Intermediate Czech 3

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Ivana Pavlíková (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The last course revises morphological topics covered earlier and extends the student´s knowledge of more difficult language phenomena. It is especially focused on developing the student´s writing skills in stylistics and lexicology.

Requirements:

competence at CESM2 level

Syllabus of lectures:

http://people.fjfi.cvut.cz/pavliiva

Czech for Foreigners 3

participles, passives, conditionals, forming clauses, adjectives.

Witing skills: informal writings and formal writings, a letter of application, C.V.

Telephoning

Listening comprehension

Texts: the environment, theory and practice, nuclear power engineering, nuclear waste, Heyrovský - the Nobel Prize winner, our faculty and its history, Bachelor´s Degree Course

Syllabus of tutorials:

The course is run as a series of seminars following the topics and scope of the syllabus mentioned above.

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Morphology, syntax, and lexis at the level appropriate to the course, particularly passive voice, participles, conditionals, more difficult adjective declension, compound sentences, subordinate sentences, punctuation, term formation.

Skills:

To use adequately terms in writing and presenting a paper in the student´s branch, characterise the environment, inform about outstanding scientists, write fundamental formal texts when applying for a job or scholarship.

To qualify for CESM examination,

to reach CEFR B1 level extended to technical language.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] Rules of Czech Ortography

[2] J. Blažek, Czech in a Nutshell, 1994

Recommended references:

[3] Mgr. Pavlíková, Czech for Foreigners 3

[4] Pražská technika, Technický týdeník - texts

Teaching aids:

language classroom, audiovisuals, PC lab

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: