OJ561 Mongolian I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 J21
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
OJ561/01: Mon 12:30–14:05 J21, O. Srba
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course unit is conceived as a comprehensive introduction into Mongolian. It will make students acquainted with the Mongolian grammar system and provide a basic speaking competence. The most of attention will be paid to the modern Colloquial Mongolian written in Cyrillic, accidentally references to the Classical Literary Mongolian can also be made. At the end of the course unit the student will be able: to communicate in Mongolian in the very basic situations practised during the course, and orientate himself in the Mongolian grammar system.
Syllabus
  • Introductuion to the Mongolian writing systems, introduction to the Classical Mongolian script and the Mongolian Cyrillic Lessons 1 - 3 of LUBSANGDORJI, Jugderiin and Jaroslav VACEK. Colloquial Mongolian :an introductory intensive course.
  • Basics of the Mongolian phonology
  • Nominal morphology
  • Verbal morphology
  • Non-inflected parts of speech (adverbs, postpositions, particles etc.) The most of the time will be given to the practical conversation between the teacher and the students freely linked to the contents of the text-book and extending the knowledge according to the needs of the students. (For a more detailed contents please see the sylabus.)
Literature
    required literature
  • LUVSANDORDŽ, Dž and Jaroslav VACEK. Colloquial Mongolian : an introductory intensive course. 1st ed. Prague: Triton, 2004, xi, 424. ISBN 8072546074. info
    recommended literature
  • Tserenpil, D. – Kulmann, R., 2005, Mongolian Grammar. Admon, Ulaanbaatar.

    Поппе, Н. Н., 1937, Грамматика письменно-монгольского языка. Издательство Академии наук СССР, Москва – Ленинград.

Teaching methods
Language course The course is opened also to foreign students without knowledge of Czech and can be taught in English.
Assessment methods
Final written test (translation from Mongolian to Czech/English and from Czech/English to Mongolian, one grammar question) Continuously active participation in the conversation and memorizing of short texts of individual lessons. (personal participation needed)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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