Teaching Parts of Speech in a Fun Way with the Aid of Language Games

In my diploma thesis I decided to combine my favourite topič of language games with the subject matter of parts of speech which is being considered to be one of the most difficult for pupils. By means of my diploma work I tried to^rove th^tjj^ng didactic games is not useful only for motivating pupils, but for learning, practising and testing as well. At the beginning of my diploma work I am devoting myself to parts of speech, the development of their terminology and their classification in scientific and didactic literature. Afterwards I am defining all ten parts of speech with regards to morphology and semantics. I hold the view it is important to focus on various possibilities of forming the particular parts of speech and on the meaning relations between them. I found it very interesting to learn about the conception of this issue in other languages and the different approaches to it in the past and at present. Owing to course books and practice books from the 19th and 20th century I could compare the several approaches to discussed matter and found out many interesting pieces of information, such as the various syllabuses and researches done on parts of speech. From the didactic point of view I concentrated on algorithm of defining the parts of speech and principles for their effective learning. I aimed..