CJQZ15 Czech for Foreigners: Beginners II - written text

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Eva Rusínová
Division of Czech for Foreigners – Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Petr Šipka
Supplier department: Division of Czech for Foreigners – Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Applicants enrol in courses of Czech for foreigners via an application form submitted at the Department of Czech for Foreigners (not via the MU Information System).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course content is based on the level of Czech language proficiency determined by the entrance test
The entrance test takes place on the first day of the semester (Department of Czech for Foreigners, Arna Nováka 1, building D, 4th floor).
The course must be taken concurrently with the course CJQZ10 (Czech for Foreigners: Beginners II - conversation).

The aim of the course is to acquire the basics of written expression for the Czech language proficiency level specified below.

Entry level of Czech language proficiency: A0/A1 or A1 ~according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Exit level of Czech language proficiency: A1/A2 or A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Účastník kurzu je seznámen se základy psaní jednoduchých textů a po úspěšném absolvování předmětu bude na základě probrané gramatiky (předměty CJQZ05 a CJQZ09), konverzačních témat a slovní zásoby (předměty CJQZ06 a CJQZ10) schopen napsat krátký písemný text (např. stručný e-mail, zprávu, dopis, pohlednici), vyplnit jednoduchý formulář apod.
Syllabus
  • The course content is based on the level of Czech language proficiency determined by the entrance test.
  • The topics are based on those covered in the course CJQZ10 (Czech for Foreigners: Beginners II - conversation).
Literature
    required literature
  • REŠKOVÁ, Ivana and Magdalena PINTAROVÁ. Communicative Czech (Elementary Czech) (Communicative Czech). Nové opravené vydání. PhDr. Ivana Rešková, 2007, 262 pp. ISBN 80-239-6575-1. URL info
  • REŠKOVÁ, Ivana and Magdalena PINTAROVÁ. Communicative Czech (Intermediate Czech). 2.dotisk 2.vydání. PhDr. Ivana Rešková, 2006, 196 pp. ISBN 80-902180-9-1. info
    recommended literature
  • REŠKOVÁ, Ivana. Communicative Czech (Elementary Czech): Workbook. (Communicative Czech (IElementary Czech): Workbook.). 1. vydání. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 1998, 111 pp. ISBN 80-246-0574-0. info
  • REŠKOVÁ, Ivana. Communicative Czech (Intermediate Czech): Workbook. 3. vydání. Brno: Ivana Rešková, 2014. ISBN 978-80-239-6576-6. info
  • HOLÁ, Lída. Czech step by step 1. 1. vydání. Praha: Akropolis, 2016, 204 stran. ISBN 9788074701290. info
  • BOCCOU KESTŘÁNKOVÁ, Marie; Dagmar ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ and Kateřina VODIČKOVÁ. Čeština pro cizince. 1. vydání. Brno: Edika, 2017, 570 stran. ISBN 9788026611875. info
  • ADAMOVIĆ, Ana and Darina IVANOVOVÁ. Basic Czech I. Third edition. Prague: Karolinum, 2013, 181 stran. ISBN 9788024623344. info
Teaching methods
The course participant is required to complete ten written texts (homework assignments), which must be submitted properly and on time during the sessions of the course CJQZ10 (Czech for Foreigners: Beginners II - conversation).
All submitted written texts (homework assignments) will be corrected by the teacher and reviewed individually with the course participat during the CJQZ10 course.
Assessment methods
The course is completed with a final written examination, which takes place as part of the final examination for the course CJQZ10.
The final examination consists of a school essay on an assigned topic.
Course participant must have 75 % active class attendance in the CJQZ10 course and must submit all ten written texts (homework assignments) on time to be allowed to take the final examination.
Late arrival to in-person classes for CJQM02 or joining an online class for CJQM02 late also counts as an absence. Only absence due to illness (backed up by a medical confirmation) does not count.
Active attendance means readiness for teaching (completed homework, having a textbook and study materials, prepared presentation, etc.) and fulfillment of tasks set by the teacher.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026.
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