LF:VSCJ0686 Czech for Foreigners VI -p - Course Information

VSCJ0686 Czech Language for Foreigners VI - practice

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Bušíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Punčochář (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Lenka Řitičková (seminar tutor), PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Robert Helán, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre

Timetable of Seminar Groups

VSCJ0686/30: Tue 11:30–13:10 A16/215, I. Rešková
VSCJ0686/31: Mon 9:30–11:10 B11/211, J. Šafránková
VSCJ0686/32: Mon 14:20–16:00 KOM S116, J. Šafránková
VSCJ0686/33: Thu 11:10–12:50 B11/234, I. Rešková
VSCJ0686/34: Wed 11:20–13:00 B11/334, J. Šafránková
VSCJ0686/35: Thu 16:10–17:50 B11/211, M. Punčochář

Prerequisites

VSCJ0585 Czech for Foreigners V -p
The main aim of the course Czech for Foreigners is to teach students communicate with patients in Czech without any help of English speaking doctors or interpreters and independently write case history. Students can understand information related to very familiar topics that they regularly encounter at school, in the hospital, and in their free time, provided the information is communicated clearly. Students can write simple texts on familiar topics and topics related to their interest, and understand texts that consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language. 3rd and 4th year course focus lies in specialized terminology. Communication skills are developed by working with the texts and dialogues from the course book Czech for Medical Students by Iveta Čermáková. The seminars concentrate on practising thematic doctor-patients dialogues and specialised medical terminology with the use of course book based and teacher created exercises. Study support for all students is offered in the form of e-learning courses available in the Study Materials of their field of studies.

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

• General Medicine (eng.) (programme LF, M-VL)
• General Medicine (programme LF, M-VL)

Course objectives

The aim of the tuition is working knowledge of the Czech language on the B1 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR) checked by an examination.

Syllabus

• Czech for Foreigners VI
• 1st week: REVISION. Personal and Family history. Work and Social history. History of Cardiovascular diseases. Health condition. Grammar: Dative Case in Plural. New verbs with dative.
• 2nd weeks: People and things. (L7) Medical Czech: History of Diseases of Respiratory tract (TM 24)Grammar: Possesive and personal pronouns in dative.
• 3th week: Casuistry I. Medical Czech: Pulmonology (http://mluvtecesky.net/en/courses/medical2/5/1). Grammar: Nominative and accusative of plural I.
• 4th week: PROGRESS TEST 1 (REVISION). Anniversaries and Czech traditions (L8). Grammar: Nominative and accusative of plural II. PROJECT 1: Oblíbený svátek v mé zemi.
• 5th weeks: Casuistry II.PROGRESS TEST 1. Medical Czech: History of Diseases of the Alimentary tract (TM 26). Grammar: Time and date. Temporal expressions and prepositions.
• 6th week: Invitation and having quests (L8). Medical Czech: Gastroenterology (http://mluvtecesky.net/en/courses/medical2/7/1). Grammar: Relative pronoun který (all cases).
• 7th week: Casuistry III. Muži versus ženy (L 9). Medical Czech: Pharmacy (TM 13). I>Grammar:Imperfective and imperfective verbs I.
• 8th week: Služby (L 9). Medical Czech: Instruments, aids (TM 14). Grammar: Imperfective and imperfective verbs II.
• 9th week: PROGRESS TEST 2. Medical Czech: Doctor's office (TM 16). Grammar: Temporal clauses with AŽ, KDYŽ, NEŽ.
• 10th week: Casuistry IV. Medical Czech: Presenting complaints I (TM 18). Grammar: Relative clauses with all cases.
• 11th week: Medical Czech: Presenting complaints II. Grammar: Prepositions.
• 12th week: Casuistry V. Grammar: Czech verbs in present, past and future (Revision, transformation).
• 13th week: PROGRESS TEST 3 (ORAL).Medical Czech: Reading clinical notes.
• 14th week: Revision of Pulmonology and GIT. Grammar: Declension in sg and pl(Revision).
• 15th week: Final Written Exam.

Literature

required literature
• ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Talking Medicine: Czech for Medical Students. 1st ed. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2006, 217 pp. ISBN 80-86861-12-0. info
• HOLÁ, Lída and Pavla BOŘILOVÁ. Česky krok za krokem 2. 1st ed. Praha: Akropolis, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86903-92-7. URL 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. If a student has more than two unexcused absences, they will not be allowed to take the Final test. The tuition is finished by a colloquium (C) 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%. In case of passing three class tests, which are obligatory for all students, the basic limit in the written exam is reduced by 10%. Without successful passing the written exam students will not be allowed to sit for the oral part! Students who score a minimum of 90% in EACH progress test are not obliged to take the written part of Colloquium. 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)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.