Czech Intensive Course - CMCLXX01

• Title: Intenzivní kurz českého jazyka
• Guaranteed by: Department of Languages and Medical Terminology 3FM CU (12-UCJA)
• Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 3
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/40, C [HS]
• Extent per academic year: 40 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Kristina Hellerová; PhDr. Petr Honč, Ph.D.
• Comes under: AVSEOB1-VP-1 (ZÁPIS)

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Kristina Hellerová (27.09.2023)

Two-week intensive Czech language course as an introduction to the Czech Language I course within medical studies at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague.

Aim of the course

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The lessons are aimed at acquiring the basics of vocabulary, grammar and communication skills so that students are able to understand and react in basic situations (how to act when meeting people, how to get information, act in a restaurant, shop, public transport, etc.). Students are also introduced to selected historical and cultural contexts of life in the Czech Republic.

Literature

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Basic Literature:
Holá, L., Bořilová, P.: Čeština expres 1. Akropolis, Praha 2011

Holá, L.: Česky krok za krokem/Czech Step by Step. Akropolis, Praha 2016

Other Resources:
English-Czech /Czech-English Dictionary (any edition)

Teaching methods

Last update: Mgr. Kristina Hellerová (27.09.2023)

seminar

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Kristina Hellerová (27.09.2023)

Online Moodle Czech Intensive Course Test on the topics covered in the course – held during the second week of the Winter semester; pass 70%.

Syllabus

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VOCABULARY

Basic vocabulary – names of things and people
Czech names and surnames; nationalities; jobs
Adverbs of position
Days of the week
Numbers 1–10
Food and drink

GRAMMAR

Introduction to Czech language (phonetics, pronounciation; grammatical system; comparison between the Czech and English sentence structure)
Present conjugation of "to be"
Present conjugation of 1st group of Czech verbs (mít, znát, snídat...)
Accusative sg. 
Plural of nouns, pluralia tantum 




COMMUNICATION

Greetings and introducing oneself
Meeting people – formal and informal language
Asking for information
Apologies
In a shop
In a restaurant
On a visit
Phrases for public transport




BASIC INFORMATION ON:

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and some historical context