This research is a practical attempt to develop academic writing pedagogy at secondary level in New Zealand because from interviews with teachers, personal experience and literature in the professional journal for teachers of English in New Zealand, English in Aotearoa, it appears that this would be a useful enterprise. Literature relating to this, and extending to the related contexts of the UK and Australia has been reviewed. The approach taken is an investigation of top-rated senior secondary writing in subject English, using elements of Hallidayan Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG). The concepts of SFG chiefly drawn upon, namely, Theme and linguistic metafunctions, and their application to the data are presented and explained. This grammatical model was chosen because it allows the interface of grammatical structure and linguistic function to be explored, which in turn permits insight into how the qualities of top-rated writing may be formulated grammatically. This insight may then become part of teaching resources in academic writing by way of both pre- and in-service training material for teachers. Over 100 top-rated English literature essays (graded by teachers) were collected from students, via their schools, so that the data obtained were authentic. Two samples were collected: timed and untimed writing. Each sentence of each essay was typed into one of nine Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, representing locations within the essay. The nine locations were: three introduction locations: initial sentence, medial sentences, terminal sentence; three paragraph locations (all paragraphs in the body of the essays, not introductions or conclusions): initial sentence, medial sentences, terminal sentence; and, three conclusion locations: initial sentence, medial sentences and terminal sentence. The initial grammatical elements and their metafunction(s) for each sentence were categorised. Percentages in each category for each location were calculated so that individual locations could be compared for grammatical and metafunctional characteristics. Grouped locations were also considered where this seemed felicitous; for instance, introductions were compared to conclusions or medial sentences compared to boundary sentences (initial and terminal). Comparisons were also made between the timed and untimed samples. The results showed that some grammatical structures could be associated with particular grouped locations and metafunctional characteristics were not independent of location. The research was also able to suggest grammatical means to achieve metafunctional effects that align with descriptors for writing given by examination boards. For example, clear, logical organisation of writing is highly valued by examination boards. This is achieved by means of elements that perform the textual linguistic metafunction. A variety of grammatical elements to perform this function and their most prominent locations were identified. It is intended that the findings may be a highly directed way to help teachers address some of the writing challenges faced by their students at secondary level.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Speech Communication, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF document, author statement from p. [i]. Document formatted into pages; contains [1], iv, 40 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37).

Orientador: Antônio Suárez Abreu / Banca: Marina Celia Mendonça / Banca: Iracema Aparecida Wada Papa / Banca: Elizabeth Del Nero Sobrinha Luft / Banca: Veraluce Lima dos Santos / Resumo: Pesquisa intitulada Enunciados de caminhão: identidade do caminhoneiro. A proposta desenvolvida tem como objetivo o estudo dos enunciados para a identificação da identidade do caminhoneiro a partir de algumas temáticas de maior incidência na coleta. Foram utilizados 4.101 enunciados de caminhão coletados em treze títulos relacionados ao estudo desse assunto. A tese está composta de quatro capítulos. O primeiro capítulo tem como título ―A Análise do Discurso‖ e expõe dados históricos e conceituais desse campo de conhecimento para a análise dos enunciados. O segundo capítulo é ―O gênero enunciados de caminhão‖ e fala sobre gênero, enunciado e histórico dos enunciados de caminhão. O terceiro capítulo tem como título ―A identidade‖ e é construído com o intuito de apresentar a teoria sobre a identidade que vai contribuir para melhor analisar os enunciados de caminhão.O quarto capítulo tem como título ―A análise dos enunciados‖ e é construído para analisar os enunciados de caminhão presentes no Apêndice. A escolha temática é bem diversificada, facilmente identificada quando é feita uma lista dos enunciados de caminhão, mas há alguns temas mais recorrentes, refletindo a identidade dessa categoria: mulher, religião, amor, questão social e situação de trânsito / Abstract: Research titled Utterances truck: truck driver's identity. The developed proposal aims of the study set out to identify the identity of the trucker from some issues with the highest incidence in the collection. We used 4101 truck statements collected in thirteen titles related to the study of this subject. The thesis is composed of four chapters. The first chapter is entitled ―The Analysis of Discourse‖ and exposes the conceptual and historical data in this field of knowledge to the analysis of the statements. The second chapter is "The truck contained gender" and talks about sex, set out the wording and history of the truck. The third chapter is titled "Identity" and is built with the intention of presenting a theory about the identity that will help to better analyze the utterances of the truck. The fourth chapter is entitled "Analysis of the statements' and is built to analyze the utterances of these trucks in the Appendix. The thematic choice is diverse, easily identified when a list of statements made by truck, but there are some recurring themes, reflecting the identity of that category / Doutor

This diploma thesis is describing life of Czech poet, prosaic and dramatist Frantisek Xaver Svoboda, thesis is also focused on summary and period categorization of his writings. Main focus is especially on writings in which Svoboda describing daily life in Czech village. Writings which are about that topic are novel chronicle Rozkvět, drama Rozklad and novel in verse Noví vesničané. Thesis is not focused only on interpretation of that writings, but also on point of view, how Svoboda portraying countryside, on main motives his village´s pieces of work and thesis providing also how Svoboda is enriching theme of the rural production and which new elements Svoboda is bringing to this genre. Also this thesis providing Svoboda´s impact and why he felt in oblivion.

