ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe paper presents the design of a course of English morphology taught in a blended-learning environment. English morphology is a traditional core linguistic discipline which forms a standard component of curricula for English philological programmes. Vis-à-vis the recent technological development, instructors need to revisit traditional methods of its teaching, question their efficacy and, accordingly, consider the affordances of the newly-emerging ‘virtual classroom’. The proposed course offers a systemic-functional perspective of language which approaches grammar as a repository of expressive resources employed by language users to fulfil their communicative goals. This less commonly practiced approach invites students to explore the system of language while using up-to-date authentic illustrative data which cover important segments of social life. In doing so, students acquire a powerful tool for analysis and evaluation of different uses of language, which makes them empowered, competent and critical language users.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_01.pdf2014-12-20712MilanFerenčík1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis article investigates e-mail communication on the Google electronic account platform gmail.com. The findings of the investigation support the assumption, i.e., e-mail communication of the researched data with respect to norms is boundless. For example, a mixture of indicative and concealing, general and intimate as well as detailed and minimalistic models was found. This article also analyzes gmail from a geosemiotic perspective. This part focuses on how the sign system of language indexes gmail as a semiotic system. The analysis shows that the platform is a densely indexable world divided into frames which create a whole referred to as a “semiotic aggregate”. The frames construct an interplay of visual signs as well as an intersection of several discourses of which each has its own unique function. All discourses co-create a paradigm which directs the user through the electronic landscape.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_02.pdf2014-12-201321JurajLukáč1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEInteractive Whiteboard has recently become a phenomenon of the modern education process. Despite its massive expansion at all levels of education, the methodological adaptation lags far behind the reality. A large number of teachers has not been properly prepared to use its full potential. Being aware of this issue in pre-service teacher training, we at University of Hradec Králové attempt to overcome this difficulty and react adequately to the needs of future teachers. This article aims at providing some reflections and describes various possible approaches to the improvement of the current situation.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_03.pdf2014-12-202229PavlaMachová1AUTHORMichalPištora2AUTHOROlgaVraštilová3AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEIn this paper we present the dissertation survey. Based on an analysis of needs, the research objective was to determine the educational goals and content of professionally focused tertiary German language teaching in faculties specializing in business administration. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire survey was carried out among three groups of respondents – students, German language teachers, and potential employers. The final objective was to incorporate the identified educational content components into the international standards' frame based on their qualitative comparison with relevant descriptors of both the European and local standards and curricula. This paper summarizes and discusses the survey results.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_04.pdf2014-12-203036TomislavPotocký1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis paper addresses the issue of how to create a suitable learning method of German Language for translators. The functions and methods are considered within the Common European Reference Framework. In addition, the miscellanea of teaching German for the development of translation competences are also examined, whereby the emphasis is on the development of capabilities and skills relevant to the professional activities of translators. Finally, reflection results are summarized and the focus on practical requirements for learning German in practical situations is also considered.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_05.pdf2014-12-203843SvitlanaAmelina1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe authors are going to provide an insight into a tailor made course “Presenting in English”. They are going to portray a needs analysis questionnaire that precedes the course, some e- instruments that are used for improving effective language learning and for achieving the desired progress in the participants’ communicative and cross-cultural competences. Finally, the course itself will be described and the feedback form that is utilized to reflect not only the course content but also the self-development of the participants. The authors are going to deal with utilization of e-learning support materials, information and communication technologies, and collaborative learning and teaching methods and techniques in the two-day course that has primarily been created for the academic staff and Doctoral and Master Degree programme students of the University of Pardubice.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_06.pdf2014-12-204450ZuzanaBezdíčková1AUTHORMarkétaDenksteinová2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEDeveloping students’ presentation skills belongs to a syllabus of nearly every regular course of language training at universities. It has been part of the last semester of English for Lawyers at Masaryk University for more than a decade as well. To enhance the students’ motivation to deliver a presentation of good quality and to increase the attention of listening students, I included presentations into a more complex activity of holding a miniconference. Within two seminars the students either presented legal topics or participated in organizing the conference. In my paper I describe and evaluate specific tasks set for the miniconference and show the students’ feedback to this, hopefully, more realistic setting.