Course: Czech for Foreigners 3

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Course title Czech for Foreigners 3
Course code UJP/CPC3
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
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)
  • Vostracký Zdeněk
  • Nováčková Pavla, Mgr. et Mgr.
  • Reif Jiří, Mgr.
Course content
Week 1 Introductory class. Presentation of the course, familiarization with the curriculum and requirements for completing the course. Scientific style - revision and summarizing previous knowledge. Week 2 Sources of information, types of scientific style, used language. Week 3 Annotation, abstract, summary, keywords. Week 4 The structure of the scientific paper. Quotations and paraphrases. Week 5 Technical description. Passive voice - reflexive. Week 6 Passive voice - descriptive. Week 7 Midterm test. Week 8 Word formation with suffixes - verbal nouns. Week 9 Word formation with suffixes - verbal adjectives. Week 10 Secondary prepositions. Clause transformations. Week 11 Temporal expressions, adverbs, prepositions. Week 12 Course revision. Final test. Week 13 Test correction. Evaluation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Students' self-study
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 15 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- list the principles of making and delivering a presentation, point out the common mistakes - distinguish forms of relative pronouns - list basic vocabulary related to use of computer in daily life - name the basic features and linguistic means of scientific style - distinguish words of foreign origin - distinguish between prepositions expressing cause and consequence - distinguish between standard and sub-standard linguistic means - enumerate different ways and strategies of taking efficient notes during lectures - distinguish (written) lecture and essay
Skills
- make and deliver a presentation on a familiar topic - properly use the forms of relative pronouns - properly define objects, people, phenomena and activities - describe activities performed when working on computer, explain work procedure - analyze the words of foreign origin both in written and spoken language - analyze a text from the point of view of linguistic means used and assign it to the scientific or administrative style - analyze the prepositions expressing cause and consequence both in written and spoken text - capture the main ideas and make notes of a lecture
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
- name the individual parts of a scholarly text - distinguish selected genres of scientific style (paper, presentation, scientific article, technical description, etc.) - distinguish annotation, abstract, summary and name their basic features - distinguish the forms of secondary prepositions - distinguish the forms of verbal nouns and adjectives - name the main ways of word formation in Czech - distinguish meanings of the most used prefixes and suffixes in Czech - name the basic features of sentence structure in Czech
Skills
- analyze selected genres of the scientific style based on their charateristic features - write a short annotation, abstract and summary of a selected scientific text - use the most widely used secondary prepositions - actively use the proper forms of verbal nouns and adjectives - actively use the most widely used prefixes and suffixes in their proper meaning - make sentences in accordance with the basic rules of sentence structure in Czech
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
Skills
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Multimedia supported teaching
Individual study
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Competences
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Portfolio
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.
  • Boccou Kestřánková, Marie; Hlínová, Kateřina; Pečený, Pavel; Štěpánková, Dagmar. Čeština pro cizince : úroveň B2. 2., aktualizované vydání. 2020. ISBN 978-80-266-1512-5.
  • Filipec, Josef. Slovník spisovné češtiny pro školu a veřejnost.. Praha: Academia, 2012.
  • Hradilová, Dana. Czech it up! 4. Olomouc, 2020. ISBN 9788024457703.
  • Jana Hoffmannová, Jaroslava Ježková, Jana Vaňková. Komunikace a sloh: učebnice českého jazyka pro střední školy. Plzeň, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7238-780-9.
  • Kraus, Jiří. Nový akademický slovník cizích slov. Vyd. 1. studentské. Praha : Academia, 2006. ISBN 80-200-1415-2.


Study plans that include the course
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