PdF:CJc413 Czech for Teachers - Course Information

CJc413 Czech Language for Teachers

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Ivana Kolářová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Prerequisites

This course is intended for teachers and educational staff who were educated at foreign universities where the language of instruction was not Czech.

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

• DPS Czech Language for Teachers (programme PdF, C-CJVZB)

Abstract

The course shall to cultivate:
- the ability to read Czech text with good pronunciation;
- the ability to understand Czech text;
- the ability to write Czech without orthographical mistakes;
- using correct grammatical form of verbs, substantives and other flective words, the ability to use the correct grammatical form in own texts;
- Czech speaking on various topic;
- the ability to write Czech texts that are important for teachers: news, information for parents, explanation.

Learning outcomes

It is presupposed that the graduate of the course:
- can speak literary Czech on various topics fluently;
- can understand Czech text and retell its content;
- can write consistent text by literary Czech;
- can use the Czech when teaching and in the everyday communication.
The students learn, too:
- fundamental knowledge on the Czech republic today, on the Czech scholarship and on the Czech history.

Key topics

1. Information about the Czech Republic
A. Reading texts about the Czech Republic (information about interesting places in individual regions: famous cities, cultural monuments, etc.)

B.  Listening to texts about interesting places in the Czech Republic

a) Answering questions about the text read/heard, filling in information from the text; conversation
b) Lexical exercises related to the texts (filling in synonymous expressions, finding synonyms in the text, etc.)
c) Word formation exercises related to the text (using vocabulary from the text)
d) Grammar and spelling exercises related to the text

C. a) The school system in the students' country and in the Czech Republic – primary, secondary, and higher education (comparison)

b) Opportunities for study and professional education in the students' country and in the Czech Republic (comparison)
- Reading or listening to the text
- Answering questions about the text
- Students summarizing the information together

2. Holidays and traditions in the students' country and in the Czech Republic
Currently being adapted to the students
Topics currently being discussed:
a) Carnival and Easter traditions in the students' country and in the Czech Republic.
b) Other spring holidays and traditions in the students' country and in the Czech Republic
c) St. Martin's Day traditions
d) Christmas, Christmas customs, and customs from the period leading up to Christmas
e) Other traditions (as selected)

3. Conversation topics for everyday situations
a) Where I live now
b) My favorite places
c) My profession or my studies
d) Travel; my favorite way to travel (destination, means of transport, etc.)
During contact hours, spoken communication is preferred, and grammatical correctness, fluency, and pronunciation are monitored.

4. Selected problems of Czech spelling (orthography).

5. Grammar
a) Declension of nouns in Czech.
b) Declension of adjectives and pronouns.
c) Conjugation.

6. Word formation
a) Derivation of nouns and adjectives using suffixes
b) Derivation of verbs using prefixes

Study resources and literature

• Webové rozhraní softwaru SLAN: https://slan.ped.muni.cz/#/
• SOKOLOVA, Anastasija; Ivana KOLÁŘOVÁ; Adriana VÁLKOVÁ and Tomáš KÁŇA. Slovotvorný analyzátor pro výuku češtiny pro cizince (SLAN) (WORD-FORMATION ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TOOL FOR TEACHING CZECH FOR FOREIGNERS (SLAN)). 2023. Webové rozhraní softwaru SLAN info
• BISCHOPOVÁ, Jana; Jiří HASIL; Milan HRDLIČKA and Jitka KRAMÁŘOVÁ. Čeština pro středně a více pokročilé. 3rd ed. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze. Nakladatelství Karolinum., 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-1793-0. info
• HUBÁČEK, Jaroslav; Eva JANDOVÁ; Diana SVOBODOVÁ and Jana SVOBODOVÁ. Čeština pro učitele. Vydání čtvrté, upravené. [Odry]: Vade mecum Bohemiae, 2010, 375 stran. ISBN 9788086041377. info
• Akademická příručka českého jazyka. Edited by Markéta Pravdová - Ivana Svobodová. 2., rozšířené vydání. Praha: Academia, 2019, 600 stran. ISBN 9788020029478. info
• Internetová jazyková příručka: https://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

Exposition.
Self study.
Reading and Hearing Comprehension.
Practising grammar.
Conversation.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

The examination consists of written part and oral part.

I. The written exam consists of: 1. a) a grammar test; b) a spelling test; c) a word formation task; d) a lexical exercise;   e) a short test covering information about the Czech Republic today and Czech history. 2.  answering questions about the attached text; 3. writing a short coherent text based on one of five given topics  (minimum length 100 words).

II. The oral examination is based on responses in a dialogue according to predetermined topics. The topics of the oral examination are provided in the first section of the interactive syllabus.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Note related to how often the course is taught: individuální konzultace.
General note: Předmět je určen učitelům a pedagogickým pracovníkům vzdělaným na vysokých školách s jiným vyučovacím jazykem než českým.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2027, recent)
  
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