VŠTE:S_CED_1 Czech - Course Information

S_CED_1 Czech

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jana Vlasáková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Karim Sidibe
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: Fri 14:50–16:20 N006, J. Vlasáková

Prerequisites

OBOR ( CAP )
No essential skills of Czech language are necessary. The student can be a total beginner.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The course is prepared for foreign students. The aim of the course is to achieve the A1 level of Czech language according to the descriptor of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. After the completion of the course, the student will acquire the following language skills:
- the student understands basic phrases which are needed for everyday communication and is able to use such expressions
- the student can introduce himself or herself and other people and ask simple questions regarding familiar places, people or things and he or she can respond to similar questions
- he or she can read simple texts (notices, signs, etc.)
- he or she can write a simple text in Czech language (holiday postcard, fill in a simple form, etc.)
- he or she is introduced to culture and everyday life in the Czech Republic
- he or she is able to perceive the intercultural differences between his or her native country and the Czech Republic

Learning outcomes

The student can give personal information (address, telephone number, nationality, age, family and hobbies). He or she can discuss what to do or where to go with other people, and make arrangements to meet. He or she can describe past activities and experiences and write about various aspects of his or her everyday life in simple phrases and sentences. He or she understands numbers, prices and time.

Syllabus

• 1) Introduction 2) Questions 3) People, things, relations - nouns. 4) Price. Money. 5) Orientation 6) The Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice. 7) At school, in the school canteen -prepositions, conjunctions. 8) Time, days, months. 9) My family. 10) Signs. 11) Food and drink. 12) Travel. 13) Services, shopping.

Literature

required literature
• Holá, L. Česky krok za krokem. Praha: Akropolis, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7470-129-0

recommended literature
• 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

Lecture
Seminar
Exercise
Excursion - professional
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 Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	40
Preparation for the Final Test	36
preparation for a semester test	28
Attendance on Lectures	26
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	26
Total:	156	0

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Test – final 70 %
semester test 30 %

Exam conditions

The evaluation is based on the aggregate of the points acquired in the semester and and writtent tests. The minimal limit to pass the course is 70 points, i.e. 70% of evaluation, from both the semester and the final tests. The written final test is evaluated within the scope of 0 - 70 points. The students can achieve up to 30 points in the semester test. The maximum number of points the students can achieve from both tests is 100, i.e. 100% of evaluation.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
General note: Erasmus.

Teacher's information

Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory for full-time students to achieve a 70 % attendance rate in the course of a semester. If a student on an Individual Study Plan is not able to obtain a mid-esmester evaluation, he or she is able to arrange a later date to take a mid-semester test.

• Enrolment Statistics (summer 2022, recent)
  
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