VSCJ018 Czech Language for Foreigners

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/9/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor), Mgr. Ladislav Červený (deputy)
PhDr. Marta Severová (seminar tutor), doc. PhDr. Elena Marečková, CSc. (deputy)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ladislav Červený
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Ladislav Červený
Prerequisites
At the beginning of tuition (1st year) zero knowledge of the Czech language is presupposed, at the beginning of the 3rd year, the knowledge of Lessons 1 through 12 of the textbook Remediosová, H. - Čechová, E. Chcete mluvit česky? / Do you want to speak Czech? Textbook 1. A communicative course of contemporary Czech for English speakers (beginning to intermediate level). 5. vyd. Liberec : Harry Putz, 2005, is required.
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
Syllabus
  • Aim of tuition: The aim of the tuition is acquisition of the ability to communicate in the Czech language with patients and medical staff in professional medical as well as routine communicative situations, to take relevant anamnesis, to read with comprehension medical reports, to use the basic form of written documentation. The set of knowledge and skills is given by needs of students associated with their stay and studies in the Czech Republic, particularly with the needs of the discipline studied and medical practice.
  • General characteristics of the subject: The tuition emphasises the development of communicative skills, and of all the other language means.
Literature
  • REMEDIOSOVÁ, H. and E. ČECHOVÁ. Chcete mluvit česky? / Do you want to speak Czech? Textbook 1. A communicative course of contemporary Czech for English speakers (beginning to intermediate level). 5th ed. Liberec: Harry Putz, 2005, 414 pp. ISBN 80-86727-04-1. info
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Czech for medical students: a manual. 1. vyd. Prague: 3rd Medical Faculty of Charles University, 1995, 121 pp. ISBN 80-85121-63-8. info
  • 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
  • Kolektiv autorek. Czech for beginners : Čeština pro začátečníky. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 210 pp. ISBN 80-210-1648-5. info
  • The first three titles are basic, the fourth is supplementary.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. At the end of each semester it is finished by a credit; at the end of the 1st, 2nd and 4th years students have to pass an examination (ETE) consisting of a written and an oral part; at the end of the 3rd year the tuition is finished by a colloquium (C) which involves an oral part only.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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