The development of Czech pupils' L2 phonology assessed with a reading task

• Thesis title in Czech: Vývoj fonologie angličtiny jako cizího jazyka u českých žáků, hodnocený dle úlohy k přečtení
• Thesis title in English: The development of Czech pupils' L2 phonology assessed with a reading task
• Key words: bilingvismus|český jazyk|anglický jazyk|jazyková akvizice u dětí|fonémy|raně sekvenční bilingvismus|pozdně sekvenční bilingvismus|výslovnost|doba působení druhého jazyka|fonologie|studující angličtiny|čeští mluvčí angličtiny
• English key words: bilingualism|age of onset|Czech language|English language|language acquisition in children|phonemes|early sequential bilinguals|late sequential bilinguals|pronunciation|phonology|English learners|Czech speakers of English
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2018/2019
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD)
• Supervisor: doc. Luca Cilibrasi, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 09.09.2019
• Date of assignment: 09.09.2019
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 10.09.2019
• Date and time of defence: 03.09.2020 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 04.08.2020
• Date of proceeded defence: 03.09.2020
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: doc. Dr. phil. Eva Maria Luef, Mag. phil.

Guidelines

This thesis aims at investigating the pronunciation of English phonemes in Czech primary school children, assessed with a standardised reading task (YARC - York Assessment of Reading and Comprehension). The thesis will consist of the following steps: Introduction presenting current research on the acquisition of phonology in sequential bilingual children, experimental part describing data collection completed in schools, data analysis and results, discussion of the results in relation to the literature on the acquisition of phonology and reading skills in bilinguals.

This thesis will be written in English.

References

Ambridge, B., & Lieven, E. V. (2011). Child language acquisition: Contrasting theoretical approaches. Cambridge University Press.

Guasti, M. T. (2017). Language acquisition: The growth of grammar. MIT press.

Kovelman, I., Baker, S. A., & Petitto, L. A. (2008). Age of first bilingual language exposure as a new window into bilingual reading development. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 11(2), 203-223.

Paradis, J. (2001). Do bilingual two-year-olds have separate phonological systems?. International journal of bilingualism, 5(1), 19-38.

Sebastián-Gallés, N., & Bosch, L. (2005). Phonology and bilingualism. Handbook of bilingualism: Psycholinguistic approaches, 68-87.

Snowling, M. J., Stothard, S. E., Clarke, P., Bowyer-Crane, C., Harrington, A., Truelove, E., ... & Hulme, C. (2009). YARC York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension Passage Reading.