aVLCJ0686 Czech Language for Foreigners VI - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Kozáková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Punčochář (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
aVLCJ0585 Czech for Foreigners V
General Czech at the A2/B1 CEFR level. The knowledge of specialist discipline-specific vocabulary covered in the aVLCJ0585 Czech Language for Foreigners V course.
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 B1 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR) checked by an examination. 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.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students
-should be able to understand information related to very familiar topics that they regularly encounter at school, in the hospital, and in their free time, provided the information is communicated clearly
-apply medical language in doctor-patient communication
-take patient's history (Personal, Family, Social and Work History)
-use practical medical vocabulary relating to respiratory and alimentary tract, pharmacy and operating theatre.
Syllabus
  • Czech for Foreigners VI
  • 1st week: REVISION. Personal and Family history. Work and Social history. History of Cardiovascular diseases. Presenting complaints. Grammar: Plural declension (G, A, I).
  • 2nd weeks: Zajímavosti o zvířatech (U 21/1). Medical Czech: History of Diseases of Respiratory tract I (TM 24). Grammar: Singular declension (all cases incl. adjectives).
  • 3th week: Na návštěvě v ZOO (U21/2). Medical Czech: Pulmonology II. Grammar: The nominative plural (Ma) + revision of Nom pl Mi, F, N.
  • 4th week: PROGRESS TEST 1. Mluvíme o práci (U 22/1). Grammar: The accusative plural Ma. Nominative versus accusative pl. Medical Czech: History of Diseases of the Alimentary tract (TM 26).
  • 5th weeks: Hledáme práci, CV (U 22/2). Medical Czech: Gastroenterology II. Grammar: Comparison of adverbs.
  • 6th week: Komunikace v zaměstnání (U 22/3).Medical Czech: Casuistry. Grammar: Dative plural.
  • 7th week: Kultura a my (U 23/1). Medical Czech: Den v nemocnici (TM 11). IGrammar: Ordinal numbers. Expressing date and time.
  • 8th week: Medical Czech: CASUISTRY II. Grammar: Reflexive verbs with se and si. Temporal expressions.
  • 9th week: Medical Czech: Health condition I(TM 12). Grammar: Temporal prepositions.
  • 10th week: PROGRESS TEST 2 (ORAL). Medical Czech: Health condition II.
  • 11th week: Medical Czech: Pharmacy I (TM 13). Grammar: Revision of plural declension (N, G, D, A, I).
  • 12th week: PROGRESS TEST 3. Medical Czech: Pharmacy II.
  • 13th week: Instruments, aids (TM 14). Grammar: Revision of singular declension, ordinal numbers and adverbs.
  • 14th week: Final revision.
  • 15th week: WRITTEN PART OF COLLOQUIUM-preterm.
Literature
    required literature
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Talking Medicine: Czech for Medical Students. 1st ed. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2006, 217 pp. ISBN 80-86861-12-0. info
  • Rešková, Ivana a kol. How to take a patient's history. Brno: CJV MU 2015.
  • HOLÁ, Lída. Česky krok za krokem 1. Praha: Akropolis 2016. 260 s. ISBN 978-80-7470-129-0.
  • HOLÁ, Lída, Petra BULEJČÍKOVÁ a Silvie PŘEVRÁTILOVÁ. Česky krok za krokem 1: pracovní sešit 13-24. 1. vydání. Praha: Akropolis, 2017. 160 stran. ISBN 9788074701344.
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. Students must inform the teacher of the group in which they intend to substitute their missed class in writing in advance. If they fail to do so, they will not be allowed to attend the class. A student is obliged to provide a written excuse letter to the faculty Office for Studies justifying his/her absence within five workdays of the teaching activity he/she was absent from. If a student has more than two unexcused absences, they will not be allowed to take the Final test. The tuition is finished by a colloquium (C) 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 colloquium. There will be three Progress tests (2 written, 1 oral). In case of passing three Progress tests (passmark for each test is 70%) the basic limit in the credit test is reduced by 10%. The top 10 % of students of the course, based on their total score on all progress tests, can skip the written part of Colloquium. To be eligible for this credit, students must: a) take and pass all progress tests, b) achieve a minimum total score of 135/150 on all progress tests. 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)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
Current information about the subject, consultation hours, etc. is accessible on the notice boards at the Language Center, Faculty of Medicine Division. Contact with teachers is provided by the secretary of the department (Kamenice 5, A15), tel.: 549 498 170
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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