Czech Language Learning and Teaching

The CLLT research group gathers linguists and educators from the Institute of Czech
Language and Theory of Communication at the Faculty of Arts, the Institute of Czech Studies
at the Faculty of Arts, the Department of Czech Language at the Faculty of Education, and
other external collaborators.

The primary goal of the research group is to build the foundation of a research center
focused on the acquisition of Czech as a foreign/second language and other languages by
young learners and adults.
The group aims to strengthen empirically oriented pedagogical and didactic research at the
Faculty of Arts, Charles University. In the Czech environment, linguistic and didactic research
on Czech as L2 acquisition is essentially absent; research directions primarily focus on the
social and socio-cultural aspects of the integration of non-native speakers of Czech, not on
didactic research. The research group also supports the development of teachers’
pedagogical competencies and the methodology of teaching Czech as a foreign/second
language for young learners and young adults.

Objectives:

1. To initiate and develop research in Czech as a foreign/second language acquisition and
   teaching methodology.
2. To connect existing, still relatively fragmented, knowledge and to promote its
   dissemination.
3. To support the development of relevant and modern didactic tools (textbooks, teaching
   applications, materials fostering socio-cultural competence).
4. To develop and promote ongoing professional debate.

Research topics:

• Czech as a foreign/second language learned by and taught to young learners and young
  adults
• Methodological aspects of teaching Czech as a foreign/second language
• Teacher’s role in Czech as a foreign/second language
• Testing and assessment in Czech as a foreign/second language
• Multilingualism/Plurilingualism
• Socio-cultural aspects of teaching Czech as a foreign/second language
• Building and developing Czech language acquisition corpora

Members