Article presents an overview of textbook employees of the Department of Czech Language Charles University. It refers to innovative approaches to teaching the authors of the Czech language especially in elementary schools.
Prevailing principles of the new concepts are focusing on the communication component of language comprehension, orientation in the text and information retrieval. Textbooks also reflect the pragmatic aspects of language (politeness, interviewing, arguments).
Authors of textbooks incorporate new trends in teaching methodology and linguistic research. This is evidenced by the inclusion of such theories of valency syntax in teaching Czech syntax in elementary school.