VSCJ0383 Czech Language for Foreigners III - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (deputy)
PhDr. Marta Severová (seminar tutor), doc. PhDr. Elena Marečková, CSc. (deputy)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková
Prerequisites
VSCJ0282 Czech for Foreigners II -p
The main aim of the course Czech for Foreigners is to teach students communicate with patients in Czech without any help of English speaking doctors or interpreters and independently write case history. Second year students can understand basic vocabulary and phrases related to their immediate specific surrounding, such as personal information, information about their studies and jobs. Students are also able to understand the meaning of short, simple notes and messages, read short, simple texts, find specific information in simple materials, and understand short, simple personal letters. Students can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities. Students can use a series of phrases to describe in simple terms their family, educational background and their job. Students can write short, simple notes and messages related to matters in areas of their immediate needs and very simple letters.
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
Course objectives
The aim of the tuition is working knowledge of the Czech language on the A2 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR)(Independent User) checked by an examination.
Syllabus
  • Czech for Foreigners. Syllabus. 1st - 5th weeks: LESSON 7: Conversation: Hostel, Flat. On the Visit. Grammar: Genitive of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numeral "one". Prepositions used with the genitive. Verbs with the genitive. Reflexive possessive pronoun "svůj". Personal pronouns in the dative. 6th - 10th weeks: LESSON 8: Conversation: University and My Study. Request. Grammar: Past tense. Genitive of plural in nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numeral "one". Personal pronouns in the dative. 11th - 15th weeks: LESSON 9: Conversation: Health and Illness. Grammar: Dative of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numeral "one". Verbs with the dative. Dative case of nouns, adjectives and pronouns in singular. Prepositions which take the dative. Prepositions used with the dative. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs. Conditional. Credit test.
Literature
  • REMEDIOSOVÁ, H. and E. ČECHOVÁ. Chcete mluvit česky? / Do you want to speak Czech? Textbook 1. A communicative course of contemporary Czech for English speakers (beginning to intermediate level). 5th ed. Liberec: Harry Putz, 2005, 414 pp. ISBN 80-86727-04-1. info
  • 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
  • GRUNDOVÁ, Dominika. Needs of Patients. Czech-English Phrasebook for Beginners. 2., revid. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004, 104 pp. ISBN 80-86432-86-6. info
  • The first title is obligatory, the other two are recommended.
Teaching methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses.
Assessment methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The students' presence in these courses is strictly required, maximally two properly apologised absences are tolerated. The tuition is finished by a course-unit credit given on the basis of the students' presence and their successful passing of a credit test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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