FF:BA412 Latvian II - Course Information
BA412 Latvian language course II
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Felix Rainer Ruschke, M.A. (lecturer), doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil. (deputy)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil. - Timetable
- Mon 15:50–17:25 VP
- Prerequisites
- BA411 Latvian I
To enroll in this course, the students needn‘t have passed the BA411 course, but they should have the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary studied in this course. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to communicate in Latvian in such topics as 1) orientation in town 2) shopping 3) geography 4) means of transport.
- Syllabus
- This course is meant primarily for practicing Latvian grammar and vocabulary, as there is another course (BA431) meant solely for the practicing of Latvian conversation. In this semester, we work with 1) Latvian adjectives system – cases and graduation and 2) past verb tense. The vocabulary taught this semester consists of 1) orientation in town 2) shopping 3) geography 4) means of transport.
- Literature
- Butkus, Alvydas, Sarkanis, Alberts, Šelelyová, Denisa. Česko-lotyšsko-litevská konverzace. Kulturní dialog, Prague 2008
- Nikulceva, Sandra. Česko-lotyšský slovník. Leda, Prague 2006. ISBN 8073350696
- Štoll, Pavel. Lotyština. Prague 2008
- Teacher’s handouts based on the textbooks Runasim latviski. Latviešu valodas elementarkurss. Latvijas universitate, Riga 1999
- NIKUĻCEVA, Sandra. Čehu-latviešu vārdnīca. 1. vyd. Voznice: LEDA, 2006, 419 s. ISBN 8073350696. info
- HOLST, Jan Henrik. Lettische Grammatik. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, 2001, 247 s. ISBN 3-87548-289-1. info
- MOSELEY, Christopher. Colloquial Latvian : the complete course for beginners. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1996, vi, 247 s. ISBN 0-415-11797-6. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, homeworks, reading, drills.
- Assessment methods
- To gain the credits it is necessary to actively participate in the lesson and to be absent from the class no more than 3 times. Type of examination: test comprising Latvian grammar and vocabulary.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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