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The Master's Thesis Piano Education in Spain focuses on the development of the Spanish piano education from the beginning of the 19th century until present. It describes and characterizes general and music education from the pre-school age till adulthood. In the second part, the thesis analyzes historical piano schools and methods of P. Albéniz, E. Compta, P. Tintorer and R. Montalbán which influenced piano pedagogy the most. It also deals with current Spanish piano schools of C. Pérez and M. Carra and with foreign mainly American piano schools and methods of J. Thompson, J. Bastien and F. Clark. In the final part, the thesis draws attention to the current situation of music schools and conservatories and the reaction of the teachers to this situation. Since there is no publication in the Czech language concerning this topic, the aim of the thesis is to introduce to the Czech professional public the topic of Spanish piano education development, the current situation and to introduce piano books for beginners which are not known in the Czech Republic.

The aim of this thesis is to describe the conception of English language teaching at high schools in Spain. In the theoretical part the Spanish educational system is presented. It focuses on secondary level education, English teaching and the target competencies. The practical part collects and evaluates the results of my research of teaching English at two different public high schools that I have gained by my own observation and interviews with Spanish teachers. The research is primarily focused on the teaching methods and techniques, the assessment of pupils and the student´s approach to learning English. Next to the results of research there is my own critical analysis.