The diploma thesis focuses on the cross-curricular theme the Environmental Education according to the Czech Educational Programme. The aim of it is to show the implementation of the teaching about the current problems connected to the conservation of the environment in different segments of the Czech educational process. The first chapter deals with the Environmental Education in general - its characteristics, the interconnections with the other school subjects, the topics and the expected recommended outcomes. The second chapter describes the teaching of Environmental Education in the Czech Republic and in the selected countries of the European Union. Then it focuses on the didactic specifics of the Environmental Education and the means and methods of its teaching. The third chapter occupies with the changes in the perception of the nature and the selected current environmental problems of the present society. The fourth chapter deals with the topic of the natural upbringing in the nature, mainly in the 20th century. The fifth chapter analyses the implementation of the Environmental Education by the Czech association Junák český skaut, z.s. The sixth chapter suggests the application of the didactic games intended for the scout programme or different clubs with the environmental themes. It introduces the particular didactic games suitable for the implementation into the educational process and it also presents author´s own didactic game PET-life.

The master's thesis examines street names, names of the public areas and also names of particular buildings in the city of Pisek. Firstly, the developments of the street names as well as their changes since the beginning of the twentieth century are described. Toponymy of names found both in historical centre as well as other city districts is analysed in the main part of the thesis. Urbanonyms are semantically classified with a special attention to honorific theme. The linguistic classification analyzing word-forming structure is also attached. The aim of the thesis is to contribute to the known toponymy of the city of Pisek.

The presented thesis deals with the business concept of selected tourism facilities in Marianske Lazne. The first sub-objective will be analyzing the current situation on the market of gastronomy in Marianske Lazne. The second sub-objective will present an overview of the tourist in the selected area and then describe a profile of a potential guest. According to gathered information there will be made the theme restaurant up.

