Studie z Aplikované Lingvistiky (Dec 2016)
Postavení obecné češtiny ve výuce češtiny pro cizince / The Role of Common Czech in Teaching Czech as a Second Language
Abstract
The paper discusses the competition between standard and non-standard varieties of Czech in teaching the language to foreigners, with a focus on two basic areas: first, there is the controversial question of colloquial speech as characterized by the increasing use of Common Czech, and second, there is the question whether and to what extent it is advisable to familiarize non-native students of Czech with nonstandard varieties of the language. The paper takes into account the fact that the internal diversity of Czech influences basic principles of how to present Czech to non-native speakers. The main goals are to discuss the appropriateness of using a non-standard language code when teaching Czech to foreigners, and to evaluate selected textbooks from this point of view. On this basis, the authors put forth methodological recommendations concerning the use of non-standard phenomena in language classes as well as their use in Czech textbooks for foreigners. Not only do these aspects have a considerable impact on practical teaching but they are also a central problem today in the spheres of Czech for foreigners and Czech as a foreign language.
