Czech Language I - JTB105

• Title: Czech Language I
• Czech title: Český jazyk I
• Guaranteed by: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/3, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / 4 (8)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Martina Slavík Kaushiková
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Martina Slavík Kaushiková
• Class: Courses not for incoming students
• Is pre-requisite for: JTB106
• In complex pre-requisite: JTB114, JTB115, JTB116, JTB117, JTB118, JTB119, JTB120, JTB121, JTB132, JTB133

Annotation

This course is aimed at students who wish to develop a level of competence in contemporary Czech language sufficient for communication and comprehension of A1 level according to The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The appropriate skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing in Czech are covered. The course focuses on building vocabulary and grammatical structures. Communication skills are the immediate focus of the course, and students will work toward reading, understanding and discussing simple Czech texts as the semester progresses.

Last update: Slavík Kaushiková Martina, Mgr. (16.09.2024)

Aim of the course

Students A1 objectives are understanding and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. They can introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have. They can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Last update: Slavík Kaushiková Martina, Mgr. (16.09.2024)

Course completion requirements

The Final Test (The Grammar: the Possesive pronouns, Akuzativ + Locative case, the Modal verbs, Past tense + Future tense) - at least 65% 

2 absences max., Conditional completion of Czech Language courses 1 / Receptive Language skills 1 / Productive Language skills 1

More in SMĚRNICE S_SO_002: Organizace zkouškových termínů, kontrol studia a užívání klasifikace A–F na FSV UK.

Last update: Slavík Kaushiková Martina, Mgr. (16.09.2024)

Literature

Compulsory:

Holá, L. Česky krok za krokem 1. Akropolis, 2016.

Recomended:

Adamovičová, A., Ivanovová, D. Basic Czech I. Praha: Karolinum, 2007.

Herciková, B. Přehled základní české gramatiky pro zahraniční studenty. Karolinum 2009

Last update: Slavík Kaushiková Martina, Mgr. (16.09.2024)

Teaching methods

Seminar, using he communicative approach, when students are involved in real communication, in the form of audio, video, mini dialogs, reading of adapted short texts, etc.

In case of the online classes we work in Moodle and Zoom platform

https://cuni-cz.zoom.us/j/93859003255

Last update: Slavík Kaushiková Martina, Mgr. (16.09.2024)

Syllabus

Lesson of  course = 150 min	Chapter	Topic	Grammar	Vocabulary	Communication goals
Week 1	Lesson 1	Let´s get to know each other	Personal pronouns The verb být	Professions	Formal and informal dialogues Who is it? What is he doing?
Week 2		Revision	The verb mít		How is that written?
Week 3	Lesson 2	Where is it?	Grammatical gender The verbs jít and jet	Locations Adverbs expressing direction and location	Writing e-mails The numbers 10-1000
Week 4	Lesson 3	Food and drink	The accusative singular -e conjugation in the present tense The verbs chtít, jíst and mít rád	Food and drink	An invitation for coffee In a restaurant
Week 5	Lesson 4	My family	Possessive pronouns The verb jmenovat se Possessive adjectives	Family	My family How is he/she/it? The numbers 1000-10 000
Week 6	Progress test Lesson 1-4	Revision
Week 7	Lesson 5	When is it?	Modal verbs The prepositions od/do The expression rád	Daily routine	When is it? When will we meet? My daily routine Talking about time
Week 8	Lesson 6	What did you do today?	The past tense The locative singular The verbs vědět x znát	Countries, nations, languages	Expressing place The question kde?
Week 9		Revision
Week 10	Lesson 7	Houses and flats	The nominative and accusative plural Verbs with the accusative	Furniture and accessories	Houses and flats Looking for accommodations The date
Week 11	Lesson 8	Planning our weekend	The future tense	Free time activities	Planning our weekend My weekend Expressing direction The question kam?
Week 12	Lesson 9	The human body	Irregular nominative plural  forms Personal pronouns in the dative and accusative	The human body	What do we look like? At the doctor At the pharmacy The prepositions pro, za, na
Week 13	Progress test Lesson 5-9	Revision

Last update: Slavík Kaushiková Martina, Mgr. (16.09.2024)