Comparative Czech-English Analysis of Written English (KAPA): Transforming Linguistic Expertise into a Practical EAP Course
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Communication across Genres and Discourses: 6th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English, Brno, 11-12 September 2014. Conference proceedings) |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | comparative; EAP; lexico-semantic; syntax; written English |
| Description | The paper presents the outcomes of a long-term research of the authors into the syntactic-lexical interference of Czech students in English. It aims at distinguishing the main features of English and Czech (with the emphasis on syntactic and lexico-semantic plan in both languages) and its use in the production of written English or in translation. The paper outlines the key syntactic and lexico-semantic areas which were identified as potential causes of problems. Also, the paper introduces the design of a new course, the aim of which is concerned with the functional syntax and vocabulary in the English-Czech comparative approach. |
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