Coursebook

Holá, L. New Czech Step by Step. 4th edition. Praha: Akropolis, 2008. 256 pp. ISBN 978-80-86903-73-6.

 

 

Course Requirements

• Attendance (you are allowed 2 excused absences)
• Active participation
• 5 progress tests
• Final test

Course Syllabus

Week 1:

• Introduction, Greetings. Where are you from? Phrases in the classroom.
• Czech alphabet. The sounds of Czech and their pronunciation and spelling. Vowels, diphthongs. Consonants, assimilation of consonants in groups. The verb "to be".

Week 2:

• What do you do in Brno?
• Word and its forms in Czech. Natural/grammatical genders in Czech. Cardinal numerals 1 - 20.

Week 3:

• TEST 1 (L1)
• What is my friend like?
• Three genders of Czech nouns. Nominative of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numeral "one". Who is it? What is it? Where is ....?

Week 4:

• My family.
• Demonstrative pronouns. Possesive pronouns. Adjectives: hard and soft. Jaký, -á, -é? Cardinal numerals 21-1000.

Week 5:

• TEST 2 (L2)
• Time and activities.
• What time is it? Present tense of verbs (conjugation "-ám","-uji, -ím, -u").The verb "to have". Verb negation. Time expressions, days of the week, months.
• Project 1: My family.

Week 6:

• What I like/dislike (doing)
• Modal verbs. Accusative case in singular - introduction (see Week 10)
• Project 2: Likes and dislikes.

Week 7:

• Where is it? How can I get there?
• Adverbs of place. Conjugation of verbs. Present tense, infinitive. The verb "to go".

Week 8:

• TEST 3 (L3-4)
• My daily routine. University city Brno.
• Locative case of nouns in singular (introduction). Where do you go versus Where are you?

Week 9:

• How to write an informal letter in Czech.
• Parts of body I. Revision.
• Project 3: My life in Brno.

Week 10:

• TEST 4 (L1-4)
• Meals. Café, Restaurant. Likes and dislikes: rád+verb, mít rád, líbit se, chutnat.
• Present tense, infinitive. Accusative of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numeral "one". Verbs nad prepositions used with the accusative.

Week 11:

• Conversation at restaurant.
• Personal pronouns in the accusative. Bolí mě... .Parts of body II.

Weeks 12 - 13:

• TEST 5
• Visit. Czech traditions. Christmas.
• Modal verb "to want". Prepositons do-na -v. Revision.

Week 14:

• Final test