S_CED_1 Czech

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Mayerová (seminar tutor)
Frederik De Feyter, MSc (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (assistant)
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/P01: Thu 14:50–16:20 E7, V. Mayerová
S_CED_1/S01: Thu 16:30–18:00 E7, V. Mayerová
Prerequisites
OBOR(CAP)
No 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.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The course is prepared for foreign students. The aim of the course is the 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 to 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
The 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 various aspects of his/her everyday life in simple phrases and sentences. He/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, at 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. New Czech step by step.Praha: Akropolis, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7470-019-4.
    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
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial40 
Preparation for the Final Test36 
preparation for an oral test28 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Mid -semester exam 30 %
Exam conditions
The written final test is evaluated within the scope of 0 - 70 points and comprises 35 questions (2 points for each correct answer). To pass, the student must achieve 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 achieve up to 30 points in the oral test. The maximum number of points the students can achieve from both the written test and the presentation is 100. To obtain credit, the student must get a minimum of 70 points (total of test and oral test points).
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, summer 2017, winter 2017, summer 2018, winter 2018, summer 2019, winter 2019, summer 2020, summer 2021, winter 2021, summer 2022, winter 2022, SUMMER 2023, winter 2023, summer 2024.
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