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_07.pdf2014-12-205157ŠtěpánkaBilová1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis paper focuses on the creation and innovation of the course “English for Mathematicians”. When processing teaching materials and introducing innovations, several problems emerge. The first is topic selection. Natural sciences comprise extensive knowledge; it is difficult to choose topics relating to the specialisms or interests of all students. Secondly, various levels of professional and language competence of individuals in class must also be taken into consideration. Thirdly, it is vital to assess the degree of authenticity of materials, and the possibility or necessity of their adjustment by language teachers. Students usually appreciate video lectures and conference papers for their expertise. However, these sources are not always suitable and applicable in language learning. Last but not least, a combination of skills-based and topic-based approaches, as well as problem-solving tasks, can keep students interested and motivated.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_08.pdf2014-12-205864EvaČoupková1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLENowadays, the acquisition of one foreign language is an important factor which can influence the modern society. In the academic environment, the lifelong learning of teachers and researchers plays a vital role. Employees of universities are expected to speak a foreign language in order to be able to exchange experience and knowledge within and outside the European Union. These requirements are reflected in the project Development of Human Resources and Quality Assurance at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. Within the project, the members of the Department of Languages have prepared and organized courses of English and German for teachers and researchers of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. This paper deals with the content and implementation of the English and German courses at the University.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_09.pdf2014-12-206571IvanaGrežová1AUTHORAndreaHolúbeková2AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEProcesses such as globalization, integration and migration, are now driving the socio-political situation in Europe. Young people wish to be mobile. Within these new conditions national education systems aim to establish educational standards in line with current conditions and students’ needs. Equal academic tests and their mutual acceptation will provide future professionals with the opportunity to find jobs throughout all Europe and be highly competitive. Knowledge of foreign languages has become the key qualification. Therefore, much attention is paid to foreign language education. In this paper we analyze the trends in higher education system of Ukraine, which contributes to the promotion and standardization of foreign language education.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_10.pdf2014-12-207280VitaHamanyuk1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe presented German-Polish development project “Healthy Schools and Qualification” is dealt with within the responsibility of the University of Applied Sciences in Zittau / Görlitz. Together with the main research body, two more higher education partner institutions are involved, namely the Karkonosze College in Jelenia Gora in Poland and the Faculty of Education at the University of Leipzig. The project started in April 2011 and it will last three years. The funds to cover its expenses come from the support programme SNPL of the European Union.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_11.pdf2014-12-208189ErikaSteinert1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThe author of the article focuses on implementing a new method for teaching the Russian language with so called video-presentations. Here, she presents a project that was initiated between the Language Center at the University of Pardubice and the Institute of Slavistics at the University of Economics in Vienna. In the preliminary section, the author briefly outlines the general characteristics of video-presentations and later familiarizes the reader with the topics, the approach to working with them, evaluating them, their primary and secondary objectives and didactic contribution.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_12.pdf2014-12-209097RadkaŠvadláková1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEEvery college student should show certain competences: cultural, communicative, social, and as well as language competence to a certain extent. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the basic knowledge of students and support it. Today there are electronic media, for instance recordings and videos, which have had their widespread use in language teaching for a long time. Especially, the Internet offers a wide choice. There exist not only didactic programs on videos, but also films, serials and individual scenes that can be used in teaching. It is also appropriate to stage various situations of everyday life (e.g. in a restaurant, shop, at the hairdresser’s or doctor’s, at the theatre, at a concert etc.). Students then get a solid foundation, which should be taken into account in contact with native speakers.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_13.pdf2014-12-2098104DušanTellinger1AUTHOR

ORIGINAL_ARTICLEThis article deals with the question of how best to manage the problem of differences (i.e., entrance level of students, number of lessons, evaluation and examination criteria) when teaching German at various institutions of higher learning and universities in the Ukraine. The standardization of the German for economics curriculum makes possible the comparison of graduates’ skills and abilities. This aim will be achieved by the educational requirements for future specialists and decision-makers outlined in the curriculum, not only through clearly defined principles, goals and assessment criteria, but also through the content provided, including professionally relevant interdisciplinary integration and methods.https://acc-ern.tul.cz/archiv/PDF/ACC_2014_3_14.pdf2014-12-20105111NataliyaZhdanova1AUTHOR