ORIGINAL_ARTICLEIn this paper the aim and the value of the protection of the intellectual property are described. Its two components, patent law and copyright, are mentioned. The first one is focused on patents, industrial design, and trademarks application, the second one is focused on exclusive right to a variety of intangible assets such as literary, scientific, and artistic works. Further the necessary activity of the author of the intellectual property essential for the protection of its benefits in the Czech Republic and in the European Union is indicated. Selected laws and statutes are added.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_01.pdf2013-12-31613ZdeňkaBeranová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe paper deals with practical aspects of teaching English for Specific Purposes in the Nutritional Therapy bachelor degree program at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University in Brno. Within the IMPACT project, new study materials and teaching methods are being developed to better prepare the students to make use of the attained language knowledge and skills in their future practice or follow-up studies. The paper will discuss: (1) the value of including field-specific articles and presentations in the lessons, (2) possibilities of the effective use of controversial topics for the purpose of practicing discussion skills, and (3) benefits of e-learning implementation for the lessons. These points will be illustrated by specific examples.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_02.pdf2013-12-311420RobertHelán1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEhttps://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_03.pdf2013-12-312127Ingo T.Herzig1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe paper deals with the testing at the Language Training Centre of the University of Defense in Brno (CJP UO). Specifically, the analysis and the German tests evaluation following the NATO STANAG 6001 SLP 1 (A1-A2 CEFR) standards through the statistical software ITEMAN is considered. The aim of the research was to find out whether the test is valid and reliable. Firstly, the application ITEMAN is described, further on the paper carries on with the process of preliminary work. The largest part of the article is devoted to the analysis and item analysis of the bad test items. Finally, the procedures for some inappropriate items proofreading are proposed.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_04.pdf2013-12-312836EvaHradilová1AUTHORTerezaKrupková2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis contribution is about the statistical analysis of tests developed at individual faculties of the Language Centre at the Masaryk University Brno. After conducting statistical analysis on sets of tests developed by the Faculty of Economics and Administration, the Faculty of Social Studies and the Faculty of Pedagogy, the argument for checking assumptions originally attributed to the tests, which had been liable to close scrutiny of teams of language teachers and pretested on students of the target population, turned out to be not only important but also hugely fascinating and worth in-depth investigation. While the analysis confirmed some of the original assumptions about individual test items as well as complete parts of tests, its evidence also shed light on those items calling for further revision and improvement. This paper will look at ways of how statistical analysis can help test developers make tests more reliable and at the same time alert us of pitfalls that we would not be aware of be it not for its insight.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_05.pdf2013-12-313745JiřinHrbáčková1AUTHORMilanBoháček2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis paper deals with some problems in the teaching of German at the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University in Brno, as well as possible ways, as can the German economic CEFR level C1 test. In language teaching, teachers often work with diverse groups. Language and expertise in economics, with the first semester students varies according to whether they are high school or business-college graduates. How is it possible to bring their skills to the required level? Which materials are the best? In the second part are disclosed results of the first round of testing in the IMPACT project as a stimulus for reflection and wider conclusions.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_06.pdf2013-12-314653HelenaHušková1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe article discusses the results of and the rationale behind a needs analysis survey carried out among students and recent graduates with the aim of modifying and innovating an existing course syllabus. It documents the preparation of the changes in the Legal English syllabus at the Faculty of Law as part of Impact project implemented at the MU Language Centre. The findings from the questionnaire surveys are contrasted with the language requirements that major law firms place on their recruits. The paper proposes some ways of including changes in the new syllabus of legal English for undergraduates. The preparation of the new syllabus aims to make the course as relevant as possible to the CEFRL and the future language needs of law students.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_07.pdf2013-12-315460BarboraChovancová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe purpose of this article is to contribute to the Czech discourse on issues of power in social work by pointing to the importance of temporality of human life. The article is based on such characteristics of the helping process as intentionality and relationship. Understanding of the power mechanism within the helping relationship draws on the understanding of the change in the position and roles of a social worker in the postmodern era. The second basis is the philosophical conception of the power within the helping relationship. Theoretical reflection of the importance of temporality in the helping relationship is illustrated by the results of the qualitative survey carried out in the framework of the SGS FP TUL project Ethical dilemmas of community work.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_08.pdf2013-12-316167HelenaKalábová1AUTHORTatianaMatulayová2AUTHORJanJihlavec3AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe study deals with the question of the formation of the Jewish youth movement Blau-Weiss in the period before the year of 1918 and at the time of the first Czechoslovak Republic. Text analyzes aspects growing from the original German youth association Wandervogel into the establishment of a separate Jewish association Blau-Weiss. In the center of attention is also shaping of ideas and philosophical background of the movement in the period after the creation of Czechoslovak Republic, when inside the movement gaining strength ideas of Zionism and emigration to Palestine. Analysis focuses on the ideological divide and philosophical transition of the scout organization Blau-Weiss (focusing on being in nature) in the Zionist movement Techelet Lavan successfully disseminating ideas of Zionism between the German Jewish youth in the Czechoslovak Republic. The issue of movement Blau-Weiss is put in context with the development of other Jewish youth movements – Czech, German or Zionist.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_09.pdf2013-12-316874DanaKasperová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe first part of the presentation informs about opportunities for further training aimed at foreign language teachers at tertiary level in the Czech Republic provided by the IMPACT project. It summarizes possibilities how to use expertise from seminars, provided materials, videorecordings and on-line courses, which are being created thanks to the project support. In the second part the presenter will share her experience with the use of easily accessible ICT in foreign language ESP and EAP teaching.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_10.pdf2013-12-317579HanaKatrňáková1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe individuals with Rett syndrome display a lot of challenging difficulties in all areas of daily living. The aim of the research among girls with this type of combined disability was to conduct a survey to gain as much information as possible about the possibilities for motor training, movement activities and physiotherapy that can suppress regression and improve quality of life. The questions put to 14 mothers revealed that standard physical exercise is not possible given the girls’ health and mental condition. Consequently, physiotherapeutic concepts and methods (Vojta reflex locomotion, the Bobath concept) and other complementary therapies (canistherapy, hippotheraphy, music therapy, ergotheraphy et al.) are applied, attended by the girls mainly as part of compulsory schooling. The exercise usually takes place several times a day, both in school or an educational facility and at home.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_11.pdf2013-12-318093AlenaLejčarová1AUTHORAnetaKonečná2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEA limited number of contact teaching hours of specialist language preparation raise the necessity to transfer obtained learning strategies to other areas of study and professional life. Individual preparation is enhanced by internet support using LMS Moodle or MAHARA platform. When working with European Language Portfolio, its online versions prove to be more viable than its hard copies. The paper focuses on the possibilities of academic use of the ELP in specialist language preparation. A special emphasis is put on the analysis of the chapter on learning to learn and its evaluation by the students of environmental economics at HS Niederrhein and the students of specialist language preparation at the Language Department, CULS. The comparison can be used as an example of good practice for specialist language preparation optimisation and its target competence acquisition.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_12.pdf2013-12-3194102MiladaOdstrčilová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe aim of this paper is to describe the use of information and communication technologies which support courses of ESP, mainly cooperative work of university students and their active participation in creating electronic materials. Students studying business ESP courses are offered different web applications that were not primarily designed for foreign language teaching. The article also lists the criteria which help language teachers choose the most suitable tools from the vast range of various web applications and presents several examples of practical tasks supporting the active role of foreign language students. Thus they can practise the target language; they can be creators of different web content and develop their information literacy.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_13.pdf2013-12-31103111StanislavaPavlíková1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis paper deals with the possible use of school social workers in problem solving and risk phenomena of the students. The display of competencies of the teachers and the workers suggest the possibility of cooperation in the framework of inclusive education in the Czech Republic. The formulation process of the competencies of school special education teachers is based on existing legislation. We consider the fact that the job placement of school social workers in the current Czech school legislation is not defined. So our formulas are based on American standard school social work and are guided by scientific research implemented within the framework of the project: SGS FP No. 58013 Technical University in Liberec called “Potential of school social work in the Czech school system”.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_14.pdf2013-12-31112122IlonaPešatová1AUTHORTatianaMatulayová2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe Language Centre (LC) of Masaryk University launched a language test and assessment standardisation and innovation process in accordance with its language policy in 2012. The standardisation process involves two distinct dimensions. The first one represents standardising the format of its language tests at the B1, B2 and C1 levels. The other scope consists in implementing a set of common standards for language test development. The standardisation and innovation of Business English tests at the C1 level of the CEFR will be presented within this framework. Using the outcomes of the pretesting phase, the impact of these tests on the target population will be analysed in terms of the expected success rate and students’ subjective perception of the newly developed tests with respect to their needs.