CJJ54 Tutor of Czech language for foreigners

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Hanzelková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Autonomous learning is an essential part of acquiring a new language. Many foreigners, however, go through a challenging period after arriving in a new cultural environment, which can make independent study significantly more difficult. During the course, participants will accompany a group of foreign students of Czech (Intensive Czech for University Studies course, MU Language Centre; students are mostly aged 18-25) and will try to strengthen their ability to study independently and integrate into Czech culture, especially with regard to their future studies at MU. The tutors will reflect on the students' progress and these reflections will form the basis for a final report to be discussed with the other tutors. During the course, tutors will be supervised by experienced teachers of Czech for foreigners from the MU Language Education Centre.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to: - describe the stages of the process of acquiring Czech as a foreign language and the factors that influence it - plan the autonomous study of Czech by a foreign student - accompany a foreign student in orientation at MU - identify the specifics of Czech culture and its features that may be difficult to understand for members of other cultures - carry out reflection (on the student's progress and on their own activities)
Syllabus
  • - introductory meeting with the lecturers of the Language Learning Centre: introduction of the Intensive Czech for University Studies course, course methods, participant groups, distribution of tutors and foreign students - regular weekly meetings with assigned students, reflection on their student diaries, planning studies for the next week, searching for suitable universities in the Czech Republic for future studies - 1. reflective meeting with CJV lecturers - 2. reflective meeting with CJV lecturers - selection and accompaniment of a foreign student to a selected lecture at MU, its reflection - final meeting with CJV lecturers, reflection on tutoring based on reflective diary
Literature
  • Tutoring matterseverything you always wanted to know about how to tutor. Edited by Tiffani Chin - Jerome Rabow - Jeimee Estrada. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2011, xxii, 213. ISBN 9781439907429. info
  • WISKER, Gina. Working One-to-One with Students: Supervising, Coaching, Mentoring, and Personal Tutoring. New York, London: Routledge, 2008, 214 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-36531-4. info
  • FALCHIKOV, Nancy. Learning together : peer tutoring in higher education. 1st ed. London: Routledge Falmer, 2001, xxi, 312. ISBN 0415182611. info
Teaching methods
- individual accompaniment of foreign students - discussions - reflection
Assessment methods
- reflective diary - regular tutoring of an international student/small group of students - Accompanying a foreign student to a selected MU lecture, helping to create a presentation for other foreign students - participation in 4 meetings with CJV lecturers
Náhradní absolvování
The course cannot be taken in an alternative form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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