Czech Language 1

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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/

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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: