VSCJ0585 Czech Language for Foreigners V - 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
VSCJ0484 Czech for Foreigners IV -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. Students can understand information related to very familiar topics that they regularly encounter at school, in the hospital, and in their free time, provided the information is communicated clearly. Students can write simple texts on familiar topics and topics related to their interest, and understand texts that consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language. 3rd and 4th year course focus lies in specialized terminology. Communication skills are developed by working with the texts and dialogues from the course book Czech for Medical Students by Iveta Čermáková. The seminars concentrate on practising thematic doctor-patients dialogues and specialised medical terminology with the use of course book based and teacher created exercises. Study support for all students is offered in the form of e-learning courses available in the Study Materials of their field of studies.
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 B1 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR)(Independent User) checked by an examination.
Syllabus
  • Czech for Foreigners. Syllabus.
  • 1st week to 3rd week: Human Body. Grammar: Locative case in plural.
  • 4th week: Illness, Diseases. Grammar: Revision of expressions of place and direction.
  • 5th week: Symptoms of Diseases. Grammar:Conjunction aby".
  • 6th week - 8th week to 8th week: Diseases and Complaints. Grammar:Time adverbs.
  • 9th week to 10th week: Aches and Pains. .Grammar:Dative case in plural.
  • 11th week to 12th week: Injuries and Accidents.Grammar:Time conjunction.
  • 13th to 14th week: Instructions. Examination of the Patient. Grammar: Conditional sentences.
  • 15th week: Credit test.
Literature
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 two titles are basic, the third is supplementary.
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, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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