Errors in the use of articles in advanced EFL learners with Czech as L1
| Thesis title in Czech: | Chyby pokročilých študentov angličtiny pri používaní členov s češtinou ako rodným jazykom |
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| Thesis title in English: | Errors in the use of articles in advanced EFL learners with Czech as L1 |
| Key words: | gramatické členy|analýza chýb|referencia|pedagogika|LINDSEI_CZ |
| English key words: | grammatical articles|error analysis|reference|pedagogy|LINDSEI_CZ |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2016/2017 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD) |
| Supervisor: | PhDr. Tomáš Gráf, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
| Date of registration: | 07.06.2017 |
| Date of assignment: | 07.06.2017 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 07.06.2017 |
| Date and time of defence: | 04.09.2018 00:00 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 28.05.2018 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 04.09.2018 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
| Opponents: | PhDr. Pavlína Šaldová, Ph.D. |
| Guidelines |
| The goal of this bachelor thesis is to determine the particular cases of the use of articles in English that the advanced learners find difficult. The theoretical part will contain the descriptions of possible kinds of grammatical references by which the articles can be categorized. The researched data will be taken from the error-tagged version of the LINDSEI subcorpus for Czech and further codified for the different types of noun reference. References categorized in this way will then be contrasted to the type of the task where they occurred. The conclusion should lead to a discussion about what articles learners find difficult to use and which aspects of their use are seen as most problematic. |
| References |
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