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German. Zwischen Gassen und Geschichten: Prag auf Deutsch entdecken - ASZNJ3930
Title: Němčina. Zwischen Gassen und Geschichten: Prag auf Deutsch entdecken
Guaranteed by: Language Centre - German (21-JCN)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2025
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 15 (15)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: German
Teaching methods: full-time
Level: specialized
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Klára Tschek, M.A.
Teacher(s): Klára Tschek, M.A.
Annotation -
In this language course, we will explore Prague together and learn step by step to read the city as a historical, cultural, and linguistic space. The focus will be on the architecture and history of the city, as well as the intersection of German-speaking and Czech cultural environments.

The course is based on the belief that language learning is particularly effective when it is linked to thematic content and when intellectual work is combined with movement.
From a linguistic point of view, we will focus primarily on structures that are important for storytelling and describing places, such as past tenses, the passive voice, prepositions, adverbs, and relative clauses.

In the first phase of the course, we will develop vocabulary and communication skills in class and plan specific projects for the second part. Weather permitting, the second part will be devoted to thematic walks, which will be prepared and led by the course participants.

The course is intended for students at the B1/B2 level who need to develop their language skills in narration and description in connection with their field of study – for example, students of history or art history, but also anyone interested in shared history, architecture, and urban topography who enjoys physical activity and wants to try an unconventional form of teaching.
Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (08.01.2026)
Course completion requirements -
  • Active participation in all phases of the course

  • Independent preparation of 1–2 walks and leading the walk itself (in case of bad weather, alternatively preparing a presentation for in-person teaching)

  • Collaboration on the final output (online presentation) / creating a guide for online publication

Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (08.01.2026)
Literature - Czech

Stachel, Peter (2016): Das Meer der Zeichen – Zur Lesbarkeit urbaner Räume als kollektive Gedächtnis-Texte.Zeitschrift für Semiotik, Bd. 38, H. 1–2, Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, S. 13–34.

Weinberg, Manfred / Wutsdorff, Irina / Zbytovský, Štěpán (Hg.) (2018): Prager Moderne(n). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag

Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (10.01.2026)
Syllabus -
  • Introduction: Agreement on the course structure, clarification of goals and expectations

  • Propedeutic part: Speech acts – telling and describing; corresponding language structures (past tenses, passive voice, relative clauses, prepositions, and adverbs)

  • Preparation and implementation of the walks

  • Creation of an online presentation

Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (08.01.2026)
 
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