VSCJ018 Czech Language for Foreigners

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/9/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dana Kyseláková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jiřina Olivová (seminar tutor), PhDr. Dana Kyseláková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Elena Marečková, CSc.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Dana Kyseláková
Prerequisites
At the beginning of tuition (1st year) zero knowledge is presupposed, at the beginning of the 3rd year, the knowledge of the basic general vocabulary and grammar in the extent of the textbook Kolektiv autorek: Czech for Beginners - Čeština pro začátečníky. 2nd ed., Brno, MU 1997, is required.
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
Syllabus
  • Aim of tuition: The aim of the tuition is acquisition of the ability to communicate in the Czech language with patients and medical staff in professional medical as well as routine communicative situations, to take relevant anamnesis, to read with comprehension medical reports, to use the basic form of written documentation. The set of knowledge and skills is given by needs of students associated with their stay and studies in the Czech Republic, particularly with the needs of the discipline studied and medical practice.
  • General characteristics of the subject: The tuition emphasises the development of communicative skills, and of all the other language means.
Literature
  • Kolektiv autorek. Czech for beginners : Čeština pro začátečníky. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 210 pp. ISBN 80-210-1648-5. info
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Czech for medical students: a manual. 1. vyd. Prague: 3rd Medical Faculty of Charles University, 1995, 121 pp. ISBN 80-85121-63-8. info
  • HRUBANTOVÁ, Leopoldina and Blažena WEBEROVÁ. Jenom kostra: Just a skeleton. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 162 pp. ISBN 80-7184-566-3. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. At the end of each semester it is finished by a credit; at the end of the 1st, 2nd and 4th years students have to pass an examination (ETE) consisting of a written and an oral part; at the end of the 3rd year the tuition is finished by a colloquium (C) which involves an oral part only.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
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