This diploma thesis deals with the problematic of internationalisms and the possibility of their utilization in language education. It concerns broadening the vocabulary by internationalisms of German speakers learning Czech. The theoretical section is devoted to the history and perspectives of Czech language and especially it?s vocabulary. This section provides information about the current condition of foreign language education, and mentions The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which determines the modern schooling of languages. Furthermore, the work is interested in the problems and difficulties of adopting internationalisms. One chapter is dedicated to the, so called ?false friends? that complicate understanding between speakers of different languages. The practical section consists of a couple of thematic chapters into which the internationalisms are divided. In each section, there are model exercises that can be applied in Czech language schooling of foreigners. When selecting exercises, it is necessary to consider the grammatical ability of students. The work is concluded with a vocabulary of internationalisms gathered from the lexicon of different textbooks of Czech language for foreigners.

This thesis adopts three stepwise perspectives to look at earnings inequality. It applies Czech data from two surveys, Microcensus and Living Conditions, covering the period 1988-2008, and European dataset EU-SILC 2008 and 2009 for international comparisons. The first essay "Personal Earnings Inequality" analyzes personal earnings distribution in the Czech Republic since the early transition from communism, using relative distribution method. The trend of "hollowing of the middle" was confirmed in the early transition, but this phenomenon later subsided. Earnings polarization was apparent for all sex and education subgroups between 1988 and 1996. In international comparison, earnings of men and highly educated are more homogenous than earnings of their counterparts in most analyzed countries. The second essay "Gender Wage Gap" quantifies the structure of gender wage gaps in four Central-East European countries (CEE), using the Heckman regression model and Oaxaca- Blinder decomposition. The observed gender wage gap is substantially higher in the Czech Republic and Slovakia than in Hungary and Poland. A relatively small but positive part of the observed gender wage gap can be explained by gender differences in characteristics in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with a high contribution of job...

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The thesis Problems of Pronunciation Practice When Teaching Czech as a Foreign Language to German Speakers characterizes the phonetic systems of the Czech and German languages. The work establishes the mutual and distinguishing features in the pronunciation of both languages and on their basis defines the main problematic aspects, their cause and ways to rectify them. It deals with the differences between graphic and phonological attributes. Furthermore, it focuses on the methodology of pronunciation practice in Czech as a foreign language. In the practical part there are work sheets targeting the problematic aspects established in the theoretical part.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that Symphony No. 1 in F major, Op. 17, by Zdeněk Fibich embodies musical style features associated with both Czech and German composers of the nineteenth century. The identification of these style features is accomplished by comparing and contrasting Fibich's Symphony No. 1 in F major with works by other prominent Czech and German composers whose music was performed and well-known at the time. Particular emphasis is placed on the aural similarities between Fibich's first symphony and that of other composers' works in an effort to show Fibich's unique hybrid compositional style. A second area of focus is the rise in European nationalism during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Due to Fibich's mixed Czech and German heritage, nationalism is explored in order to ascertain what effect, if any, nationalistic bias might have had on the overall reception of Fibich's music and the composer's ability to have his music performed during his lifetime.

The genus Diplocynodon is a basal alligatoroid with a range of endemic distribution in Europe. The oldest known founds are from Late Palaeocen and the youngest known founds are from Late Miocene. Fossils of this specimen are known also from the Czech republic. In the Master thesis were collected more than 600 founds, mostly fragmentary. In the collections of University of Vienna was found almost complete skull of probably genus Diplocynodon darwini from the Czech republic. The main goal of Master thesis is to make a complexe catalogue of Diplocynodon material from the Czech republic. Key words: Crocodylia, Diplocynodon, Czech republic

The presented thesis "Jiří Dienstbier - The Playwright' consists of two parts: part I. "Life without work is as no life outlines the authors biography, part II. introduces his samizdat work. The first part of the thesis presents the author as a person of a various professional interests, putting emphasis on his world-view formation. The second chapter deals with Dienstbiers work during the period his publication ban. The fundamental analysis of four theatre plays is preceded by a survey of the authors samizdat work represented by his publicistic texts. The thesis tries to render the connection between Dienstbiers dramatic work, associated purely with the period of so called "normalisation, and his life-long interest in political life and securing freedom.