Том 3, № 14 (2015)

The article considers the methodological aspects of French language and culture acquisition at high school by using culture reference texts. The authors demonstrate the educational potential of street signs and signboards at French classes.

The article considers the contents of the course "Theory of mechanisms and machines". The authors present a number of practical exercises of the course section "Kinematic analysis of lever mechanisms". The section contents include the core and supplementary units. The core unit deals with the kinematic analysis. The supplementary unit describes the methods of its calculation.

The article considers the solution of problems on geometrical synthesis of involute gears. The problems are not formally included in the course "Theory of mechanisms and machines" but necessary for a research engineer practical work. The study presents additional calculation relations grouped in a table and illustrated by a picture.

The article considers the dysfunctional family as a factor of child’s behavior deformation. The authors give a social and pedagogical description of a dysfunctional family as well as a characteristic of a disadvantaged child. The study focuses on the ways of neutralization of family negative influence at school.

During the last three decades, English has been an important component of Slovak education system. In this connection, English pronunciation is a crucial feature and a difficult skill for Slovak learners to acquire. The paper analyses how English pronunciation was surveyed and studied by selected Slovak scholars. The analysis of six Slovak authors and their research papers focuses on the individual aspects that affect the uptake of English pronunciation by Slovak learners in a broader context connected to segmental and suprasegmental features of English phonology.