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Issues of Czech language acquisition by foreign speakers
KŘÍBALOVÁ, Adéla
The diploma thesis builds on bachelor thesis entitled Issues of Sociolinguistics and it is divided into a theoretical and practical part. It focuses in more details on the concept of Czech language as a foreign language and its learning by speakers from abroad - adult non-native speakers. The theoretical part describes pivotal key concepts and terms related to sociolinguistics with mentioning its sub-discipline interactional sociolinguistics. The thesis also describes study options of Czech language in our country, the most frequent methods used during lessons and the explanation of language levels according to The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. A part of this section is a description of the most commonly used textbooks of Czech, analysis of their structure and main topics. The practical part is focused on students of Czech as a foreign language. They fill in a questionnaire and they are also part of an interview.
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Acquisition of French in language courses in French-Czech club in Kladno.
Pacovská, Anna ; Loucká, Hana (advisor) ; Nádvorníková, Olga (referee)
The main theme of the thesis is the acquisition of French language in language courses in French-Czech club in Kladno. The thesis is divided into three principal parts. In the initial one we present the institution of French-Czech club in Kladno. In addition we mention also the partnership between Kladno city and Vitry-sur-Seine in France. The main aim of the thesis are the French language courses organized by the French- Czech club in Kladno. We deal with every single course in the club, we mention the visitors of this courses and also the motivation of these students. But the thesis concern the most the caracteristics of textbooks and workbooks used in the process of teaching French in French- Czech club in Kladno. In the courses, there are two types of textbook used in the French language courses - Czech-written and French-written textbooks. Between Czech-written textbooks, we mention ON Y VA! 1. (J. Taišlová; 2007), that is based on the structural-notional compromise combined with the situational principle. Between French-written textbooks used in French language courses in French-Czech club in Kladno, we characterize the first volume of Alter Ego (C. Hugot; V.M. Kizirian; M. Waendendries; A. Berthet; E. Daill; 2012). Alter Ego textbook employs the principles of the Common European Framework of...
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Pupil 's learning style and its role in the process of foreign language acquisition for younger school-age pupils
Smolíková, Kateřina ; Špačková, Klára (advisor) ; Valentová, Hana (referee)
Učební styl žáka a jeho role v procesu osvojování slovní zásoby v cizím jazyce u žáků mladšího školního věku Kateřina Smolíková ABSTRACT The thesis deals with learning styles and their role in the process of vocabulary acquisition. The theoretical part characterizes the basic concepts associated with learning styles, their typology and the history of their research, their diagnostics and pedagogical application. Furthermore, some previous research concerning the effectiveness of respecting the student's learning styles in teaching is mapped here. The practical part describes a research survey, which aims to identify students' learning styles and compare the level of acquired vocabulary depending on the way in which the new vocabulary was presented to students. The comparison of the level of acquired vocabulary took place in three groups, whose learning style preferences differed from each other. It was a visual-verbal and kinesthetic-aural group and a group of students without a preference for learning style. At the same time, the practical part also analyzes the percentage composition of the preferences of learning styles of individual respondents and compares their results with their preferences. KEYWORDS learning style, VARK questionnaire, younger school age, vocabulary acquisition, foreign language
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The influence of early English language learning on the development of selected language competencies of elementary school students
Michalová, Šárka ; Špačková, Klára (advisor) ; Kacafírková, Petra (referee)
The question of the asset of early foreign language learning is a frequently discussed topic. Following prevailing opinion in society, that ‚the sooner, the better ', the beginning of compulsory foreign language learning is continually shifting in lower grades at primary school. A lot of children have already started with foreign language learning in kindergarten. Researches, which support the benefits of the approach, focus on a very narrow aspect of foreign language acquisition (pronunciation) or survey these facts with a specific group of inhabitants (immigrants). As experts point out, there is no significant benefit of early instructions ascertained in the Czech Republic. However, the research focused only on adults. We do not have any further evidence of the advantages of starting to learn a foreign language early. Therefore, the author focused on comparing the level of foreign language competences of two groups of pupils after their two-year compulsory instructions of English at primary school. The aim was to compare the level of their language competence in English and the learners' potential difficulties by the learners with early learning experience and by the learners without previous experience of foreign language learning before the beginning of compulsory learning at primary school....
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Sociocultural competence in teaching Czech for foreigners
Odtsetseg, Tsenguun ; Hasil, Jiří (advisor) ; Dolenská, Jana (referee)
The present thesis tries to approach the issue of foreign language acquisition and foreign language didactics approaches. The main theme of the work is socio-cultural competence in teaching Czech for foreigners. It also states the issue in a broader context. Following is a detailed analysis of that term and its definition in a social frame of reference levels for Czech A1. The main part comprises of individually assessed five selected textbooks of Czech for foreigners. The analysis is carried out based on own criteria which have been determined in accordance with the required components of the socio-cultural competencies according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and J. Průcha methodologies. In the final part of the thesis is made mutual comparison of books with regard to the extent of helping to deepen and develop the student's knowledge in terms of socio-cultural competence. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Acquisition of French in language courses in French-Czech club in Kladno.
Pacovská, Anna ; Loucká, Hana (advisor) ; Nádvorníková, Olga (referee)
The main theme of the thesis is the acquisition of French language in language courses in French-Czech club in Kladno. The thesis is divided into three principal parts. In the initial one we present the institution of French-Czech club in Kladno. In addition we mention also the partnership between Kladno city and Vitry-sur-Seine in France. The main aim of the thesis are the French language courses organized by the French- Czech club in Kladno. We deal with every single course in the club, we mention the visitors of this courses and also the motivation of these students. But the thesis concern the most the caracteristics of textbooks and workbooks used in the process of teaching French in French- Czech club in Kladno. In the courses, there are two types of textbook used in the French language courses - Czech-written and French-written textbooks. Between Czech-written textbooks, we mention ON Y VA! 1. (J. Taišlová; 2007), that is based on the structural-notional compromise combined with the situational principle. Between French-written textbooks used in French language courses in French-Czech club in Kladno, we characterize the first volume of Alter Ego (C. Hugot; V.M. Kizirian; M. Waendendries; A. Berthet; E. Daill; 2012). Alter Ego textbook employs the principles of the Common European Framework of...
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English Language Acquisition of Preschool Children in a Kindergarten Bilingual Classroom
ZIKMUNDOVÁ, Michaela
The bachelor thesis deals with the possibilities of a foreign language education (in this case ? the English education) in a bilingual classroom in the Czech kindergarten. The theoretical part describes the issue of bilingualism, the foreign language acquisition, and the conditions that are required for a successful education of preschool children in a foreign language. These are linked with the aims according to the Framework Education Programme for Preschool Education. The practical part is concerned with the research of the English language acquisition process and its results in the Dolphins? bilingual classroom in Mateřídouška kindergarten in Brno. The thesis also provides materials used in the programme and videos that show the methods and attitudes of the teachers in the given bilingual classroom.
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