VŠTE:S_CED_1 Czech - Course Information

S_CED_1 Czech

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Andrej Artemov, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jan Gregor, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (assistant)
Bc. Lucie Švehlová (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Andrej Artemov, Ph.D.
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Timetable of Seminar Groups

S_CED_1/S01: Mon 11:25–12:55 E4, A. Artemov

Prerequisites

Either the essential skills of Czech language are necessary. The incoming student can be a total beginner.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The course is prepared for foreign students. The aim of the course is reaching of A1 level of their Czech language according to the descriptor of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. After the completion of the course, the students will gain the following language skills:
- the students understand basic phrases which are needed for everyday communication and can use these expressions and phrases
- can introduce themselves and other people and ask simple questions concerning well known: places, people and things and react to similar questions
- they can read simple texts (notices, signs, etc.)
- they can write a simple text in Czech language (holiday postcard, fill in a simple form, etc.)
- they are introduced with culture and everyday life in the Czech Republic
- they are able to perceive the intercultural differences between their native country and the Czech Republic

Learning outcomes

Student can give personal information (address, telephone number, nationality, age, family and hobbies). He/She can discuss with other people what to do, where to go, and make arrangements to meet. He/She can describe past activities and experiences. He/She can write about aspects of his/her everyday life in simple phrases and sentences. He/She understand numbers, prices and times.

Syllabus

• 1) Who is who? Verbs: to be, to have.
• 2) How are you?
• 3) People, things, relations - nouns.
• 4) How mutch is it? Money.
• 5) Where I am?
• 6) The Czech Republic, Budweis.
• 7) At school, at the school canteen -prepositions, conjuctions.
• 8) Time, days, months.
• 9) My family.
• 10) Signs.
• 11) Food and drink.
• 12) Travel.
• 13) Services, shopping.

Literature

recommended literature
• Holá, L. New Czech step by step.Praha: Akropolis, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7470-019-4.
• Holá, L. New Czech step by step. Activity book. Praha: Akropolis, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7470-019-4.
• http://www.locallingo.com

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Exercise
Excursion - professional
Tutorial
Consultation

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test	30
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	36
Preparation for the Final Test	36
seminar work (in Czech)	28
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	26
Total:	156	0

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Test – final 70 %
Consultation
Individual oral speech 30 %

Exam conditions

The written final test is evaluated within the scope of 0 - 70 points and comprises of 35 questions (2 points for each correct answer). To pass, the student must earn a 70% or higher (i.e. 49 points at least). The grading scale for the final test is as follows: 70 - 49 points = pass mark, 48 - 21 points = failed with possibility to repeat the test, 20 - 0 points = failed without possibility to repeat the test (i.e bellow 30%). The students can earn up to 30 points in the oral presentation. The maximum number of points the students can earn from both the written test and the presentation is 100. To obtain credit, the student must earn a minimum of 70 points (total of test and oral presentation points).

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

General note: Erasmus.

• Enrolment Statistics (summer 2018, recent)
  
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