Course: Czech for Foreigners 5

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Course title Czech for Foreigners 5
Course code UJP/CPC5
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sosnová Václava, Mgr. et Mgr.
Course content
Week 1 Presentation of the course, familiarization with the curriculum and requirements for completing the course. Topic of conversation: People and things. Week 2 Nominative and accusative plural. Week 3 Topic of conversation: Shopping. Week 4 Complaints, problem solving. Week 5 Topic of conversation: Holidays and traditions. Week 6 Time expressions. Week 7 Invitation and visit. Continuous test. Week 8 Topic of conversation: Women and men in today's society. Week 9 Aspect. Week 10 Adverbial clauses of time. Week 11 Topic of conversation: Services. Week 12 Communication with the customer/client. Revision for the final test, course summary. Final test. Week 13 Correction of the final test. Exam preparation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 15 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Students can - communicate without problems and take an active part in conversations on different topics dealing with topics of everyday life - understand the main ideas of authentic texts especially publishing and specialist styles dealing with both general and more specialist topics - find important detailed information in texts - understand in detail information in texts of their field of study (both heard and read) and explain in detail their opinions - write more complex texts on popular and non-fiction topics of the field of study or argumentative essays dealing with specialist topics
Skills
- properly use the linguistic means of both Standard and substandard Czech with respect to the communicative situation - properly use forms of imperfective and perfective verbs with respect to their meaning - properly use endings of the L-participle in the past tense in writing
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
Students can - use correctly common grammar structures in everyday life - understand spoken word on TV and the radio with no problems - partly distinguish the suitability of used language means regarding the communicative situation - use with certainty vocabulary and phrases enabling them to communicate without problems in common situations and partly rank these situations in their stylistic levels - express their opinions and attitudes, belief and uncertainty and support them with arguments - write texts of specialist or publishing styles with a more complex text structure - find and select both important and detailed information in authentic texts - present (in both writing and speaking) their field of study - take an active part in discussions, evaluate suggestions and react to them in an adequate way
Skills
- use linguistic means of assertive communication (expressing opinion, consent, different opinion, rejection, apology, (un)certainty, etc.) - perform transformations between verbal clauses and non-verbal expressions - properly use the verbal aspect and verbal prefixes (within the appropriate language level) - actively use the linguistic means for expressing courtesy (esp. phrases with conditional)
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar classes
Skills
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar
Competences
Multimedia supported teaching
Seminar
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Oral exam
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bischofová, Jana; Hrdlička, Milan; Hasil, Jiří; Kramářová, Jitka. Čeština pro středně a více pokročilé.. Praha: Karolinum, 2011.
  • Filipec, Josef. Slovník spisovné češtiny pro školu a veřejnost.. Praha: Academia, 2012.
  • Holá, Lída; Bořilová, Pavla. Česky krok za krokem 2. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86903-92-7.
  • Nekovářová, Alena. Čeština pro život: 15 moderních konverzačních témat = Czech for life = Tschechisch fürs Leben.. Praha: Akropolis, 2008.
  • Nekovářová, Alena. Čeština pro život 2: 15 moderních konverzačních témat = Czech for life = Tschechisch fürs Leben.. Praha: Akropolis, 2012.
  • Rešková, Ivana; Pintarová Magdalena. Communicative Czech - Intermediate.. Brno, 2009.


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