Jana Bírová
Biographic Data
| ID | 4162778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jana Bírová |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jana |
| FAMILY NAME | Bírová |
| SIGNATURE | BÍROVÁ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3378-7009 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
AI as the Philosophy of a Matrix Society. Educational Implications
Rapid technological development requires us to continually expand our knowledge and acquire skills that will help us to not only function in society in general but also interpret messages and meanings correctly. Self-development helps us to distance ourselves from untruths, think independently, become informed citizens and easily distinguish truth from falsehood. Primarily, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was made to support humans, yet in their liv…
Possibilities of Using the One-Page Profile in Education
Aim. The study explores the person-centred approach, its application in education, and the description of one-page profile (OPP) usage as a technique based on the approach as mentioned above. The study aims to investigate the strengths, needs, preferences, and desired support of students according to the data obtained from their OPP. Partial aims of the investigation are: a) To identify students ́ interests and needs that are relevant to their le…
Nature of Tasks when Teaching French with the Café Crème Textbook
Aim. The aim of the research was to find out the balance between the typology of the exercises and activities within the textbook Café-Crème. Methods. We used the structural-tasks analysis, the theory of communicative curve and Markov chain statistical method. Results. The textbook sequence reveals how tasks progress through different levels of communication potential, from grammar-focused exercises (State 1) to more contextual and communicative …
Some Reflections on the Benefits of the Professional Development Training Course "With Education to Plurilingualism" Managed through the Erasmus Plus Program
Aim. The aim of the research was to find out and confirm the benefits of the professional development training course for language teachers managed thanks to the Erasmus Plus scheme. Methods. We used the evaluative form of the questionnaire and mathematical methods. The results represent the number of participants and the scale they agree with the statements. Results. 29 teachers evaluated two training internships in France, in Francophonia and N…
General Soft Skills and Sub-competencies Developing Plurilingual Intercultural Competence by Students ́ Self-Reflective Understanding
Aim. The research presents a division of soft skills important for better socialising and being. Methods. The main method was a questionnaire survey completed by 98 pupils in the 3rd year of the mentioned schools. Results. We briefly describe the findings of the self-reflective evaluations of the students of two high schools and how they perceive and appreciate their personality in terms of soft skills. We mainly focused on social and personality…
The Collapse of the Ethics of the Public Sphere and its Educational Consequences
This article aims to present the ways in which the ethics of authority, including government, is collapsing in the contemporary world. The authors demonstrate what consequences numerous abuses and negligence can bring to education and the future. The article is based on reflections supported by actual research, which confirms the theses contained in it. Not only consequences are highlighted, but also ways in which they can be prevented. The most …
Teaching a foreign language for professional purposes
Aim. One of the most important tasks which precedes the setting of goals for teaching a foreign language of a specialty and the selection of methods for achieving them is to identify the competencies that a qualified specialist must master. Therefore, the authors of this article see the need to set the following research tasks: the identification of professional competencies in the professional discourse of international affairs; the allocation o…
The French language environment in Slovakia and the professional development tools for a French language teacher
Prostredie francuzskeho jazyka na Slovensku a nastroje profesijneho rozvoja pre ucitela francuzskeho jazyka]
Contrastive vs Non-Contrastive Meta-Phonetic Input in Teaching Foreign Language Pronunciation
Almost every study on explicit meta-phonetic instruction in teaching foreign language (L2) pronunciation confirms its facilitating effect. However, hardly any studies applying contrastive (L1-L2) meta-phonetic instruction are available so far. The current study examines the effectiveness of contrastive meta-phonetic input in comparison with the effectiveness of non-contrastive (L2) meta-phonetic input via the laboratory analysis of 80 adult Slova…
A note on terminology
V prspevku sa zaoberme terminolgiou v oblasti bilingvizmu, viacjazynosti. Cieom tdie je poukza na diachronick vvoj slova bilingvizmus a vznik neologizmov plurilingvizmus, multilingvizmus a viacjazyn interkultrna kompetencia ako aj vvin vznamov tchto termnov. Na zver tdie autori predstavuj sebahodnotiacu klu vlastnej viacjazynej interkultrnej kompetencie, ktor predstavila na nrodnej prednke
