ZLCJ0181 Czech Language for Foreigners I - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Eva Dávidová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Renata Prucklová (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (deputy)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
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. Jarmila Šafránková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
ZLCJ0181/40: Mon 15:00–17:40 N01082/015
Prerequisites
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. 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. The knowledge enables students to 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. Students should also be able to fill in forms with personal data, such as name, nationality and address when applying for residence accommodation.
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 A1 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR)(Independent User) checked by an examination.
Syllabus
  • 1st - 2nd weeks: Communicative Competency: Introduction, Greetings. Phrases in the classroom. Grammar: Czech alphabet. The sounds of Czech and their pronunciation and spelling. Vowels, diphthongs. Consonants, assimilation of consonants in groups. The verb "to be". Word and its forms in Czech. Natural/grammatical genders in Czech. Cardinal numerals 1 - 20.TEST 1.
  • 3rd - 5th weeks: Communicative Competency: What is my friend like? My family. My day in Brno. Grammar: Three genders of Czech nouns. Nominative of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numeral "one". Who is it? What is it? Where is ....? What time is it? Present tense of verbs (conjugation "-ám","-uji, -ím, -u"). Verb negation. Adverbs of place. Demonstrative pronouns. Possesive pronouns. Adjectives: hard and soft. Cardinal numerals 21-1000. TEST 2.
  • 6th - 8th weeks: Communicative Competency: How can I get there? Orientation in the City. Days of the week. My daily routine. Grammar: Motion. Conjugation of verbs. Present tense, infinitive. The verb "to have", "to go". Locative case of nouns in singular (introduction). Accusative case in singular (introduction). TEST 3.
  • 9th - 11th weeks: Communicative Competency: Meals. Café, Restaurant. Likes and dislikes: rád+verb, mít rád, líbit se, chutnat. Grammar: Present tense, infinitive. Accusative of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numeral "one". Verbs nad prepositions used with the accusative. TEST 4.
  • 12th -13th weeks: Communicative Competency: Visit. Czech traditions. Christmas.Grammar: Modal verbs. Prepositons do- na - v. Revision. TEST 5.
  • 14th week: Credit test.
Literature
  • HOLÁ LÍDA. New Czech Step by Step. 4. opr. vyd. Praha: Akropolis, 2008, 256 pp. ISBN 978-80-86903-73-6. 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
  • 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
  • The first title is obligatory, the others are recommended.
Teaching methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses.
Assessment methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The students' presence in these courses is strictly required, maximally two properly apologised absences are tolerated. The tuition is finished by a course-unit credit given on the basis of the students' presence, preparation for classes, sitting for Progress Tests and their successful passing of a credit test.The basic limit for passing all tests is 70%. In case of passing five class tests, which are obligatory for all students, the basic limit in the credit test is reduced by 10%. 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.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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