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Using podcasts to teach English to young learners
Hoppejová, Diana ; Müller Dočkalová, Barbora (advisor) ; Uličná, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with podcasts as a way of teaching the English language, mainly focused on children aged 5-7 years before the start of their school education. The podcasts are designed to introduce the English language to children with the help of their first language through spoken audio fairy tales without the help of visual aids. The aim of the thesis is to find out whether systematic use of the first language in audio material for beginning young learners can have a positive impact on their motivation and willingness to listen. The aim of the theoretical part was to gain the necessary knowledge to prepare such podcasts effectively. It therefore explores effective ways of teaching English to young learners, the use of stories to teach English, and the role of the first language in foreign language learning. The practical part reports on research conducted among parents of Czech and Slovak children who had not enjoyed listening to English audio materials prior to the research. The parents agreed on testing a series of the author's original podcasts with their children, and observing their reactions. The aim was to verify or reject the hypothesis that even children who otherwise refuse to listen to English audio materials will be motivated to listen to English fairy tale podcasts where...
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Educational technology in the work of preschool children with cancer
Skalická, Jana ; Vaňková, Petra (advisor) ; Fialová, Irena (referee)
The diploma thesis in the theoretical level gives attention to the appropriate use of information technology in educating preschool children who are educated in hospitals or kindergartens at hospitals. Furthermore, the work focuses on the health issues, the impact of the disease on the child's psyche and the effects of hospitalization and long-term stay of the child in the hospital on his current life. The theoretical part of the thesis describes various types of digital technologies that are used in the educational process for preschool children nowadays. At the end of the theoretical part there are described selected cancer illnesses of children, which are often treated in FN Motol. In the introduction to the practical part of the work, the Motol University Hospital itself is described in more detail, including basic information about its history and current functioning. The practical part of the work is based on the use of digital technologies in the education of children hospitalized in the Department of Oncology of the University Hospital in Motol where the technical means most often used in long-term hospitalized children were found out not only in education, but in relation to spending their free time in hospital. On the basis of my personal experience , a ten-day educational program, which...
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