The role of text in grammar school ELT

Abstract

Cilem teto prace je zjistit postoj student:U k text:Um V soucasnych ucebnidch anglickeho jazyka na gymnaziich a jejich nazory na tuto problematiku. Hlavni pozornost se zamefuje zejmena na obsah text:U, delku a jazykovou narocnost. Textova slozka je uzce spjata s doprovodnym ilustracnim materialem a celkorym vztahem k ucebnici. Dle ryse uvedenych kriterii byly zjisteny predstavy studentU 0 moderni ucebnici anglickeho jazyka. Teoreticka cast nabizi detailni vhled do problematiky, jejiZ soucasti je teorie ucebnic a schopnost cteni. Otazka texru, jejich typu, funkd a roli je pojednana z pedagogickeho pohledu, stejne tak jako zarazeni kritickeho mysleni do jazykoveho vyucovani. Ponevadz se jedna 0 specifickou vekovou kategorii adolescenru, je zde z psychologickeho pohledu nastinena jejich charakteristika. V prakticke casti se autorka venuje zpracovani dat, ktere shromazdila formou dotazniku. Tomuto predchazi obecne informace o planovani a prlibehu vjzkumu. Cile jsou shrnuty V zavetecne Casti. Priloha obsahuje ptiklady text:U, ktere jsou doporuceny pro vjuku. Praktickym rysledkem prace byla rymena ucebnic na jedne ze zucastnenych skol. Po temer pulrocni praxi se ukazalo, ze tato zmena zde ptispela k celkovemu zlepseni urovne ryuky anglickeho jazyka. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The aim of this study is to examine students' opmwns and approaches to texts in the present-day textbooks of English. Special attention is paid to the contents of texts, length and language difficulty. Texts are closely connected with illustrational material and general attitudes towards textbooks. Following the above mentioned criteria, the students' ideas of modern English textbook were found out. The theoretical part offers a detailed insight into the subject matter whose components are textbook theory and the skill of reading. Texts, their types, functions and roles are viewed from pedagogy perspective as well as critical thinking in English language teaching. There is also a chapter on psychological characteristics of adolescents since the thesis focuses on this specific age group. The practical part deals with the data that were gathered by means of questionnaires. Their processing is preceded by general information on planning and carrying out the research. The results are summarized in the concluding part. The appendices provide text samples that are suggested for practical usage. The practical result of this thesis was replacement of textbooks at one of the grammar schools involved. Almost half-a-year practice has proved the change beneficial for the general improvement of English language teaching...