Methods of adapting Czech prose for students of Czech as a foreign/second language

(in English) The thesis focuses on the analysis of Czech graded readers. Using the method of comparative reading, it compares original Czech texts from the 19th and 20th century with adaptations and describes individual metatextual operations and changes in graded readers. The main objective of the thesis is to describe and analyze specific procedures used by editors in the creation of adaptations with regard to different language levels, as there are currently no detailed methodological guidelines in the Czech environment. In the theoretical part of the thesis, we define the concept of graded readers and focus on the theory of simplifying artistic texts, its advantages and criticism. We also discuss the importance of reading for language acquisition, reading strategies, and the theory of the minimum vocabulary size required for text comprehension. In the practical part, we present individual adaptations with regard to their focus (level, didactic purpose, composition). Through comparative reading, which is attached to this work, we then analyze all the changes that have occurred in the adaptation compared to the original. The aim of this analysis is to describe lexical, morphological, syntactic, and factual changes in the texts. The result of the work is a comprehensive overview of the...