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June 2018

Interview – Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D.

Lenka Čermáková  Zdeněk Janík was born on 11th September 1975 in Brno. He is married to an English teacher and they have three children. Mr. Janík works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at Masaryk University. How was your week? Quite a normal one. It …

Peculiar vocabulary in the Harry Potter books

Lucie Skrčená Resumé When writing a fantasy story, a writer must build up a new world. Such a writer usually wants to come up with something original and develop their own vocabulary. It is a vast land where one can get endless inspiration. Keywords: blend, archaism, Harry Potter, Cambridge and Oxford dictionaries, etymology Introduction If …

INCLUSION – YES or NO

Lucie Havlíčková The primary purpose of inclusive education is to involve all students in the process of learning regardless of their health, social situation or other limitations. The very first efforts towards the establishing of inclusive education were encouraged by parents of children who were disabled or of different ethnic …

It happened again

Andrea Krawchuk It happened again. She didn’t see it coming and there really wasn’t any good reason for it to happen at that particular moment, yet it did happen. Nothing that day would indicate that there was trouble ahead. She woke up at the usual hour, with the kids and …

A little show of interest

Kristína Lekárová As Ciara was walking home one summer night, hot tears poured down her face. Tired from work and deeply lonely, she just couldn’t help crying. Heavy sobs were interrupted by long intakes of breath. The crying stopped when she was too exhausted to continue. It’s just a part-time job,she …