Teaching Czech verbs at elementary level: comparing textbook corpus and national corpus data
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | This paper presents a project of compilation of a small specialised corpus, which consists of textbooks of Czech language as a foreign language (CFL), and discusses how this type of pedagogical corpus can be used in language teaching. Comparing textbook language with authentic language in national corpora it is possible to determine, if we really teach students authentic Czech and how we can improve the teaching materials. The present analysis focuses on the verb forms in elementary level textbooks and their context. The method is corpus-driven (Huston, 2010): first, the verbs presented in 11 textbooks of Czech as a foreign language for A1 level are examined and then compared with the Czech National Corpora and the description of A1 level according to the CEFR. |
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