Výzkum v didaktice cizích jazyků V
Research in foreign language didactics V
Contributor(s): Věra Janíková (Editor), Světlana Hanušová (Editor)
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Syntax, Lexis, School education, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: foreign language learning; education; mother tongue; native speakers; foreign language didactics;
Summary/Abstract: This publication presents an empirical research of pronunciation mistakes of Czech students learning German as a second foreign language at elementary school. The aim of the research was to verify the extent of the students’ pronunciation difficulties with German pronunciation phenomena error-prone for Czech native speakers. The research determined in what way these errors manifest themselves in the transfer from the students’ previously acquired languages, i.e. their mother tongue (Czech) and the first foreign language learnt (English). Within the theoretical foundation, the focus is put on different concepts of pronunciation in terms of foreign language teaching objectives, definitions of language errors and their causes, the development of the German pronunciation standard and methodological approaches to error analysis.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-80-280-0310-4
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-80-280-0309-8
- Page Count: 188
- Publication Year: 2022
- Language: English, Czech
Model problémově orientované výuky ve výuce cizích jazyků: Přehledová studie
Model problémově orientované výuky ve výuce cizích jazyků: Přehledová studie
(Model of Problem-Based Language Instruction in Foreign Language Teaching: Review of Empirical Studies)
- Author(s):Helena Hradílková
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):Education, School education, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
- Page Range:15-36
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:problem-based learning; problem-based language learning; research review;
- Summary/Abstract:The following text offers a definition of the model of problem-based learning, maps the journey of the model into language learning and teaching, and reviews research studies on problem-based language teaching.
Rozvoj přesnosti v rámci přístupu založeného na úlohách řečového typu: Přehledová studie
Rozvoj přesnosti v rámci přístupu založeného na úlohách řečového typu: Přehledová studie
(Developing Accuracy Through Task-based Language Teaching: A Review Study)
- Author(s):Filip Pultar
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):Education, Foreign languages learning, Lexis, School education, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
- Page Range:37-59
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:foreign language teaching; task-based language teaching; accuracy; communicative competence; grammatical competence;
- Summary/Abstract:This review study maps eight studies dealing with the use of task-based language teaching for developing the accuracy of aspects of grammatical competence in foreign language teaching. The reviewed studies predominantly focus on language skills rather than systems and further research is required to investigate the effect of this approach on the development of aspects of grammatical and lexical accuracy.
A Review of Interactional Metadiscourse Research in Postgraduate Dissertations and theses across Disciplines
A Review of Interactional Metadiscourse Research in Postgraduate Dissertations and theses across Disciplines
(A Review of Interactional Metadiscourse Research in Postgraduate Dissertations and theses across Disciplines)
- Author(s):Daniel Gerrard
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Philosophy of Language, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
- Page Range:61-75
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:interactional metadiscourse; academic writing; postgraduate; dissertation; thesis;
- Summary/Abstract:This review paper summarises research on the use of interactional metadiscourse in dissertations/theses by master’s and PhD students. A keyword search in the Scopus database identified ten relevant research articles with corpus-based studies from eight countries. The paper concludes that the topic of metadiscourse remains underresearched in these genres, particularly in European contexts.
Sebehodnocení výslovnosti ve studiu angličtiny v terciárním vzdělávání: Pilotní výzkum
Sebehodnocení výslovnosti ve studiu angličtiny v terciárním vzdělávání: Pilotní výzkum
(Self-assessment of Pronunciation in English Studies in Tertiary Education: Pilot Study)
- Author(s):Kateřina Keplová
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):Language studies, Education, School education, Pedagogy
- Page Range:79-96
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:self-assessment of English pronunciation; tertiary education; development of self-assessment skills; mixed research method in education research;
- Summary/Abstract:The article presents the outcomes of a doctoral project pilot study, which aims to confirm whether the research tools selected for the study of the development of pronunciation self-assessment in English studies in tertiary education support obtaining relevant and quality data which will contribute to responding to the research questions. During the pilot study, the research tools were adjusted, and the data gained disclosed the main weak point of the planned research, namely the need to focus more specifically on the skill of self-assessment rather than the language skill of pronunciation, which is the means of the self-assessment process.
