Course detail

Czech language 2

FEKT-XPA-CJ2Acad. year: 2024/2025

In the course of the semester, the students are introduced to and practice new vocabulary (holiday, travel, housing, services, complaining, human body, at the doctor’s, emergency situations) and grammatical structures (the past and future tenses, the locative case, the genitive case, the nominative plural, long and short verbs of movement). The course is taught predominantly in the Czech language.

 

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Bc. Magda Sučková, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

The students should have a basic knowledge of the Czech language as covered in the course XPA-CJ1. 

The course is not available to students with Slovak as their first language.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

75% active attendance and the score of at least 50% in the final test are required for a successful completion of the course.

 

Aims

The goal of this course is to prepare the students for various everyday situations (planning; looking for accommodation; travel; going to the doctor’s; shopping), to deepen their knowledge of Czech grammar and to expand their Czech vocabulary.

 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Lída Holá, Pavla Bořilová: Čeština expres, A1/1, English Appendix, Workbook+CD, 2. oprav. vyd., Praha: Akropolis, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7470-079-8 (EN)
Lída Holá, Pavla Bořilová: Čeština expres, A1/2, English Appendix, Workbook+CD, Praha: Akropolis, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87481-26-4 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPA-ELE Bachelor's

    specialization BPA-ECT , any year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization BPA-PSA , any year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme MPA-AEE Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPA-BIO Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPAD-BIO Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPA-CAN Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPAD-CAN Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPA-EEN Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPA-MEL Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPAD-MEL Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPA-EAK Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPA-SAP Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

52 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Bc. Magda Sučková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Grammar: revision (the accusative case; the present tense of verbs), the past tense, the locative case, the future tense, the genitive case, the nominative plural, short and long verbs of movement

Vocabulary and functions: going on holiday, planning activities, housing, complaining in a shop, travel, human body, at the doctor’s, emergency situations, services