Course: Czech for Foreigners 6

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Course title Czech for Foreigners 6
Course code UJP/CPC6
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)
  • Sosnová Václava, Mgr. et Mgr.
Course content
Week 1 Presentation of the course, familiarization with the curriculum and requirements for completing the course. Thematic area: Sports. Week 2 Verb prefixes. Week 3 Topic of conversation: Vacation. Writing a complaint. Week 4 Topic of conversation: Lifestyle. Week 5 Object constructions with dative. Week 6 Imperative. Week 7 Descriptive imperative. Midterm test. Week 8 Topic of conversation: At the doctor's. Week 9 Topic of conversation: Culture and art. Week 10 Expressing quantity. Week 11 Expressing possessiveness. Week 12 Cultural program. Revision for the final test, course summary. Final exam. 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
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 15 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 main ideas of authentic texts of publishing and specialist styles dealing with both general and more specialist topics - find important and detailed information in texts - understand in detail information in texts of their field of study (both heard and read) - 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
- 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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learning outcomes
Knowledge
Students can - use with certainty common grammar structures in everyday life situations - understand spoken word on TV and the radio with no problems - partly distinguish 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
- present works of art, technical objects, etc. and their authors - distinguish topic and focus, i.e., to identify the new, crucial information in a sentence - actively and properly use the nouns of foreing origin and more difficult declensional types of nouns - follow the basic rules of Czech othography (incl. punctuation and use of capital letters)
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
Seminar
Multimedia supported teaching
Collaborative instruction
Skills demonstration
Self-study of literature
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Students' portfolio
Competences
Seminar
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Students' portfolio
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Test
Oral exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Adamovic, Ana; Hrdlička, Milan. Basic Czech III. 1. vyd.. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1796-1.
  • Adamović, Ana; Hrdlička, Milan. Basic Czech III. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1796-1.
  • Adamovic, Ana. Nebojte se češtiny: konverzace pro středně pokročilé. ISBN 978-80-246-2270-5.
  • Bischofová, Jana; Hrdlička, Milan; Hasil, Jiří; Kramářová, Jitka. Čeština pro středně a více pokročilé.. Praha: Karolinum, 2011.
  • Holá, Lída; Bořilová, Pavla. Česky krok za krokem 2. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86903-92-7.
  • On-line katalogy knihoven. On-line katalogy knihoven.


Study plans that include the course
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