VSCJ0181 Czech Language for Foreigners I - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 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
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
  • Czech for Foreigners. Syllabus.
  • 1st - 2nd weeks: The sounds of Czech and their pronunciation and spelling. Vowels, diphthongs. Consonants, assimilation of consonants in groups. LESSON 1: Conversation: Introduction, Greetings.
  • 3rd - 5th weeks: LESSON 1: Conversation: Introduction, Greetings. Classroom. Grammar: Word and its forms in Czech. Three genders of Czech nouns. Nominative of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numeral "one". The verb "to be". Who is it? What is it? Where is ....? Verb negation. Adverbs of place. Demonstrative pronouns. Adjectives: hard and soft.
  • 6th - 8th weeks: LESSON 2: Conversation: Tell me Please... In the Town. Grammar: Motion. Nominative of plural in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numeral "one". Cardinal numerals 1 - 20. The verb "to have". Locative case of nouns in singular. Present tense of verbs : conjugation "-ám","-uji". Accusative case in singular.
  • 9th - 11th weeks: LESSON 3: Conversation: In the Shop. Shoppings. Grammar: Conjugation of verbs. Present tense, infinitive. Accusative of singular in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numeral "one". Prepositions used with the accusative.
  • 12th -14th weeks: LESSON 4: Conversation: Meals. Students' Dining Hall, Restaurant. Grammar: Conjugation of verbs. Present tense, infinitive. Accusative of singular and plural in nouns, adjectives, and pronouns. Possessive pronouns.
  • 15th week: 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 others are recommended.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
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)
Study Materials
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 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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