Orality in the written production of pupils

This diploma thesis deals with manifestation of orality in the written production of lower secondary school pupils. Its aim is to identify which features of orality most frequently occur in pupils' written texts and which linguistic devices are used to indicate them. Presented thesis is divided into a theoretical and a methodological part. The Theoretical part defines the concepts of orality and literacy a reflects the current linguistic situation in which the boundaries between these modes are blurred. It also focuses on present approaches of writing and communication education in relation to curriculum documents. Theoretical part concludes with a review of existing research focused on orality, particularly in pupil's production. Methodological part describes the research questions, the analysed set of pupil's texts, the chosen research methods and the coding scheme. The pivotal part of this thesis consists of an analysis of selected linguistic devices which indicate orality in written texts, including their linguistic description and functional interpretation. The concluding part summarizes and interprets the results of the analysis and also provides their potential contribution to possible didactic use. KEYWORDS orality, literacy, blurring of boundaries, writing and communication education,...