Situation of a Pupil with Different First Language at Czech Primary School (Case Study)

This diploma thesis aims to illustrate the situation of a pupil with a different first language in a Czech primary school through a case study. The first part of the thesis is focused on the general theoretical context. The terminology is defined; then, the theoretical knowledge concerning the integration of pupils with DFL in the school class is described, pedagogical tools and intercultural communication. Subsequently, concepts like Czech as a second language for children and bilingualism are described. The analysis is based on three sources of data - interviews with the pupil's mother and her teacher, pupil's language exercises and the tutor's diary, which was kept as part of tutoring. At the end of the research, all research questions concerning the pupil, her integration into the Czech primary school, her language competence and family background were answered. It was found that the analysed subject is a pupil with DFL who is also a user of the Czech language at the level of a native speaker so that she can be classified as a bilingual child. The linguistic mistakes she makes in her speech stem often from insufficient vocabulary or insufficient knowledge of one of the language phenomena