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Development of language levels in children in kindergarten as a prevention of learning disabilities
KRCHŇAVÁ, Natálie
This bachelor thesis is focused on the development of children's speech within all language levels as the prevention of learning disabilities. The aim is to point out the keystone of the development of children´s speech before attending school. Here, it was created the educational material for preschool children which support the language levels and decline in the risks of specific learning disabilities. Moreover, it contributes to the interest of children in written and spoken forms of speech. The theoretical premises are the general characterisation of preschool age and the development of speech with respect to the Framework Educational Programme for Preschool Education. The four language levels (phonetical-phonologic, lexical-semantic, morphological-syntactic, and pragmatic), their defining and ontogenesis, are presented in this thesis. Finally, the specific learning disabilities that relate to the development of speech and language levels, are presented in the last chapter of the theoretical part. The practical part is consisted of the methodology material, which is divided into three thematic units. The thematic units were proven in a kindergarten and they were evaluated subsequently. Methods of the group interviews, indirect and participant observations were used for the evaluation. Each thematic unit is supplemented by results, risks, and recommendations. The practical part is supplemented by an enquiry of the phonetical-phonologic language level, which is the most accented level in the kindergarten.
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POSSIBILITIES OF DYSLEXIA ASSESSMENT IN THE ADULT POPULATION
Jira, František ; Mertin, Václav (referee) ; Stehlík, Luděk (referee)
Rigorous thesis: POSSIBILITIES OF DYSLEXIA ASSESSMENT IN THE ADULT POPULATION Author: Mgr. František Jira Supervisor: PhDr. Lenka Morávková Krejčová, Ph.D. ABSTRACT This work focuses on problems of dyslexia in the adult population, especially among university students and graduates, and explores the possibilities of its assessment. The starting point of the thesis lies in its theoretical part, which first introduces the topic of dyslexia on a more general level (concept, definition, incidence, causes, symptoms, theoretical approaches to the study), second considers dyslexia in adults (psychosocial context, unoiversity study, work, family, common life) and finally talks about possibilities of dyslexia assessment in the adult population (detection of dyslexia in the process of psychological evaluation, selected methods for the diagnosis of dyslexia in adults in the Czech Republic and abroad). The empirical part of this thesis bases the basic idea of the research project on the theoretical background of the first part. Participants in the study were university applicants, students, and graduates. Research sample consisted primarily of students of Charles University in Prague and the Czech Technical University in Prague. The data collection was carried via a self- evaluation questionnaire and tests of special...
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The personal experience of Specific Learning Difficulties as the way how to understand student's abilities
Pálenská, Jana ; Komárková, Tereza (advisor) ; Švandová, Martina (referee)
This Master's Diploma Thesis The personal experience of Specific Learning Difficulties as the way how to understand student's abilities is devoted to educating students with specific learning disabilities. The special emphasis of the work is on the impact of disabilities on psychical, social, educational and professional life of an individual. The aim of the first part of the Research Project was to comprehend how students with specific learning disabilities perceive individual manifestations of their learning difficulties. The data were applied to a scheme and realization of an experimental workshop for primary school teachers with the aim of helping to improve the relationship between teachers and students. The purpose of the second part of research was to hold an experimental workshop offering its participants a subjective experience of specific developmental learning disabilities, their identification with students' learning difficulties and a future introduction of new didactic and psycho-social procedures into their teaching process. The thesis is divided into theoretical and empirical parts. The former is devoted to different psycho-social aspects of specific learning difficulties from the position of a student and an individual, the empirical part includes qualitative research conducted in...
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POSSIBILITIES OF DYSLEXIA ASSESSMENT IN THE ADULT POPULATION
Jira, František ; Mertin, Václav (referee) ; Stehlík, Luděk (referee)
Rigorous thesis: POSSIBILITIES OF DYSLEXIA ASSESSMENT IN THE ADULT POPULATION Author: Mgr. František Jira Supervisor: PhDr. Lenka Morávková Krejčová, Ph.D. ABSTRACT This work focuses on problems of dyslexia in the adult population, especially among university students and graduates, and explores the possibilities of its assessment. The starting point of the thesis lies in its theoretical part, which first introduces the topic of dyslexia on a more general level (concept, definition, incidence, causes, symptoms, theoretical approaches to the study), second considers dyslexia in adults (psychosocial context, unoiversity study, work, family, common life) and finally talks about possibilities of dyslexia assessment in the adult population (detection of dyslexia in the process of psychological evaluation, selected methods for the diagnosis of dyslexia in adults in the Czech Republic and abroad). The empirical part of this thesis bases the basic idea of the research project on the theoretical background of the first part. Participants in the study were university applicants, students, and graduates. Research sample consisted primarily of students of Charles University in Prague and the Czech Technical University in Prague. The data collection was carried via a self- evaluation questionnaire and tests of special...
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