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CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE
STUDY PLANS
2024/2025

Czech Language 1

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Code Completion Credits Range
D04CJ1 Z 3
Course guarantor:
Jana Kovářová
Lecturer:
Slavěna Brownová
Tutor:
Slavěna Brownová
Supervisor:
Department of Humanities and Languages
Synopsis:

The course is designed for students of the English programme. Students will become acquainted with the main characteristics of Czech (phonetic and grammar features) and they will acquire basic language and speaking skills. The course focuses on pronunciation exercises, simple social phrases, and oral and written communication in the most common everyday situations. The course covers roughly lessons 1-3 of „Čeština Express“ (Czech Express) by L. Holá and P. Bořilová.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

Outline:

pronunciation exercises,

personal pronouns,

gender of nouns, demonstrative pronouns and adjectives,

conjugation of verbs „být, dělat, rozumět, mluvit, vědět, vidět“ in present tense,

verbs „jít x jet“

adverbs expressing direction/motion vs location

numbers 1-100.

Topics:

greetings, social phrases, addressing,

orientation in city, giving/understanding directions, means of transport,

food and drink

Syllabus of tutorials:

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

Study Objective:

The aim of the course is to equip the student with linguistic and cultural competences to be able to get oriented and react in common everyday situations.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] HOLÁ, Lída, BOŘILOVÁ, Pavla. Czech Express 1. Praha: Akropolis, 2020.

[2] BOCCOU KESTŘÁNKOVÁ, Marie, ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ, Dagmar a VODIČKOVÁ, Kateřina. Čeština pro cizince: úroveň A1 a A2. Brno: Edika, 2017.

[3] http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/

Recommended references:

[4] HOLÁ, Lída. Česky krok za krokem 1. Praha: Akropolis, 2018.

[5] ŠVARCOVÁ, Tereza, WENZEL, Jakub. Czech it UP! 1. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2021.

[6] https://www.czechonline.org/

Note:
Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2025-02-10
For updated information see http://bilakniha.cvut.cz/en/predmet7710706.html