aVLTA02 Language tandem II

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1.3/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Linda Krahula Doleží, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radka Campbell (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Martin Punčochář (assistant)
prof. MUDr. Iva Slaninová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Radka Campbell
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
The minimum acceptable Czech level for an international student of General Medicine, Dentistry or Physiotherapy enrolling in Language Tandem is A2+ level (CEFR). Successful completion of Czech for Foreigners IV is a prerequisite for enrolment in Language Tandem. Czech native speakers in the Czech programme are expected to be at B2/C1 level (CEFR) in English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the Language Tandem is to encourage liaising between students of the Czech and English programmes. It should provide students of the English programmes with real communication situations that neither their required 8-semester Czech course nor their hospital training can provide. The Language Tandem Course will consist in students (tandem partners) meeting regularly, communicating primarily in Czech, with English (or German, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Arabic etc., depending on the interest or nationality of the tandem partners) as a working language.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, international students should be able to talk about:
- their everyday activities,
- spending their free time,
- traditions in the Czech republic and their home country,
- life in Brno and in their hometown,
- studying in the Czech Republic,
and they should be aware of communication conventions, both face-to-face and written.

Czech students should be familiarized with:
- the culture in their tandem partner’s country,
- life of international students in Brno.
Syllabus
  • 1. Oblečení
  • 2. Příroda
  • 3. Sociální sítě
  • 4. Vztahy
  • 5. Politika
  • 6. Filmy/seriály/divadlo/knihy
  • 7. Prokrastinace (Time management)
  • 8. Nobelova cena
  • 9. Památky UNESCO
  • 10. Vynálezy
  • 11. Vakcinace
  • 12. Zubní lékařství
  • 13. Úrazy (Základní komunikace s pacientem)
  • 14. V nemocnici (Komunikace s personálem)
  • 15. V nemocnici (Náhlé příhody)
  • 16. Anamnézy (Interní propedeutika)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HOLÁ, Lída. Czech step by step 1. 1. vydání. Praha: Akropolis, 2016, 204 stran. ISBN 9788074701290. info
  • HOLÁ, Lída and Pavla BOŘILOVÁ. Česky krok za krokem 2. 1st ed. Praha: Akropolis, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86903-92-7. URL info
Teaching methods
International students will receive 10 worksheets/topics (corresponding to their level of Czech) from their teachers, on which they will collaborate with Czech students. Tandem partners will arrange their meetings depending on their time commitments. At the beginning of the course, one session with teachers will be organized.
Assessment methods
Evaluation will take place in the credit week, i.e. in the last week of the autumn/spring semester of the academic year.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
Note related to how often the course is taught: flexibilní setkání tandemových skupin.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 20.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Students need to pass Czech language IV
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.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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