The SynSemClass synonym verb lexicon is a result of a project investigating semantic ‘equivalence’ of verb senses and their valency behavior in parallel Czech-English language resources, i.e., relating verb meanings with respect to contextually-based verb synonymy. The lexicon entries are linked to PDT-Vallex (http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-097C-0000-0023-4338-F), EngVallex (http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-097C-0000-0023-4337-2), CzEngVallex (http://hdl.handle.net/11234/1-1512), FrameNet (https://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/fndrupal/), VerbNet (https://uvi.colorado.edu/ and http://verbs.colorado.edu/verbnet/index.html), PropBank (http://propbank.github.io/), Ontonotes (http://clear.colorado.edu/compsem/index.php?page=lexicalresources&sub=ontonotes), and English Wordnet (https://wordnet.princeton.edu/).
CzEng is a sentence-parallel Czech-English corpus compiled at the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (ÚFAL). While the full CzEng 2.0 is freely available for non-commercial research purposes from the project website (https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/czeng), this release contains only the original monolingual parts of news text (csmono 53M and enmono 79M sentences) with automatic (synthetic) translations by CUBBITT.
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The presented data and metadata include answers to questions raised in the questionnaire focused on the experience of teaching practicums and their role in the practical preparation of English language teachers at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, as well as a basic quantitative analysis of the answers.
The analysis of the questionnaires shows that trainees are, in most cases, prepared for their teaching practicum both professionally and in terms of pedagogy and psychology, and the use of reflective teaching methods seems very useful. The benefits of the teaching practicum include, in particular, getting to know the real situation of teaching in secondary schools and working with a larger group of pupils, getting to know oneself as a teacher, gaining self-confidence, and becoming aware of one's own limits and areas for improvement. The downsides of the current system of teaching practice include mainly the low time allocation, the lack of integration of the practice in the curriculum, and the lack of involvement of the trainee in the daily running of the school (administrative work, supervision, meetings) and the lack of quality feedback from the faculty teacher.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 25B from 1943, shot on 30 May, shows Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec, General Secretary of the Board František Teuner and other guests of honour during their visit to a recreation camp for working youth aged 14-18, which was held in Semice nad Lužnicí near Týn nad Vltavou. Just as in nearby Protivín, young apprentices put on a collective sports performance for them.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 33B from 1943 captures life at a summer camp for working girls organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth in Poddoubí in the Semily District. Just as in the boys´ camps, the main objective was to improve physical fitness. Sports activities were complemented by periods of relaxation.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 28B from 1943 contains footage from the Youth Swimming Championship for Ages 14-18 organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held at a swimming pool in Prague-Barrandov on 3 an 4 July. The participants consisted of 250 junior athletes who qualified in district and provincial races. Trophies were presented to the winners by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 30A, B from 1942 captures the first training camp for future instructors of the newly established Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth, which took place at Slapy Chateau from 10 to 17 July. Forty-five young men attended training and sports activities as well as theoretical education in the form of lectures. On the last day, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Emanuel Moravec visited the camp.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 10A from 1943 captures a two-week training course organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth for mandatory youth service instructors in Moravian Slovakia, which was held in Luhačovice at the turn of February and March. The final exercise was attended by Moravian Provincial Vice-President Karel Schwabe and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 43 shows the newly established borders between Czechoslovakia and Germany near Pilsen and Domažlice (Taus in German) in the aftermath of the Sudetenland annexation. The camera captures the reactions of Czechs from western Bohemia to the new status quo. It includes footage from the village of Kleneč, the birthplace of writer Jindřich Šimon Baar, which became the southwestern-most village in Czechoslovakia.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1941, issue no. 52, reports on a meeting of the Southeast European Economic Society and German Economic Society in Bohemia and Moravia in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle on 17 December 1941. The gathering is attended by Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, State President Emil Hácha, Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank, and Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí. Speeches are given by Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, Hitlerjugend leader Baldur von Schirach, and Reich Minister of Economic Affairs Walter Funk (silent). The latter points out the need to break with the Anglo-Saxon model of colonial economic policy in Eastern Europe. The meeting concludes with paying tribute to the Führer.