Czech for foreigners - Intermediate

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Department of Humanities and Languages

Synopsis:

The course is focused on correct pronunciation, important morphological phenomena, prepositional phrases, and verb forms as well as on extending the student´s vocabulary for various social situations.

Requirements:

competence at CEFR B2 level

Syllabus of lectures:

phonetics, conversations, forms of pronouns, nouns, adjectives; numerals, dates, fractions, prepositions; vocabulary, grammar and style exercises.

Topics: the university and the faculty, teachers, student accommodation in Prague, mathematical symbols, Christmas in the Czech Republic, important rules for university students

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:

Phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexis at the level appropriate to the course, particularly correct pronunciation, orthopraphy, declension of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns, conjugation of verbs, imperative, mathematical symbols.

Skills:

To express questions, wishes, and requests in everyday communication, use adequate language structures in communication on specific topics about the university, faculty, accommodation in Prague, daily routine, greetings, congratulations, agreement, disagreement; to read mathematical symbols and operations.

To qualify for admission to the higher level course, to obtain basic knowledge of technical language.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] Remediosová, Čechová, Do You Want to speak Czech?, Liberec: Harry Putz 2011

[2] J. Blažek, Čeština v kostce, Praha: Vera 1994

[3] O. Martincová, Pravidla českého pravopisu, Praha: Pansofia 2015

Recommended references:

[4] http://people.fjfi.cvut.cz/pavliiva

Czech for Foreigners 1, Mgr. I. Pavlíková

Teaching aids:

language classroom, audiovisuals

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: