VSCJ0484 Czech Language for Foreigners IV - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marta Severová (seminar tutor), doc. PhDr. Elena Marečková, CSc. (deputy)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (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
VSCJ0383 Czech for Foreigners III -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 A1 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR)(Independent User) checked by an examination.
Syllabus
  • Czech for Foreigners. Syllabus.
  • 1st - 3rd weeks: LESSON 7: Revision Lesson:Conversation: My Family. Getting around Hospital. Grammar: Dative of Singular and Plural in Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns and Numeral "one". Past Tense. Basic Czech Conjunctions.
  • 4th - 8th weeks: LESSON 8: Conversation: What was I doing yesterday? Shopping. Patients Perceptions of their Hospital Stay. Grammar: Phrases with the Verb in the Conditional. Genitive Case of the Adjectives and Pronouns in Singular.
  • 9th - 13th weeks: LESSON 8: Conversation: Leisure Time. Sports, Tourism. Present Feelings. Sleep Pattern. Diet and Fluids. Grammar: Genitive of Plural in Nouns, Adjectives and Pronouns. Prepositions which take the Genitive. Conditional. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs.
  • 14th - 15th weeks: LESSON 1 - 8: Revision Lesson. Conversation: Vision and Hearing. Final 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 required; two absences are tolerated. 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 and active participation in practical courses.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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