The New Orthography of French : Theory and Practice

The bachelor thesis is named The New Orthography of French : Theory and Practice. It talks about a reform of french spelling from the year 1990, and its part is mapping of spelling changes. The theoretical part deals with previous reforms which had been approved in the past by French academy, and it also describes circumstances of origin of the last spelling reform from the year 1990. This part also deals with enforcement of the reformed rules in education and in French speaking countries. Practical part deals with description of realized research which was done among Czech teachers of French language. This research aims to clarify what knowledge the teachers have about the reform and to find out if the teachers follow those rules in teaching. The results of this research are compared with similar research which was done in France. Key words french language, orthography and usage, "new orthography", francophone countrie