aVLEC041 Essential Czech

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Punčochář (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ivana Rešková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jarmila Šafránková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Punčochář
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Martin Punčochář
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
aVLCJ0282 Czech for Foreigners II || aZLCJ0282 Czech for Foreigners II
The main aim of the course Essential Czech 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. Third years students are able to take patient's history in Czech languade.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
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/B1 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR)(Independent User) checked by an examination.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- understand and use the vocabulary for given topics (Hospital, Human Body and its Parts, Injuries, Treatment, Pains)
- create and use in speaking basic grammar forms (singular declension, conjugation in all three tenses)
- understand better the future topics of Czech language courses (typicaly Czech V--Czech VIII)
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: Czech Sentence and its Structure.
  • 2. Subject-object relations. Grammar: nominative × accusative.
  • 3. Where is it?. Grammar: locative and locations.
  • 4. Human Body and its Parts. Grammar: revision of accusative and locative.
  • 5. Symptoms. Grammar: dative I..
  • 6. Symptoms II. Grammar: dative II. + verbs in present tense I.
  • 7. Symptoms III. Grammar: verbs in present tense II.
  • 8. What did I do? Grammar: Verbs in past tense I..
  • 9. Sickness. Working with vocabulary.
  • 10. Nursing I. Grammar: difficult verbs in use.
  • 11. Nursing II. Grammar: imperfective and perfective verbs.
  • 12. Verbs of motion I. (short and long verbs)
  • 13. Verbs of motion II (with prefixes).
  • 14. Credit interview.
  • 15.Credit test.
Literature
    required literature
  • HOLÁ, Lída. New Czech step by step. V nakl. Akropolis 4., opr. v. Praha: Akropolis, 2008, 256 s. ISBN 9788086903736. info
  • HOLÁ, Lída. New Czech step by step. V nakl. Akropolis 4., opr. v. Praha: Akropolis, 2008, 127 s. ISBN 9788086903736. info
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Iveta. Talking medicine : Czech for medical students. 3., rev. English ed. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2012, 261 s. ISBN 9788024621043. info
Teaching methods
The tuition is realised in the form of practical courses. The following teaching methods are used: class discussion, roleplay, work in groups, reading, listening, writing HW (including Projects), word study.
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 an ORAL part. Passing the examination is conditioned by proper attendance, active participation in practical courses, completing the homework ROPOTs. The basic limit for passing all the ROPOTs is 70% (ROPOTs must be completed by the end of the next week after the lesson). Without successful passing the ROPOTs 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)
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
Information on course enrolment limitations: It is not suitable for advanced students of Czech (after Czech language part 6)
Teacher's information
Current information about the subject, consultation hours, etc. is accessible on the notice boards at the Language Center, Faculty of Medicine Division. Contact with teachers is provided by the secretary of the department (Kamenice 5, A15), tel.: 549 498 170.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019.
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