Historia a kultura Česka

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institut jazykových studií

Anotace:

Learning outcomes and competences:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

●Students will learn to make themselves understood and participate at the linguistic level in everyday situations, such as using the public transportation, ordering food and shopping.

●Given the differences between the American and Czech cultural heritage and evolution, the student will learn to appreciate a different culture and find the diverse aspects of it enriching.

●Students will understand the rich history of the Czech Republic and our position in Central Europe and Europe as a whole.

●Students will be capable of moving around the city in a competant and professional manner.

Požadavky:

GRADING:

¼ in class attendance and mandatory event attendance

¼ travel sheets MUST be completed each travel week and weekend

¼ exam

¼ travel journal

Osnova přednášek:

Course content:

Week 1: February 27

Prague castle visit

Week 2: March 6

●Powerpoint 1- Welcome to the Czech Republic

●Powerpoint 2 Language basics. Greetings, thank you, politeness, alphabet, introduction to phonetics. Dobrý den, prosím, prosím?, pardon, s dovolením

●Czech books: choose a topic and complete simple research activity

●Travel plans/suggestions

●Traveling: Trams, Where and how to buy a train ticket, ČD info

Week 3: Break

Week 4: March 20

●Powerpoint 5 Where to Go in Prague, Bohemian and Moravian Cuisine

●Shops, restaurants and cafés recommendations (including vegetarian, Italian, French, Mexican, etc.

●How to order, orientation in a Czech menu, problems in a restaurant

●Tipping and Prices

●Review phonetics, greetings, pronunciation

●Language: Tady, tam, Pošta, metro, banka, náměstí, ulice…

●reading: further reading from The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners

●Activity: based on what you’ve learned from this lecture, write up a recommendation for Prague

Week 5: March 27

●Quiz

●Powerpoint 3- history of Czechoslovakia, Bohemia

●In class readings and discussion from The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners

○ Bohemia

○Moravia

○Jan Hus

●Language- gender of nouns, ordering, food vocab slides 7-22

○Ja si dam, dam si

○numbers 1-100

○Elementary plural, Elementary acusativ

Week 6: April 3

●Powerpoint 4 Czechoslovakia, communism, Velvet Revolution, Charter 77, Vaclav Havel

●Velvet Divorce

●Readings and class discussion from The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners,

○Charter 77

○Communism

○Jan Palach

○Vaclav Havel

○Russians

○Velvet Revolution

●Mini research project about one aspect of communism. 30 ish min research and presentation in groups

●Language: Basic adjectives, colours, Verb to be : „jsem“

Week 7: April 10

History of Anthropoid mission

Anthropoid film

Week 8: Break

Week 9: April 24

Anthropoid church visit and Vyšehrad visit

Week 10: May 1 no class, state holiday

Week 11: May 8 no class, state holiday

Week 12 : May 15 final exam

Mandatory Events:

February 23: Communist museum

February 27: trip to Prague Castle

March 28-30: Prague weekend

March 28: RFE visit - bring your PASSPORTS - Holmes

March 29: All day trip to Terezin concentration camp (10.30), Krusovice brewery 15.00)

March 30: trip to Karlsteijn castle. Meet at main train station at 10.00 am

If any student misses a MANDATORY EVENT: Radio Free Europe, Terezin Concentration Camp, Karlstejn Castle or Prague Castle, 15% will be deducted from your final grade. Mandatory events are 1/4 of grade

Osnova cvičení:

Cíle studia:

Studijní materiály:

Readings:

Terje B. Englund, The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners, Praha, 2004.

Hugh Agnew, The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. This book is available in a printed version and you can also consult it on-line: http://www.hoover.org/publications/books/2994881.html

Jaroslav Pánek, Oldřich Tůma, A History of the Czech Lands, Prague, 2009.

General Historical Overview of Prague, https://sites.google.com/a/aauni.edu/art143-prusova-13-12-2013/home/materials

Timothy Garton Ash, „Does Central Europe Exist?“, http://www.visegradgroup.eu/the-visegrad-book/ash-timothy-garton-does

Václav Havel, The Power of Powerless, 1978. https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/1979/01/the-power-of-the-powerless.pdf

Peter A. Toma, „Why Was the First Democracy in East-Central Europe Established in Czechoslovakia? Lessons for Today“, Kosmas, Vol.22, N°1, Fall 2008, p.120-131.

Poznámka:

Virginia Tech | Summer School

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