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UJP / CPC6
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Course description
Course objectives:
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The aim of the course is to teach students (non-native speakers) how to communicate in everyday life situations in the Czech language, how to express correctly their ideas and how to support them with arguments. The course will equip students with language competence to match CEF level B2.2.
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Requirements on student
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Credit requirements:
1. Attendance is compulsory.
2. Students must take a mid-term test and pass a final test (min 75%).
3. Students must complete all homeworks given at the seminars.
4. Students must submit a written seminar work.
Exam requirements:
An oral examination is in a form of presentation on a topic chosen in advance. The topic of the presentation must be related to student's field of study.
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Content
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Week 1
Presentation of the course, familiarization with the curriculum and requirements for completing the course.
Thematic area: Sports.
Week 2
Verb prefixes.
Week 3
Topic of conversation: Vacation.
Writing a complaint.
Week 4
Topic of conversation: Lifestyle.
Week 5
Object constructions with dative.
Week 6
Imperative.
Week 7
Descriptive imperative.
Midterm test.
Week 8
Topic of conversation: At the doctor's.
Week 9
Topic of conversation: Culture and art.
Week 10
Expressing quantity.
Week 11
Expressing possessiveness.
Week 12
Cultural program.
Revision for the final test, course summary.
Final exam.
Week 13
Correction of the final test. Exam preparation.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Holá, Lída; Bořilová, Pavla. Česky krok za krokem 2. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86903-92-7.
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Recommended:
Adamović, Ana; Hrdlička, Milan. Basic Czech III. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1796-1.
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Recommended:
Adamovic, Ana; Hrdlička, Milan. Basic Czech III. 1. vyd.. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1796-1.
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Recommended:
Cvičebnice češtiny pro cizince a azylanty B1
(Bischofová, Jana; Hrdlička, Milan)
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Recommended:
Cvičebnice češtiny pro cizince a azylanty B2
(Bischofová, Jana; Hrdlička, Milan)
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Recommended:
Bischofová, Jana; Hrdlička, Milan; Hasil, Jiří; Kramářová, Jitka. Čeština pro středně a více pokročilé.. Praha: Karolinum, 2011.
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Recommended:
Adamovic, Ana. Nebojte se češtiny: konverzace pro středně pokročilé. ISBN 978-80-246-2270-5.
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Recommended:
On-line katalogy knihoven. On-line katalogy knihoven.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
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20
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Contact hours
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52
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Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
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15
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Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
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15
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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30
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Total
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132
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Students can - communicate without problems and take an active part in conversations on different topics dealing with topics of everyday life - understand main ideas of authentic texts of publishing and specialist styles dealing with both general and more specialist topics - find important and detailed information in texts - understand in detail information in texts of their field of study (both heard and read) - explain in detail their opinions - write more complex texts on popular and non-fiction topics of the field of study or argumentative essays dealing with specialist topics
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Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
- use linguistic means of assertive communication (expressing opinion, consent, different opinion, rejection, apology, (un)certainty, etc.)
- perform transformations between verbal clauses and non-verbal expressions
- properly use the verbal aspect and verbal prefixes (within the appropriate language level)
- actively use the linguistic means for expressing courtesy (esp. phrases with conditional) |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
Students can - use with certainty common grammar structures in everyday life situations - understand spoken word on TV and the radio with no problems - partly distinguish suitability of used language means regarding the communicative situation - use with certainty vocabulary and phrases enabling them to communicate without problems in common situations and partly rank these situations in their stylistic levels - express their opinions and attitudes, belief and uncertainty and support them with arguments - write texts of specialist or publishing styles with a more complex text structure - find and select both important and detailed information in authentic texts - present (in both writing and speaking) their field of study - take an active part in discussions, evaluate suggestions and react to them in an adequate way
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Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
- present works of art, technical objects, etc. and their authors
- distinguish topic and focus, i.e., to identify the new, crucial information in a sentence
- actively and properly use the nouns of foreing origin and more difficult declensional types of nouns
- follow the basic rules of Czech othography (incl. punctuation and use of capital letters) |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Oral exam |
Test |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Test |
Oral exam |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Oral exam |
Test |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Skills demonstration |
Collaborative instruction |
Self-study of literature |
Individual study |
Students' portfolio |
One-to-One tutorial |
Seminar classes |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Seminar |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Collaborative instruction |
Skills demonstration |
Self-study of literature |
Individual study |
One-to-One tutorial |
Students' portfolio |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Seminar |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Skills demonstration |
Collaborative instruction |
Self-study of literature |
Students' portfolio |
Individual study |
One-to-One tutorial |
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