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A note on terminology
V prspevku sa zaoberme terminolgiou v oblasti bilingvizmu, viacjazynosti. Cieom tdie je poukza na diachronick vvoj slova bilingvizmus a vznik neologizmov plurilingvizmus, multilingvizmus a viacjazyn interkultrna kompetencia ako aj vvin vznamov tchto termnov. Na zver tdie autori predstavuj sebahodnotiacu klu vlastnej viacjazynej interkultrnej kompetencie, ktor predstavila na nrodnej prednke
The French language environment in Slovakia and the professional development tools for a French language teacher
Prostredie francuzskeho jazyka na Slovensku a nastroje profesijneho rozvoja pre ucitela francuzskeho jazyka]
Contrastive vs Non-Contrastive Meta-Phonetic Input in Teaching Foreign Language Pronunciation
Almost every study on explicit meta-phonetic instruction in teaching foreign language (L2) pronunciation confirms its facilitating effect. However, hardly any studies applying contrastive (L1-L2) meta-phonetic instruction are available so far. The current study examines the effectiveness of contrastive meta-phonetic input in comparison with the effectiveness of non-contrastive (L2) meta-phonetic input via the laboratory analysis of 80 adult Slova…
Teaching a foreign language for professional purposes
Aim. One of the most important tasks which precedes the setting of goals for teaching a foreign language of a specialty and the selection of methods for achieving them is to identify the competencies that a qualified specialist must master. Therefore, the authors of this article see the need to set the following research tasks: the identification of professional competencies in the professional discourse of international affairs; the allocation o…
The Collapse of the Ethics of the Public Sphere and its Educational Consequences
This article aims to present the ways in which the ethics of authority, including government, is collapsing in the contemporary world. The authors demonstrate what consequences numerous abuses and negligence can bring to education and the future. The article is based on reflections supported by actual research, which confirms the theses contained in it. Not only consequences are highlighted, but also ways in which they can be prevented. The most …
General Soft Skills and Sub-competencies Developing Plurilingual Intercultural Competence by Students ́ Self-Reflective Understanding
Aim. The research presents a division of soft skills important for better socialising and being. Methods. The main method was a questionnaire survey completed by 98 pupils in the 3rd year of the mentioned schools. Results. We briefly describe the findings of the self-reflective evaluations of the students of two high schools and how they perceive and appreciate their personality in terms of soft skills. We mainly focused on social and personality…
Some Reflections on the Benefits of the Professional Development Training Course "With Education to Plurilingualism" Managed through the Erasmus Plus Program
Aim. The aim of the research was to find out and confirm the benefits of the professional development training course for language teachers managed thanks to the Erasmus Plus scheme. Methods. We used the evaluative form of the questionnaire and mathematical methods. The results represent the number of participants and the scale they agree with the statements. Results. 29 teachers evaluated two training internships in France, in Francophonia and N…
Possibilities of Using the One-Page Profile in Education
Aim. The study explores the person-centred approach, its application in education, and the description of one-page profile (OPP) usage as a technique based on the approach as mentioned above. The study aims to investigate the strengths, needs, preferences, and desired support of students according to the data obtained from their OPP. Partial aims of the investigation are: a) To identify students ́ interests and needs that are relevant to their le…
Nature of Tasks when Teaching French with the Café Crème Textbook
Aim. The aim of the research was to find out the balance between the typology of the exercises and activities within the textbook Café-Crème. Methods. We used the structural-tasks analysis, the theory of communicative curve and Markov chain statistical method. Results. The textbook sequence reveals how tasks progress through different levels of communication potential, from grammar-focused exercises (State 1) to more contextual and communicative …
AI as the Philosophy of a Matrix Society. Educational Implications
Rapid technological development requires us to continually expand our knowledge and acquire skills that will help us to not only function in society in general but also interpret messages and meanings correctly. Self-development helps us to distance ourselves from untruths, think independently, become informed citizens and easily distinguish truth from falsehood. Primarily, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was made to support humans, yet in their liv…
Psychology (6 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (2 works)