ZLCJ0484 Czech Language for Foreigners IV - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Maria Možná (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
ZLCJ0484/40: Tue 7:20–9:00 KOM S117, M. Možná
Prerequisites
ZLCJ0383 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 A2 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR) checked by an examination. Czech for foreigners IV help foreign medical students to communicate with Czech patients and medical staff.
Syllabus
  • Czech for Foreigners IV. Syllabus.
  • 1st - 3rd weeks: REVISION. LESSON 7: Conversation: My Family(describing people). Human Body. Bones and organs. Getting around Hospital. Grammar: Dative of Singular in Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns and Numeral "one". Irregular Past Tense. Basic Czech Conjunctions. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs.
  • 4th - 7th weeks: LESSON 8: Conversation: What was I doing yesterday? Shopping. Anatomy of Tooth. Patient Perceptions. Grammar: Phrases with the Verb in the Conditional. Genitive Case of the Adjectives and Pronouns in Singular.
  • 8th - 11th weeks: LESSON 9: Conversation: Leisure Time. Sports, Tourism. Types of Tooth. Grammar: Genitive of Plural in Nouns, Adjectives and Pronouns. Prepositions which take the Genitive. Conditional (if clauses).
  • 12th - 14th weeks: MEDICAL CZECH: Examination of the Patient: Conversation: Complaints of Patients, Symptoms of Problems, A Conversation in Dental surgery. Instructions.Grammar: Imperative. Revision of the genitive, dative, accusative and locative.
  • 15th week: Final Written Exam.
Literature
    required 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
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Talking medicine : Czech for medical students. 3., rev. English ed. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2012, 261 s. ISBN 9788024621043. info
    recommended literature
  • 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
    not specified
  • 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 strictly required, maximally two properly apologised absences (i.e. via the Study Department of the Faculty of Medicine) 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, 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 two from three 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)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: kredity B.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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