LF:aBFCJ0262 Czech Language II  - Course Information

aBFCJ0262 Czech Language II - practice

Extent and Intensity

0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Magdalena Pintarová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Punčochář (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (seminar tutor), PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (deputy)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Magdalena Pintarová
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre

Prerequisites

aBFCJ0161 Czech Language I 
The main aim of the course Czech for Foreigners is to teach students to communicate with patients in Czech without any help from English speaking doctors or interpreters and independently write case history. The first-year students can understand vocabulary and basic phrases related to students, their families, and their immediate specific surrounding, provided people speak clearly and at a slow rate. The knowledge enables students to communicate in common routine tasks, such as shopping, accommodation, using public transport, orientation in the city, asking the way, being able to describe their place of living and people they know by simple phrases and sentences. Students should also be able to fill in forms with personal data, such as name, nationality and address when applying for residence accommodation. Medical students will also learn the vocabulary and phrases from the healthcare at the level of A1 and A2 according to the CEFR.

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

• Physiotherapy (Eng.) (programme LF, B-SZ)
• Physiotherapy (programme LF, B-PHYSI)

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) checked by an examination.

Learning outcomes

The first-year students can understand vocabulary and basic phrases related to students, their families, and their immediate specific surrounding, provided people speak clearly and at a slow rate. The knowledge enables students to communicate in common routine tasks, such as shopping, accommodation, using public transport, orientation in the city, asking the way, being able to describe their place of living and people they know by simple phrases and sentences. Students should also be able to fill in forms with personal data, such as name, nationality and address when applying for residence accommodation. Students also know vocabulary (parts of body) and phrases from the healthcare at the level of A1 and A2 according to the CEFR. Students should be able to understand and use basic instructions that are necessary for basic communication of physiotherapists and patients.

Syllabus

• Syllabus of Czech for Foreigners II.
• 1st week: REVISION LESSON. UNIT 6/1: Conversation: Daily routine. Talking about time. What did you do today?Grammar: Past tense I-regular forms.
• 2nd week: UNIT 6/2: Conversation: Where were you? Grammar: Past tense II(irregular forms). Reflexive verbs: ses, sis. The second position in Czech sentences. Locative singular.
• 3rd week: LESSON 6/3: Conversation: Kdy to bylo? Grammar: Time expressions. Verbs ZNÁT a VĚDĚT.
• 4th week: PROGRESS TEST 1 (UNITS 1-6). UNIT 6/4: Countries and nationalities.
• 5th week: UNIT 7/2: House and flat. Conversation: Looking for accommodation. Grammar: Nominative and accusative plural (Mi, F, N). Numerals dva-dvě. The date: ordinal numbers, months, seasons.
• 6th week: UNIT 8/1: Conversation: Planning our weekend. Grammar: The future tense.
• 7th week: UNIT 8/2: Conversation: Free time activities. Grammar: KAM? Expressing directions. Prepositions NA-DO-K/KE).
• 8th week: Conversation: Kam půjdete? Kde jste byl? Plan your weekend. Human body I. Grammar: Irregular nominative plural forms (human body).
• 9th week: UNIT 9/1: PROGRESS TEST 2. Conversation: Describing of Human body. Grammar: Nominative plural of body parts.
• 10th week: UNIT 9/2: Conversation: What do we look like? At the doctor's. Grammar: Personal pronouns in the accusative and dative (Bolí/bolelo mě, je mi dobře/špatně.)
• 11th week: PROGRESS TEST 3. UNIT 9/3:Conversation: At the doctor. Accusative object-centered constructions. Human body II (TM U1).
• 12th week: UNIT 10/1: Conversation: At the pharmacy. Prepositions with the accusative (na, pro, za, o).
• 13th week: PROGRESS TEST 4. Physiotherapy: Basic Instructions. Grammar: Imperative.
• 14th week: Revision.
• 15th week: FINAL WRITTEN EXAM.

Literature

required literature
• Náhradní obsah: HOLÁ, Lída. Česky krok za krokem 1. Praha: Akropolis 2016. 260 s. ISBN 978-80-7470-129-0.
• Náhradní obsah: HOLÁ, Lída a kol. Česky krok za krokem 1. Pracovní sešit (Lekce 1-12). Praha: Akropolis 2016. 160 s. ISBN 978-80-7470-133-7.
• ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Talking medicine : Czech for medical students. 3., rev. English ed. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2012, 261 s. ISBN 9788024621043. info

Teaching methods

The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The following teaching methods are used: class discussion, roleplay, work in groups, reading, listening, writing HW (including Projects), word study.

Assessment methods

The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The students' presence in these courses is strictly required; a maximum of two unexcused absences is tolerated. Students are allowed to substitute a maximum of TWO classes with another group. Substitutions are not possible in the weeks when Progress Test take place. If a student has more than two unexcused absences, they will not be allowed to take the Final test. The tuition is finished by an end-of-term examination (ETE) consisting of a WRITTEN and an ORAL part. Passing the examination is conditioned by proper attendance, active participation in practical courses, sitting for Progress Tests and successful passing of written and oral exams. The basic limit for passing all tests is 70%. In case of passing all class tests, which are obligatory for all students, the basic limit in the written exam is reduced by 10%. Without successful passing the written exam students will not be allowed to sit for the oral part! Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam by awarding grade "F" in the Information System.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 45.