The world population is living longer, but are sicker, says a survey performed by the Global Burden of Disease Study, in 2010. The chronic diseases (CD) as hypertension, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), among others, are the leading causes of death worldwide. In Brazil, according to the Ministry of Health, 72% of deaths are due to chronic diseases, particularly to atherosclerosis, a cardiovascular disease, that may start in childhood. These diseases have in common the maintenance of unhealthy lifestyle habits, as the main responsible for the incidence of cases. Adequate knowledge is a major factor in combating unhealthy lifestyles, and the school is the appropriate environment to develop such knowledge. This study examined the applicability of cross-cutting theme health (CTS) in public elementary schools in Santa Maria / RS, in order to remedy problems identified by teachers, when seeking to develop this theme in order to assist in the development of health education in school. The search is structured in two stages. The first involved the participation of 104 teachers and to sought to check if they develop the CTS in their classes. If believe themselves to be able to solve this task, they received some form of training to accomplish this task and what problems they face in fulfilling the requirements of the MEC regarding the development of CTS. The results show that teachers, in general, seek to develop health issues in their classes, but do not feel prepared for this task. The most noted was the lack of teaching materials to support teaching about health. Thus, the project involved the creation of two notebooks of activities, one for the lower grades (1st to 5th grade), and one for the upper grades (6th to 9th grade) of the elementary school about atherosclerosis, due to high incidence of cases in Brazil, and approach of multiple health problems related to quality of life of school, which can be exploited from this theme. The activities were created or adapted for the UFSM and FURG medicine undergraduates, as recommended by the author of this thesis. After making the notebooks the researcher applied the second phase of research that aimed to collect data on the evaluation of teachers about the material created. This step was made by a workshop provided an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of CVD´s prevention, particularly atherosclerosis since childhood. During the workshop the teachers manipulated, read, suggested changes and evaluated the material and subject atherosclerosis through a pre- and post-test, showing 88,65% acceptance in relation to its use, and its validation as an important tool to aid in the implementation of the thematic school. The research used semi-structured questionnaires and participant observation as tools for data collection, based on social research methods Gil (2011). For data interpretation, with qualitative and quantitative evaluation, we used content analysis, based on the theory of Bardin (2011) and Yin (2001). With support from the City Department of Education, and the City Council of Santa Maria, the material will be distributed to local schools, with the promise of incentive campaigns school on cardiovascular health since childhood. / A população mundial está vivendo mais, porém está mais doente, afirma a pesquisa americana Global Burden of Disease Study (Estudo da Carga de Saúde Global), realizada em 2010. As doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT) como hipertensão, obesidade, diabetes, as doenças cardiovasculares (DCV), entre outras, são as principais causas de morte no mundo. No Brasil, segundo o Ministério da Saúde, 72% das mortes se devem as DCNT, em especial a aterosclerose, uma DCV que pode ter início na infância. Essas enfermidades apresentam em comum a manutenção de hábitos de vida não saudáveis como principal responsável pela incidência dos casos. O conhecimento adequado é o principal fator na luta contra estilos de vida não saudáveis e a escola é o ambiente apropriado para desenvolver tais saberes. Assim, o presente estudo analisou a aplicabilidade do tema transversal saúde (TTS) no ensino fundamental público de Santa Maria/RS objetivando sanar problemas apontados pelos docentes quando buscam desenvolver tal temática, de forma a auxiliar no desenvolvimento da educação para a saúde na escola. A pesquisa se estruturou em duas fases. A primeira contou com a participação de 104 docentes e buscou verificar se os mesmos desenvolvem o TTS em suas aulas; se acreditam ter condições de dar conta desse encargo; se receberam algum tipo de formação para realizarem essa tarefa, e quais os problemas que julgam enfrentar ao buscar cumprir as exigências do MEC em relação ao desenvolvimento do TTS. Os resultados obtidos mostram que os docentes, no geral, buscam desenvolver temas de saúde em suas aulas, porém não se sentem preparados para essa tarefa. O problema mais apontado foi a falta de material pedagógico de apoio ao docente sobre saúde, assim por meio do trabalho desenvolvido nesta tese se criou dois cadernos de atividades, um para as séries iniciais (1º ao 5º ano) e outro para as séries finais (6º ao 9º ano) do ensino fundamental sobre aterosclerose, devido a alta incidência de casos no Brasil e a abordagem de múltiplos problemas de saúde relacionados à qualidade de vida do escolar, que podem ser explorados a partir dessa temática. As atividades foram criadas ou adaptadas por alunos de graduação em medicina da UFSM e FURG, segundo orientação da autora desta tese. Após confecção