aVLCJ0282 Czech Language for Foreigners II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radka Campbell (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Kozáková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor), PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Martin Punčochář (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (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. Eva Kozáková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
aVLCJ0181 Czech for Foreigners I
General Czech at the A1+ CEFR level.
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 the tuition is working knowledge of the Czech language on the A2 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR) checked by an examination. Students will also learn the vocabulary and phrases from the healthcare at the level of A1 and A2 according to the CEFR. The main aim of the course Czech for Foreigners is to teach students to communicate with patients in Czech without any help from English speaking doctors or interpreters and independently write case history.
Learning outcomes
First year students:
- can understand vocabulary and basic phrases related to students, their families, and their immediate specific surrounding, provided people speak clearly and at a slow rate.
- communicate in common routine tasks, such as shopping, accommodation, using public transport, orientation in the city, asking the way, being able to describe their place of living and people they know by simple phrases and sentences.
- they should also be able to fill in forms with personal data, such as name, nationality and address when applying for residence accommodation.
- know vocabulary (parts of body) and phrases from the healthcare at the level of A1 and A2 according to the CEFR.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of Czech for Foreigners II.
  • 1st week: REVISION LESSON. UNIT 6/1: Conversation: Daily routine. Talking about time. What did you do today?Grammar: Past tense I-regular forms.
  • 2nd week: UNIT 6/2: Conversation: Where were you? Grammar: Past tense II(irregular forms). Reflexive verbs: ses, sis. The second position in Czech sentences. Locative singular.
  • 3rd week: PROGRESS TEST 1 (UNITS 1-6). LESSON 6/3: Conversation: Do you know who it was? Grammar: Time expressions. Verbs ZNÁT a VĚDĚT. Countries and nationalities.
  • 4th week: UNIT 7/1: Conversation: Houses and flats. Furniture. Grammar: Nominative and accusative plural (Mi, F, N).
  • 5th week: UNIT 7/2: Conversation: Looking for accommodation. Grammar: Numerals dva-dvě. The date: ordinal numbers, months, seasons.Medical Czech: TM U1: Human body I (Head).
  • 6th week: UNIT 8/1: Conversation: Planning our weekend. Grammar: The future tense. Medical Czech: Human body II (Neck and Trunk).
  • 7th week: PROGRESS TEST 2. UNIT 8/2: Conversation: Free time activities. Grammar: KAM? Expressing directions. Prepositions NA-DO-K/KE). Medical Czech: Human body III (Internal and genital organs).
  • 8th week: REVISION Units 6-8. Conversation: What did you do yersterday? Plan your future. Grammar: Revision. Medical Czech: Human body IV (Extremities).
  • 9th week: PROGRESS TEST 3 (VIDEO). UNIT 9/1: Conversation: Describing of Human body. What do we look like? Grammar: Nominative plural of body parts. Personal pronouns in the accusative and dative (Bolí/bolelo mě, je mi dobře/špatně.) Medical Czech: Human body V (Skeleton).
  • 10th week: UNIT 9/2: Conversation: At the doctor's. At the pharmacy. Grammar: Accusative object-centered constructions. Prepositions with the accusative (na, pro, za, o). Medical Czech: Symptoms of diseases I (TM U4).
  • 11th week: UNIT 10/1: Conversation: The place where we live. Grammar: The genitive singular (nouns). Basic prepositions with the genitive. Medical Czech: Symptoms of diseases II (TM U4).
  • 12th week: PROGRESS TEST 4 (ORAL). Conversation: Kde jsi byl? Kam půjdeš/pojedeš? U lékaře. Grammar: Revision. Medical Czech: TM U1 and U4.
  • 13th week: Conversation: Travelling. Plans for summer holiday. Grammar: Revision.
  • FINAL WRITTEN EXAM (Pre-term).
Literature
    required literature
  • HOLÁ, Lída. Česky krok za krokem 1. Praha: Akropolis 2016. 260 s. ISBN 978-80-7470-129-0.
  • HOLÁ, Lída a kol. Česky krok za krokem 1. Pracovní sešit (Lekce 1-12). Praha: Akropolis 2016. 160 s. ISBN 978-80-7470-133-7.
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Talking medicine : Czech for medical students. 3., rev. English ed. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2012, 261 s. ISBN 9788024621043. info
    recommended literature
  • GRUNDOVÁ, Dominika. Needs of Patients. Czech-English Phrasebook for Beginners. 2., revid. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004, 104 pp. ISBN 80-86432-86-6. info
Teaching methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The following teaching methods are used: class discussion, roleplay, work in groups, reading, listening, writing HW (including Projects), word study.
Assessment methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The students' presence in these courses is strictly required; a maximum of two unexcused absences is tolerated. Students are allowed to substitute a maximum of TWO classes with another group. Substitutions are not possible in the weeks when Progress Test take place. Students must inform the teacher of the group in which they intend to substitute their missed class in writing in advance. If they fail to do so, they will not be allowed to attend the class. A student is obliged to provide a written excuse letter to the faculty Office for Studies justifying his/her absence within five workdays of the teaching activity he/she was absent from. If a student has more than two unexcused absences, they will not be allowed to take the Final test. The tuition is finished by an end-of-term examination (ETE) consisting of a WRITTEN and an ORAL part. Passing the examination is conditioned by proper attendance, active participation in practical courses, sitting for Progress Tests and successful passing of written and oral exams. The basic limit for passing all tests is 70%. There will be four progress tests (2 written, 2 oral). In case of passing four Progress tests (passmark for each test is 70%) the basic limit in the credit test is reduced by 10%. Tests can be taken in test weeks only. The top 10 % of students of the course, based on their total score on all progress tests, can skip the written part of Final test. To be eligible for this advantage, students must: a) take and pass all progress tests, b) achieve a minimum total score of 108/120 on all progress tests. Without successful passing the written exam students will not be allowed to sit for the oral part. Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam by awarding grade "F" in the Information System.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 45.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://czechonline.org
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 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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