EILC11 Erasmus Intensive Language Course

Pan-university studies
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Pan-university studies
Prerequisites
The Beginners’ course has been designed for complete beginners with no prior knowledge of Czech. Students with some prior knowledge of Czech (self-learners or those who attended a beginners’ course) or students who are expected to study at a faster pace (where a Slavic language is a mother tongue) will be put into Pre-intermediate course.
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
Practical lessons will help students to familiarize themselves with and engage in simple social interactions. With a total of 70 lessons the aim of the Beginners’ course is to enable students to communicate effectively at the partial level A1. The Pre-intermediate course (with a total of 70 lessons), however, is designed to bring students to the A2 level (in some cases even to the following Threshold level). The objective of this course is for participants to gain the ability to interact in a simple way, relying on a tolerant approach of the recipient (the Czech native speaker). Students will be able to discuss everyday topics and ask questions regarding them. Czech will be taught in group of 12 students in the morning classes. For afternoon conversation classes, students will put into two smaller groups (6 students per group, taking place 3 times a week). The conversation classes will focus on vocabulary related to leisure activities organized by the staff which students are encouraged to take part in. The working language will be English. To accelerate knowledge acquisition students are expected to do daily homework assignments (learning new vocabulary and phrases).
Syllabus
  • Conversation topics will be chosen with regard to the characteristics of applicants (study /work internship in the Czech Republic, studies in an English programme), and will include information on possible social and cultural differences: Everyday situations (school, accommodation, shopping, post office, restaurants, services, cinema, theatre…); Communication at the doctor’s (health problems; body parts, diseases); Social situations, elementary social conventions (greeting, introduction, ways of addressing people, invitation, accepting/declining invitations…); Family and professions; Transport (buying tickets, understanding timetables); Travelling (asking the way, ability to follow instructions); The hotel/flat/house (booking of a hotel room, renting a flat); Telephoning; Orientation (going by car, walking, directions); What did you do yesterday? (narration in the past, famous people); Time planning.
Literature
    required literature
  • HOLÁ, Lída. Czech express. 2. vyd. Praha: Akropolis, 2007, 103 s. ISBN 9788086903392. info
Teaching methods
Czech will be taught in group of 12 students in the morning classes. For afternoon conversation classes, students will put into two smaller groups (6 students per group, taking place 3 times a week). The conversation classes will focus on vocabulary related to leisure activities organized by the staff which students are encouraged to take part in. The working language will be English. To accelerate knowledge acquisition students are expected to do daily homework assignments (learning new vocabulary and phrases).
Assessment methods
Students’ progress will be checked by tests once a week. At the end of the course students will take a written and oral exam where they will demonstrate the ability to discuss familiar topics (Personal information, Family, Free Time, Narration in the past) and where the ability to conduct a dialogue on the required language level is tested. Students will receive EILC course certificates based on their attendance and individual task scores.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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