Czech Intensive Course - CMCLXX01
Title: Intenzivní kurz českého jazyka
Guaranteed by: Department of Languages and Medical Terminology 3FM CU (12-UCJA)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
Points: 3
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/40, C [HS]
Extent per academic year: 40 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Kristina Hellerová
PhDr. Petr Honč, Ph.D.
Comes under: AVSEOB1-VP-1 (ZÁPIS)
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
Two-week intensive Czech language course as an introduction to the Czech Language I course within medical studies at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague.
Last update: Hellerová Kristina, Mgr. (21.09.2024)
Aim of the course -
The lessons are aimed at acquiring the basics of vocabulary, grammar and communication skills so that students are able to understand and react in basic situations (how to act when meeting people, how to get information, act in a restaurant, shop, public transport, etc.). Students are also introduced to selected historical and cultural contexts of life in the Czech Republic.
Last update: Hellerová Kristina, Mgr. (21.09.2024)
Literature -

Basic Literature:
Holá, L., Bořilová, P.: Čeština expres 1. Akropolis, Praha 2011

Holá, L.: Česky krok za krokem/Czech Step by Step. Akropolis, Praha 2016

e-learning materials on Moodle 3

Other Resources:
English-Czech /Czech-English Dictionary (any edition)




Last update: Hellerová Kristina, Mgr. (21.09.2024)
Teaching methods -

seminar

Last update: Hellerová Kristina, Mgr. (27.09.2023)
Requirements to the exam -

Online Moodle Czech Intensive Course Test on the topics covered in the course – held during the second week of the Winter semester; pass 70%. The test cannot be retaken. 

Last update: Hellerová Kristina, Mgr. (21.09.2024)
Syllabus -

VOCABULARY

Basic vocabulary – names of things and people
Czech names and surnames; nationalities; jobs
Adverbs of position
Days of the week
Numbers 1–100
Food and drink


GRAMMAR

Introduction to Czech language (phonetics, pronounciation; grammatical system; comparison between the Czech and English sentence structure)
Present conjugation of "to be"
Present conjugation of mít, znát, snídat, dělat...

Present conjugation of rozumět, mluvit, vědět, vidět...

Accusative sg. 





COMMUNICATION

Greetings and introducing oneself
Meeting people – formal and informal language
Asking for information
Apologies

Orientation in the city 
In a shop
In a restaurant
On a visit
Phrases for public transport




BASIC INFORMATION ON:

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and some historical context




Last update: Hellerová Kristina, Mgr. (21.09.2024)