sources which can be used during French language lessons. These resources are aimed as a source of inspiration for the French language teachers. KEYWORDS foreign language education, audiovisual document, French as a foreign language, listening comprehension
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An Ecolinguistic Approach to Foreign Language Teaching: The Stories We Live by in Textbooks of French as a Foreign Language
Schlindenbuchová, Magdalena ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Jančík, Jiří (referee)
This thesis presents the link between the environment and Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) based on ecolinguistics, which defines the inextricability of the environment and language. The specific aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the importance of an ecolinguistic approach to FLT with an ecocritical discourse analysis of textbooks use to teach French as a foreign language. Using the ecolinguistic tool The Stories We Live by, the analysis aims to assess the extent to which the textbooks stimulate environmental awareness and ecological communicative competence. The research concerns two textbooks, Totem and Saison, and investigates the representation of the stories and their polarity from the perspective of deep ecology. The results show the textbooks to exhibit a general tendency towards ambivalent content. Moreover, the presence of explicit ecological reference in the content was evaluated and revealed, by the analysis, to be under-represented in the textbooks' content. The analyses are presented as model analyses for an ecolinguistic evaluation of textbooks, which could be used by teachers seeking an ecologically conscious textbook. The thesis also seeks to encourage further research into the ecological aspect of FLT, notably in textbooks. KEYWORDS ecolinguistics, stories we live by,...
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Didactical situations for teaching mathematics in French
Sovič, Pavel ; Novotná, Jarmila (advisor) ; Vondrová, Naďa (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on learning Maths through French language using the CLIL method at a secondary vocational school. The acronym CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), EMILE (Enseignement de Matières par Intégration d'une Langue Etrangère) or e.g. AICL (Apprentissage Intégré d'un Contenu et d'une Langue) refers to integrated learning of a content-based subject through an additional language. There are always two aims of such tuition. The first aim is the content goal (e.g. to gain particular specialized knowledge or skill in mathematics); the second aim is the language goal (e.g. to learn essential vocabulary and sentence structures in order to lead a discussion concerning the solution of a quadratic equation in the French language). Based on a literary research, analysis of educational CLIL materials, and especially in connection with theoretical grounds of the method (constructivism, problem-solving, critical thinking, active and communicative approach) there was established a study plan focusing on the topic of quadratic equations. The experimental tuition was put into practice with the 1st year students of a secondary school, where the French language is taught as the second foreign language. The main objective, apart from the tuition itself and its analysis, was to assess the...
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New approaches in metodology of French as a foreign language.
Široká, Pavlína ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bořek - Dohalská, Marie (referee)
The diploma thesis entitled Phonetics in the teaching of FLE according to the action- oriented approach deals with the concept of phonetics in teaching French as a foreign language according to the new action-oriented approach. The thesis is focused on the diachronic development of teaching methods in the teaching of French as a foreign language (FLE). Further, the thesis focuses on the theoretical definition of basic phonetic terms, which we work in the practical part of the thesis with. The terms are briefly characterized from the theoretical point of view, from the point of view of the didactic, and subsequently the work defines the contents that should be included in the FLE teaching on level A1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. There are defined phonetic exercises and recommended practices in the teaching of phonetics of FLE. The following part is devoted to the diachronic development in the field of FLE phonetics evaluation, the definition of criteria for evaluation and the determination of the main types of evaluation. The practical part analyses the concept of phonetics in modern textbooks of FLE, which are conceived according to the action-oriented approach. Based on the theoretical knowledge in the theoretical part of the thesis, the criteria for...
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Cooperative learning for the French as a foreign language
Rambousková, Anna ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Nováková, Sylva (referee)
Thesis explores relationship between cooperative learning and education of French as a foreign language. Main goal of the thesis is to find out, whether cooperative learning is effective method for teaching foreign languages and how such lessons should be constructed. The thesis is divided in three parts, first describes cooperative learning, its characteristics and place in pedagogical context. Second part is aimed on researching possible usage of cooperative learning as a part of foreign language didactics, particularly French. Third part is a list and description of activities designed to fulfill bothlanguageand personal development objectives. Therefore they are examples of cooperative approach in teaching French as a foreign language. KEYWORDS French as a foreign language, cooperative learning, cooperation, instruction
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Textbooks of French as foreign language
Pecháňová, Simona ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bořek - Dohalská, Marie (referee)
TITLE: Textbooks of French as a foreign language KEYWORDS: French as a foreign language, didactic materials, a textbook, the division of textbooks of foreign languages, a teaching method, a language competence ABSTRACT: This Bachelor's thesis is called Textbooks of French as a foreign language and it focuses on analysis of French language textbooks. The thesis deals with the structure of French as foreign language textbooks, their contents and their historical background. The practical part of the thesis concentrates on modern French as foreign language textbooks, beginners level designed for adults. A complete list of all textbooks published from 2010 till today is presented at the beginning of the practical part. Furthermore, two textbooks were chosen for a deeper analysis. Allez Hop! was written by Czech authors and Totem 1 by French ones. The goal of the thesis is to describe and analyze the methods of teaching foreign languages as well as methods of teaching every language competence. Furthermore the thesis remarks on the application of the methods in modern textbooks. In order to reach this goal the descriptive, analytical and comparative methods are used. Both textbooks put big emphasis on the practice of communication skills. The variety of French as foreign language textbooks published...
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Humour during the French classes
Hanzlíková, Dana ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Machleidtová, Silva (referee)
anglicky : Title of the thesis : Humour during the French classes Keywords : Comic, irony, humour, laughter, Henri Bergson, Louis Cazamian, gelotology, gélothérapie, sense of humour, French as a foreign language, school class, word play, joke, riddle, tongue twister, didactical sheet. Abstract : The thesis aims to provide a comprehensive description of possible use of humour in teaching the French language. In the theoretical section, it defines humour as a form of comic, deals with the influence of humour and laughter on health and describes the advantages and difficulties of integrating humour into school teaching. In the practical part, it analyses the humour in French textbooks, proposes a typology of humour in teaching materials and presents finally didactical sheets to teach French at all language levels. These exercises and activities are dedicated to all speech and language skills. They are focused on different themes to captivate the target age category and meet the requirements to be fun for students. The thesis should become aid and inspiration for those teachers, who decide to incorporate humour and laughter in the teaching of French.
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Literary text in courses of french as a foreign language
ZEZULOVÁ, Veronika
Literary text in courses of french as a foreign language This graduation theses (thesis) researches the use of artistic text in the textbooks for French as a foreign language. It monitors both its quantitative and qualitative developments linked with increasing language level of students and incorporated exercises. It is concentrated on the corpus of textbooks available on the Czech market of which it analyzes the five French and two Czech textbooks that represent the didactic production from the 90th of the 20th century to the present. The essential part of this work is to create a typology of accompanying activities of artistic texts. The goal is to compare the results obtained by analyzing of the selected material. It is evaluated in term of books publishing, their provenance, range and character of the artistic text.
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