(Kruh moderních filologů – Czech Modern Linguists Association)

Eva Berglová

Mrs. Dr. Eva Berglová (*1943) had been teaching German continuously from the early 1970s until 2013. Due to her excellent theoretical background and great pedagogical talent, she has  been one of the leading representatives of foreign language didactics in the Czech Republic as an author of textbooks, grammar books, recordings for phonetic exercises used nationwide at  that time, expert works for publishers of pedagogical literature (selected bibliography with more  than 200 items). Her review activity in the field of didactics of foreign languages is abundant; she had been concentrating on a careful supervision of future teachers. She played a  fundamental role in creating the state school-leaving exam in foreign languages. In the  framework of university teaching and training she was responsible for practical language,  didactics, pedagogical practice, translation and stylistics. 

The uniqueness of her work also lies in the influence she had on the teaching of German by  educating many young teachers and creating materials that were used throughout the country.  Her German grammar for learners became a model for similarly conceived books for other  languages (Spanish, e. g., cf. Báez et al. Moderní gramatika španělštiny [Modern Spanish  Grammar]). At the time she taught at the gymnasium (until 1978), she applied the involvement of the then new media, organised excursions, co-organised German language Olympiads. Her  students developed extracurricular activities, e. g., cooperation with radio and creation of  cultural programmes. After 1989, her concern for the teaching of German went even further:  she established contacts with leading didactically oriented institutes and contributed to the  awareness of contemporary didactics in western European countries. 

Mrs. Berglová worked as an active member of the Czech Modern Philologists Association and  a member of its board for a couple of decades (until 2017). Her work has strengthened didactic  themes not only in the current teaching of German, but also of other foreign languages,  especially after the Velvet Revolution in 1989.