FACJ1_cjv Czech Language

Faculty of Pharmacy
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dana Otychová (assistant)
PhDr. Renata Prucklová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Language Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
FACJ1_cjv/01: Thu 9:00–10:40 45-224
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(FaF) || OBOR(MUSFaF)
The course has no prerequisites.
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 this course is to become familiar with the basics of Czech which is necessary for pharmaceutical and medical professionals. The course will provide students with basic knowledge of Czech grammar, vocabulary and communication phrases as well as the simple terminology used for the basic patient´s consultancy and handling with medical prescriptions.

Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should be able to: - understand and use basic Czech phrases - hold a simple conversation in Czech - understand and apply basic Czech grammar rules
Syllabus
  • 1. Czech alphabet, pronunciation, greetings, introductions, basic question words, phrases, verbs to be, to do, to have, numbers 1-10, feminine + masculine forms of nouns. Vocabulary: common pharmaceuticals, drugs. Conversation: “What is it”? “It is a plaster, bandage…”

  • 2. Orientation, "Where is it" - practising dialogues, orientation in the city, my address. The city of Brno, where I study - a short presentation. Verbs of -í- conjugation. Genitive singular (next to the bank, hospital, pharmacy)

  • 3. Verbs to understand, speak, know, see, study. Numbers 1-100. Accusative singular – nouns+ adjectives. The verb to need. Shopping. Conversation: How much does it cost? Dialogue in a pharmacy.

  • 4. Food and drinks, conversation in a restaurant. Vocabulary: healthy, unhealthy diet, dietary supplements. Nominative plural. Verbs to drink, to eat, to take (a drug, a dietary supplement), to like something. Conversation: What do we eat?

  • 5. Collocations with the verb “to like something vs. to like doing something”. Numbers 100-1000 (crowns, grams, milligrams, milliliters). Conversation: what do you like/dislike? What do you like/dislike doing?

  • 6. My family. Possessive pronouns. Adjectives expressing characteristics. Conversation: "What's her/his name, what's he/ she like. The dative singular of selected pronouns.

  • 7. "When is it?" expressions of time, days of the week, months. Conversation: "When will we meet?" Verbs: to walk, to go (by).

  • 8. The verbs: to take, to use; modal verbs. Conversation: when do I have to, must... take medicine, how many times a day/night. Conversation in a pharmacy. Prepositions to, on, for.

  • 9. Human body, its main parts (including irregular plural forms), common diseases, health problems and medications. Past tense of regular and irregular verbs. Speaking practice – When were you ill last time, what happened, did you go to the hospital…?

  • 10. Verb to know somebody or something, to know how to…., to be able to/ to have skills. Collocations with prepositions in, at - v, ve , na , u , local singular (in the hospital, in the pharmacy, at the university, at the doctor ´s)

  • 11. Names of EU countries, travelling, staying at a hotel, weather. Verbs of movement, walk, go by, fly, future tense of long and short verbs. Conversation: vacation, weather in the Czech Republic, in my country. Conversation: Common health problems while travelling.

  • 12. My future career. Collocation “be interested in”, objective forms of pronouns.

  • 13. Revision.

  • 14. Examination.

Literature
    required literature
  • HOLÁ, Lída and Pavla BOŘILOVÁ. Čeština expres 1 : A1/1. 2., opravené vydání. Praha: Akropolis, 2015, 96 stran. ISBN 9788074700798. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Mánek, B. Textová učebnice angličtiny pro farmaceuty. 1994. UK v Praze, 2005. ISBN 8024603497. info
  • Hornby, A. S. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0-19-4431538. info
Teaching methods
Direct teaching, group work
Assessment methods
1. A test including multiple-choice and short answer questions, translation and gap filling tasks. 2. An oral exam in the form of a simple conversation in Czech.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Credit and examination requirements:
- 80% active attendance at seminars
- active participation within seminars
- successful accomplishment of the final written credit test
- successful accomplishment of the final oral test
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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