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Problems of teaching Spanish pronuntiation
TONAROVÁ, Adéla
This thesis investigates the issue of teaching Spanish pronunciation in Czech educational settings, with a particular focus on the graphemes c (preceding the vowels e, i), z, and s in Spanish, along with associated pronunciation phenomena: the differentiation between // and /s/, seseo, and ceceo. Primarily, it identifies common pronunciation errors made by Czech students in the selected phenomenon and analyses the underlying causes of these errors. The introductory part explains the correct articulation of these graphemes in Spanish and the associated pronunciation phenomena. Furthermore, it informs about pronunciation levels based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF) and Plan curricular del Instituto Cervantes. Subsequently, the thesis provides a detailed description and analysis of research conducted on the Spanish pronunciation of twenty Czech high school students, focusing on the selected phenomenon. Moreover, the thesis examines responses of university students concerning the teaching of Spanish pronunciation in the educational institutions they attended prior to university enrolment. The research results are then compared with the requirements set in the curriculum documents. Finally, the thesis proposes some exercises to eliminate pronunciation errors.
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Dikobraz ‚porcupine‘ and buvol ‚buffalo‘ 200 years after Presl – research in the present-day pronunciation of two common nouns
Štěpánová, Veronika ; Novák, J.
Within a scientific internship for high school students realized in 2021 in the Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, besides other things, the current pronunciation usage of the expressions dikobraz ‚porcupine‘ and buvol ‚buffalo‘, both proposed by J. S. Presl as official Czech zoological terms, has been investigated. Both of these designations are remarkable from the phonetic point of view. In case of dikobraz, the existing monolingual dictionaries of Czech have so far admitted the pronunciation variants [dɪkobras] and [ɟɪkobras]. The analysis of sound records from the online archives of Czech public media has proved that the variant [ɟɪkobras], reflecting the etymological origin of this Russianism, has not appeared in a representative sample of both professional and non‑professional speakers. An informal survey has discovered that its occurrence would be surprising or disturbing for a majority of the users of Czech. On the other hand, in case of the second analysed expression buvol, it has been proved that more than one third of the investigated Czech speakers use the sound variant [buːvol], whereas no such sound (or graphical) variant is codified at present (however, J. S. Presl originally proposed a form written bůvol). The results of this research may serve also as important data for the arising Academic Dictionary of Contemporary Czech, for the Internet Language Reference Book etc.
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British VS. American English – A comparative study
Ohrazda, David ; Šťastná, Dagmar (referee) ; Sedláček, Pavel (advisor)
Tato bakalářská práce je zaměřena na porovnání rozdílů Britské a Americké angličtiny, dvou nejrozšířenějších variací anglického jazyka, který je po celém světě využíván ať už jako mateřský jazyk nebo vyučovaný druhý jazyk pro snazší mezinárodní komunikaci. Práce se stručně zabývá historií jazyka a následně rozebírá rozdíly v oblastech gramatiky, výslovnosti a slovníku s příklady dané problematiky. Práce rovněž pojednává o kulturních vlivech, které ovlivnily vývoj jazyka. Pro práci jsem použil knižní a internetové zdroje. Hlavním cílem bakalářské práce je poskytnout a ukázat jakým způsobem se jeden jazyk může lišit na základě odlišné národnosti.
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Program to support correct pronunciation of foreign languages
Malucha, Jan ; Kohl,, Ing, Zdeněk (referee) ; Sigmund, Milan (advisor)
The aim of the diploma thesis is the development of an autonomous program for checking and evaluating the pronunciation of a foreign language. Theoretical part includes a treatise on the history and importance of computer-assisted language teaching; it also contains a brief introduction to phonetics, phonology and pronunciation issues, as well as an introduction to speech signal processing with a focus on computational methods for pronunciation analysis. In the practical part, a search of currently widespread and available tools for pronunciation control was processed and a number of algorithms usable for its analysis were programmed. Some of the algorithms have been enclosed in a graphical user interface as a basic prototype of a functional program to support pronunciation. The achieved results and the direction of further development are discussed in the conclusion.
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A Comparative Study of English as a Lingua Franca in International Corporations
Juráň, Vilém ; Šťastná, Dagmar (referee) ; Langerová, Petra (advisor)
Angličtina je dnes jednoznačně nejpoužívanějším jazykem v rámci mezinárodních styků. Tato práce se zabývá důležitými jazykovými problémy, které vznikají v mezinárodních společnostech, ve kterých je angličtina Lingua Franca. V práci jsou analyzována specifická jazyková témata jako výslovnost a idiomatické vazby. Cílem této práce je nabídnout možnosti, jak lze tuto komunikaci zefektivnit. Přináší bližší pohled na použití jazyka prostřednictvím poznatků získaných ve společnosti BMW UK.
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Singing and chosen musical instruments as means for speech development and correct pronunciation in kindergarden
TRNKOVÁ, Denisa
In my bachelor thesis, I deal with singing and selected musical instruments for speech development and correct pronunciation in kindergarten. I dealt with music education in kindergarten, both from the point of view of teacher preparation in kindergarten, and various issues that can accompany kindergarten children in this field. For this reason, I tried to combine speech and pronunciation with music education, because in this age category, correct speech and pronunciation are the basis for functional future communication. Furthermore, in my bachelor thesis there is a weekly plan where I try to involve music education as a means of better speech and pronunciation of individual letters. I chose letters with which children tend to have a majority problem.
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