Pragmatika a písemné dovednosti studentů angličtiny jako cizího jazyka: Implikace pilotáže pro hlavní výzkum
Pragmatika a písemné dovednosti studentů angličtiny jako cizího jazyka: Implikace pilotáže pro hlavní výzkum
(Pragmatics and Writing Skills of EFL Students: Implications of the Pilot Research for the Final Research)
- Author(s):Žaneta Voldánová
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):Foreign languages learning, Pragmatics, School education, Pedagogy
- Page Range:97-131
- No. of Pages:35
- Keywords:pragmatics instruction; writing skills; English as a foreign language; quasi-experiment; pilot research;
- Summary/Abstract:The article summarises the results of pilot research focused on the effect of explicit pragmatics instruction on the writing skills of students of the Primary school teacher training study programme. Explicit pragmatics instruction contributed to the students’ confidence about writing and the students themselves have a positive attitude to it. However, the pilot study revealed that the effect of pragmatics instruction on the students’ writing skills wasn’t significant and that there is a need of research design and respondents modifications, which are also described in this article.
Čtení v cizím jazyce a práce s autentickými literárními texty v hodinách francouzštiny: Výsledky dotazníkového šetření
Čtení v cizím jazyce a práce s autentickými literárními texty v hodinách francouzštiny: Výsledky dotazníkového šetření
(Reading in a Foreign Language and Using Authentic Literary Texts in an FFL Classroom: Results of a Questionnaire Survey)
- Author(s):Anna Luběnová Morales
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):Education, Foreign languages learning, French Literature, School education, Pedagogy
- Page Range:133-163
- No. of Pages:31
- Keywords:reading in a foreign language; literary text in a foreign language classroom; authentic literary text; French as a foreign language; French literature; questionnaire survey;
- Summary/Abstract:This paper introduces the results of a questionnaire survey among secondary-school teachers of French as a foreign language (FFL) in the Czech Republic. The topic of the survey was using and exploring authentic literary texts (ALT) in an FFL classroom. The results of the survey show that Czech FFL teachers are interested in using ALT in their FFL classrooms, they use ALT as an important source in language teaching and motivate their students to explore these resources as well.
Ustálená slovní spojení v odborných článcích výtvarných disciplín fotografie a produktového/průmyslového designu
Ustálená slovní spojení v odborných článcích výtvarných disciplín fotografie a produktového/průmyslového designu
(Lexical Bundles in Academic Articles from Arts Disciplines of Photography and Product/Industrial Design)
- Author(s):Hana Atcheson
- Language:Czech
- Subject(s):Foreign languages learning, Photography, Visual Arts, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis
- Page Range:165-178
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:academic writing; English for Academic Purposes; lexical bundles; corpus; discipline of product/industrial design; discipline of photography;
- Summary/Abstract:This article presents results from partial research which in its broader scope focuses on objective language needs analysis of students in Ph.D. study programmes of photography and product/industrial design. It is the problematics of formulaic language use in vocational published articles which usually serve in classes of English for Academic Purposes as referential models for the students in the target group and form a referential corpus in the objective needs analysis in the field of academic writing in English. This comparative corpus study pointed to the use of formal and functional types of 4-gram lexical bundles in published articles of expert authors in the two visual art disciplines of photography and product/industrial design. The analysis of lexical bundles has been done with the use of Biber’s (Biber et al., 1999) formal taxonomy, the functional taxonomy was adapted from Hyland (2008a, 2008b). The findings obtained will be used to identify the objective needs in communicative competence in academic writing for Ph.D. students of the target group.
Syntactic Complexity as an Indicator of Proficiency in Argumentative Essays
Syntactic Complexity as an Indicator of Proficiency in Argumentative Essays
(Syntactic Complexity as an Indicator of Proficiency in Argumentative Essays)
- Author(s):Christopher Williams
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
- Page Range:179-188
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:syntactic complexity; writing skills; English as a foreign language; distance dependency; non-finite clause;
- Summary/Abstract:This article outlines three approaches to measuring the syntactic complexity in L2 English writing – mean length-based, distance dependency, and the use of non-finite elements. Studies using these approaches are discussed, and areas for future research are discussed.