dos cadernos a pesquisadora aplicou a segunda fase da pesquisa que objetivou coletar dados sobre a avaliação dos docentes sobre o material criado. Essa etapa se deu mediante uma oficina que oportunizou um trabalho de sensibilização a respeito da importância da prevenção de DCV, particularmente da aterosclerose, desde a infância. Durante a oficina os docentes manipularam, leram, sugeriram alterações e avaliaram o material e o assunto aterosclerose através de um pré e pós-teste, apresentando 88,65% de aceitação em relação a sua utilização e a sua validação como importante ferramenta de auxílio na aplicação da temática na escola. A pesquisa utilizou questionários semiestruturados e a observação participante como instrumentos para coleta de dados, baseados nos métodos de pesquisa social de Gil (2011). Para a interpretação dos dados, com avaliação quali-quantitativa, foi utilizada a Análise de Conteúdo baseada na teoria de Bardin (2011) e Yin (2001). Com apoio da Secretaria Municipal de Educação e da Câmara de Vereadores de Santa Maria, o material será distribuído a escolas do município, com promessa de incentivo a campanhas escolares sobre a saúde cardiovascular desde a infância.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-07-10Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:48:37Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 campos_jhr_me_ia.pdf: 4516439 bytes, checksum: 4452446809a6f50c1450b53a2015200e (MD5) / Este trabalho discorre sobre a obra musical Variazioni attraverso i secoli, op 71 de Mário Castelnuovo-Tedesco, sua primeira composição para o violão, atendendo um pedido do violonista espanhol Andrés Segóvia. As propostas foram as de analisar o contexto histórico do violão no início do século XX, uma época de grande efervescência em vários setores do conhecimento humano, em que o violão se encontrava em processo de afirmação no cenário da música erudita européia, bem como perceber a relação de Castelnuovo-Tedesco neste movimento. O trabalho demonstra a aplicabilidade da forma tema e variações na obra Variazioni attraverso i secoli, op 71, esforço necessário para a compreensão do processo composicional de Castelnuovo-Tedesco. / This work issues on the musical work Variazioni Attraverso I secoli, op 71 of Mário Castelnuovo-Tedesco, his first composition for guitar, attending a request from the spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia. The proposition is to analyse the historical context of the guitar in the beginning of the XX century, an epoch of great importance in a wide range of human knowledge. The guitar was in an affirmation process in the scenery of the European music, where Castelnuovo-Tedesco is placed. This work demonstrates the use of the form of Theme and Variations in Variazioni Attraverso i Secoli, op71, which is a necessary effort for the comprehension of the compositional process of Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-06-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:04:07Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 mesquita_mag_dr_arafcl.pdf: 1367656 bytes, checksum: e462de60f45f357e3537efae82eceafb (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Pesquisa intitulada Enunciados de caminhão: identidade do caminhoneiro. A proposta desenvolvida tem como objetivo o estudo dos enunciados para a identificação da identidade do caminhoneiro a partir de algumas temáticas de maior incidência na coleta. Foram utilizados 4.101 enunciados de caminhão coletados em treze títulos relacionados ao estudo desse assunto. A tese está composta de quatro capítulos. O primeiro capítulo tem como título ―A Análise do Discurso‖ e expõe dados históricos e conceituais desse campo de conhecimento para a análise dos enunciados. O segundo capítulo é ―O gênero enunciados de caminhão‖ e fala sobre gênero, enunciado e histórico dos enunciados de caminhão. O terceiro capítulo tem como título ―A identidade‖ e é construído com o intuito de apresentar a teoria sobre a identidade que vai contribuir para melhor analisar os enunciados de caminhão.O quarto capítulo tem como título ―A análise dos enunciados‖ e é construído para analisar os enunciados de caminhão presentes no Apêndice. A escolha temática é bem diversificada, facilmente identificada quando é feita uma lista dos enunciados de caminhão, mas há alguns temas mais recorrentes, refletindo a identidade dessa categoria: mulher, religião, amor, questão social e situação de trânsito / Research titled Utterances truck: truck driver's identity. The developed proposal aims of the study set out to identify the identity of the trucker from some issues with the highest incidence in the collection. We used 4101 truck statements collected in thirteen titles related to the study of this subject. The thesis is composed of four chapters. The first chapter is entitled ―The Analysis of Discourse‖ and exposes the conceptual and historical data in this field of knowledge to the analysis of the statements. The second chapter is The truck contained gender and talks about sex, set out the wording and history of the truck. The third chapter is titled Identity and is built with the intention of presenting a theory about the identity that will help to better analyze the utterances of the truck. The fourth chapter is entitled Analysis of the statements' and is built to analyze the utterances of these trucks in the Appendix. The thematic choice is diverse, easily identified when a list of statements made by truck, but there are some recurring themes, reflecting the identity of that category