aVLCJ0282 Czech Language for Foreigners II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Magdalena Pintarová (seminar tutor), PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (deputy)
PhDr. Renata Prucklová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Punčochář (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Lenka Řitičková (seminar tutor), PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Robert Helán, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
aVLCJ0282/30: Thu 7:30–10:00 B11/228, M. Punčochář
aVLCJ0282/31: Tue 15:00–17:30 B11/228, R. Prucklová
aVLCJ0282/32: Wed 7:30–10:00 C15/113, M. Punčochář
aVLCJ0282/33: Wed 7:30–10:00 B11/211, I. Rešková
aVLCJ0282/34: Tue 15:10–17:40 KOM 409, M. Pintarová
aVLCJ0282/35: Fri 13:30–16:10 KOM S117, M. Punčochář
aVLCJ0282/36: Thu 7:30–10:00 B11/334, J. Šafránková
aVLCJ0282/37: Fri 10:45–13:15 KOM 257, M. Punčochář
aVLCJ0282/38: Fri 7:30–10:00 B11/334, L. Řitičková
aVLCJ0282/39: Thu 14:30–17:00 C15/113, M. Pintarová
Prerequisites
aVLCJ0181 Czech for Foreigners I || VSCJ0181 Czech for Foreigners I -p
The main aim of the course Czech for Foreigners is to teach students communicate with patients in Czech without any help of English speaking doctors or interpreters and independently write case history. First year students can understand vocabulary and basic phrases related to students, their families, and their immediate specific surrounding, provided people speak clearly and at a slow rate. The knowledge enables students to communicate in common routine tasks, such as shopping, accommodation, using public transport, orientation in the city, asking the way, being able to describe their place of living and people they know by simple phrases and sentences. Students should also be able to fill in forms with personal data, such as name, nationality and address when applying for residence accommodation. Medical students will also learn the vocabulary and phrases from the healthcare at the level of A1 and A2 according to the CEFR.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the tuition is working knowledge of the Czech language on the A2 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR) checked by an examination.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of Czech for Foreigners II.
  • 1st week: REVISION LESSON.Conversation: Daily routine. Visit. Time, Days (expressing dates), Months, Seasons.Grammar: Ordinal numerals. The accusative case of personal and possesive pronouns. The phrase Bolí mě+basic parts of body.
  • 2nd week: LESSON 6: Conversation: What did you do yesterday? Grammar: Past tense (regular forms). Second position in Czech sentences. Countries and nationalities.
  • 3rd week: REVISION TEST 1 (L1-5, human body). LESSON 6: Conversation: Who is who in the world history. Narrate about past events.Grammar: Past tense (irregular forms). Adverbs expressing time.
  • 4th week: LESSON 7: Conversation: Buy, sell and describe an appartment. Grammar: Verbs znát-vědět-umět. Verbs and prepositions with the accusative.
  • 5th week: PROGRESS TEST 2. LESSON 7: Conversation: Reading and writing advertisements. Grammar: Indefinite Pronouns and Adverbs. Imperfective and Perfective Verbs (Introduction).
  • 6th week: LESSON 7: Conversation: Buy, sell and describe an appartment. Grammar: Double negative. Prepositions with the accusative (na, pro, za, o). Ordinal numerals. Human body I (Head).
  • 7th week: PROGRESS TEST 3 (VIDEO). LESSON 8: Conversation: Plan your future. Grammar: Future tense of the verb BÝT, verbs of motion imperfective verbs. Human body II (Neck and Trunk).
  • 8th week: LESSON 8: Conversation: Plan your future. Grammar: Future tense. Verbs of motion. Where are you going? (Prepositions NA, DO and K/KE). Human body (Revision I).
  • 9th week: REVISION LESSON. Conversation: Narrate about your past. Plan your future. Describing of Human body. Grammar: Past and Future tenses. Where are you going? Where did you go? Where are/were you? Human body III (Internal and Genital organs).
  • 10th week: PROGRESS TEST 4. LESSON 9: Conversation: U lékaře. Grammar: Nominative and accusative plural Mi, F, N. Human body IV (Extremities).
  • 11th week: PROGRESS TEST 5. (ORAL) LESSON 9: Conversation: U lékaře. Plans for summer holiday (Letter L 10). Grammar: Nominative and accusative plural Ma. Human body V (Skeleton).
  • 12th week: WRITING. LESSON 9: Conversation: U lékaře. Grammar: Accusative object-centered constructions. Human body (Revision II).
  • 13th-14th week: AUTOPSY PRACTICE. LESSON 10: Conversation: Travelling. Plans for summer holiday. Grammar: Genitive of singular. Prepostions with genitive.
  • 15th week: Final Written Exam.
Literature
    required literature
  • HOLÁ LÍDA. New Czech Step by Step. 4. opr. vyd. Praha: Akropolis, 2008, 256 pp. ISBN 978-80-86903-73-6. info
  • HOLÁ, Lída. New Czech step by step. V nakl. Akropolis 4., opr. v. Praha: Akropolis, 2008, 127 s. ISBN 9788086903736. info
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Talking medicine : Czech for medical students. 3., rev. English ed. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2012, 261 s. ISBN 9788024621043. info
    recommended literature
  • GRUNDOVÁ, Dominika. Needs of Patients. Czech-English Phrasebook for Beginners. 2., revid. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004, 104 pp. ISBN 80-86432-86-6. info
  • REMEDIOSOVÁ, H. and E. ČECHOVÁ. Chcete mluvit česky? / Do you want to speak Czech? Textbook 1. A communicative course of contemporary Czech for English speakers (beginning to intermediate level). 5th ed. Liberec: Harry Putz, 2005, 414 pp. ISBN 80-86727-04-1. info
Teaching methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The following teaching methods are used: class discussion, roleplay, work in groups, reading, listening, writing HW (including Projects), word study.
Assessment methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The students' presence in these courses is strictly required; a maximum of two unexcused absences is tolerated. Students are allowed to substitute a maximum of TWO classes with another group. Substitutions are not possible in the weeks when Progress Test take place. If a student has more than two unexcused absences, they will not be allowed to take the Final test. The tuition is finished by an end-of-term examination (ETE) consisting of a WRITTEN and an ORAL part. Passing the examination is conditioned by proper attendance, active participation in practical courses, sitting for Progress Tests and successful passing of written and oral exams. The basic limit for passing all tests is 70%. In case of passing all class tests, which are obligatory for all students, the basic limit in the written exam is reduced by 10%. Without successful passing the written exam students will not be allowed to sit for the oral part! Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam by awarding grade "F" in the Information System.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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