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_15.pdf2013-12-31123133BlankaPojslová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe article aims to introduce innovative teaching materials for medical Latin for students of undergraduate courses at Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University. The authors prepared these materials with the emphasis on teaching/learning grammatical and lexical phenomena in accordance with their common usage. They used mainly statistical analyses of grammar forms frequency and typical collocations (using the methods of corpus linguistics). Innovative materials also define the interconnection between particular lessons in terms of recurrence of new words and grammar, vocabulary differentiation according to the specialization of disciplines and teaching pragmatism; the exercises also use authentic materials). The innovation lies also in greater variability of exercise patterns and in the use of multimedia.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_16.pdf2013-12-31134139KateřinaPořízková1AUTHORJozefaArtimová2AUTHORLiborŠvanda3AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe German language section at ČZU in Prague decided to replace the previously used textbook German with a Smile, from the team of authors from VSE in Prague, by the textbook studio d which was originally published by Cornelsen. The nominated textbooks are very different in many aspects, but especially in the presentation of grammar. Based on a detailed comparative analysis of both textbooks, it shows that unlike the deductive procedure applied in the textbook of Czech authors studio d uses almost exclusively inductive process. These differences resulted in the need for changes in teaching methodology. After two years of using, the new textbook passed the evaluations of students with a positive result. Also, the statistics of students’ success in examinations was evaluated. After the introduction of the new textbook there was a slight decline in average marks at levels A1 and A2; in contrast, the average mark at level B1 slightly improved.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_17.pdf2013-12-31140149JitkaPrachařová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe LMS Moodle offers many advantages to support the education of day students. Nevertheless, in the combined distance program with its in-class and distance study phases, e-learning platforms, which make possible digital cooperation at various language levels, are absolutely essential. This article reveals the difficulties in distance study within the context of university language education and provides practical ideas for how Moodle integrated with Web 2.0 tools can support this form of study.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_18.pdf2013-12-31150158PavelSternberg1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis study deals with a conversation on an online asynchronous discussion forum. By means of conversation analysis, 42 postings comprising 2,833 words produced by five pre-intermediate English as a foreign language university students were analyzed. The analysis revealed some mechanisms unerlying their interaction on the forum, including public messages and private exchanges, dealing with redundant and late messages, expressing directives and emotions, and orientation towards the learning task. The findings not only comply with the existing body of research, but also provide a detailed insight into the specific functioning of an online learner group.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_19.pdf2013-12-31159170FrantišekTůma1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEWithin the IMPACT Project, supported by European funds, innovated syllabi and standardization of the assessment of students’ language skills in the area of Foreign Languages for Specific Purposes are being developed in the department of Foreign Languages at the Technical University of Liberec based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). This presentation examines the methods and means of assessment for implementing new standards into the existing courses of German Language for Specific Purposes at the Technical University of Liberec.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_20.pdf2013-12-31171180IrenaVlčková1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEIn the nowadays globalized world information and communication technologies (ICT) have become an inherent educational tool and their usage is an indispensable prerequisite for enhancing the quality and efficiency of the educational process. The article deals with teaching English with the use of ICT to both future military professionals and civilian students at the University of Defence. ICT have enabled teachers to modify some strategies and concepts of the second language teaching, e.g. introduction of e-learning for the combined form of study or implementation of blended learning for the full time form of study, where e-learning is used as a complement to the face-to-face teaching. The article also includes results from the research dealing with the usage of e-learning and blended learning for teaching English at students of both forms of study.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_21.pdf2013-12-31181189DanaZerzánová1AUTHORIvanaČechová2AUTHORJanaBeránková3AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLELifelong learning is a concept that provides people with a process of self-study. Universities are scientific and educational institutions that serve science and research, which is also true for lifelong learning. Among the options to improve German within Lifelong Learning Programme are Moderated Discussions in the German language that are implemented in the Language Centre of the University of Pardubice, and this paper reflects their concept, format and concrete outputs.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2013_3_22.pdf2013-12-31190195ŠárkaZikešová1AUTHOR