Type of Credit: Elective
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Number of Students
This language course provides linguistic tools necessary both for production and reception of (mostly oral) Czech language. The goal is to enable students introduce the rules of Czech pronunciation and acquire language skills in basic communication situations at A1 / A level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) as well as to introduce them Cultural and historical background of the Czech Republic, geography, places of interest, cultural attractions and lifestyle in the Czech Republic. Throughout the course, lessons will be sequenced from presentation activities and communicative activities based on new vocabulary and “real-life” situations. Listening and writing activities will also be integrated into the lessons to improve student´s language skills.
能力項目說明
The course is adapted for students – beginners without any previous knowledge of Czech language.
The main objective is to reach a level A1/1 by the end of this course. It is designed to:
- develop student´s practical knowledge of Czech language;
- allow students to communicate in situations as a tourist (basic self-presentation, orientation in the city, in the restaurant, talk about family, activities, etc.);
- to create a strong confidence in speaking the Czech language;
- remove hesitation and fear of errors during productive language activities;
- be able to apply theoretical knowledge in practice
- arouse interest in Czech culture and related activities
The students should reach in one academic semester Level A1/1 of CEFRL (in addition with classes of Czech language I), which corresponds to at least 3 lessons from the main teaching material Basic Czech I (Adamovičová, A., Ivanovová, D.)
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週次 Week |
課程主題 Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間 Student workload expectation |
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課堂講授 In-class Hours |
課程前後 Outside-of-class Hours |
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1 9/14 |
Introduction to the Czech Language |
Basic introduction to the Czech language as a Slavonic language; main characteristics of Czech; alphabet; phonetics; basic vocabulary; pronunciation. |
Warm-up and introductory activities, listening, pronunciation exercises |
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2 9/21 |
Introduction to the Czech Culture |
Cultural and historical background of the Czech Republic; geography, places of interest, cultural attractions, standards of living, lifestyle in the Czech Republic. |
Culture activities, reading and listening, writing exercises |
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3 9/28 |
Meeting new People |
Personal pronouns; present tense of the indicative of the verb „to be“ (BÝT); conjugation in singular and plural; formal and informal situations; basic phrases. |
Listening and speaking, grammar drill |
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4 10/5 |
At school& in the Office, Telephone Dialogue |
Demonstrative pronouns; nouns and its classification; adverbs of place; grammatical gender; making a questions; basic dialogues; places in the city. |
Watching of short video examples, roleplay, work in groups |
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5 10/12 |
Visit at Home&in the City |
Present tense of the indicative – the 1°st group of conjugation; verbs with the sufix -at (regular and irregular verbs); formal and informal dialogues; system of the strong, weak and ambiguous consonants; orientation on the map; tourists asking a way. |
Brainstorming, work in pairs, writing exercises |
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6 10/19 |
What is it like? Whose is it? |
Strong and weak / hard and soft adjectives; food and drinks; cardinal numbers; (regular DÁT SI and irregular verb PÍT); dialogues in a restaurant. |
Listening, reading, speaking&singing, writing, grammar drill |
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7 10/26 |
In the Restaurant; in the Shop |
Present tense of the indicative – the 2°nd group of conjugation; verbs with the sufix -et/-ět/-it, possessive pronouns |
Listening, reading, speaking, writing, roleplay |
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8 11/2 |
Me and my Family |
Subject and object in a sentence; accusative singular, function of accusative (verbs, prepositions, frequent frases); family members, professions. |
Reading, writing, presentations |
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9 11/9 |
Mid-terms |
Mid-term tests, students feedback. |
Testing (written exam) |
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10 11/16 |
Travelling |
Ordinal numbers, time expressions; likes and dislikes; conjugation of the motion verbs to go, to fly (JÍT, JET, LETĚT); means of transport; the public transport system in Prague, in Taipei and in São Paulo. |
Listening, speaking, project work |
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11 11/23 |
Study and Work |
Present tense of the indicative – the 3°rd group of conjugation verbs with the sufix -ovat, future tense of the verb “to be”, daily activities. |
Grammar drill, writing, speaking, work in groups |
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12 11/30 |
A Letter and an Invitation for a Trip |
Prepositions with verbs motion and static verbs; expressions JEŠTĚ ANO/NE, UŽ ANO/NE |
Work in pairs, writing, speaking, reading |
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13 12/7 |
A few Dates from the Czech History |
Dates and years, abverbs of time, compound future tense; making a questions. |
Reading, listening, work in pairs, dialogues, presentations |
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14 12/14 |
My day |
Irregular verbs JET, PSÁT, HRÁT; questions Where? Where to? By?; prepositions; review of all types of verbs. |
Watching a short video, speaking, writing |
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15 12/21 |
Czech Christmas traditions |
Literary and colloquial Czech; past tense - introduction |
Listening of Czech Christmas music, reading and writing |
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16 12/28 |
Czech End of Year and New Year Traditions |
Genitive of singular, Czech traditional recipes, New Year food and drinks |
Watching, listening, speaking, writing |
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17 1/4 |
Review |
Final revision and practicing |
Presenting, speaking; revising |
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18 1/11 |
Finals |
Final Exams (Written Test and Oral Exam); Student´s Feedback |
Testing |
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Students will have 3 regular graded tests after each lesson completed during semester.
Homework (oral & written exercises, vocabulary, etc.) assigned for each class meeting.
Attendance: maximal number of absence is three. Excessive unexcused absences will be reflected by lowering the final grade down progressively.
Grading will be 100% to zero; 60% is minimum to success.
Quizzes, Homework, Presentation, Active participation in lesson: 20% in total
Final exam, Tests: 80% in total
(Final exam – Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking, Grammar and Vocabulary.)
Adamovičová, Ana a Ivanovová, Darina: Basic Czech I. Prague: Karolinum, 2013 (ISBN: 978-80-246-2334-4)
Holá, Lída a Bořilová, Pavla: Čeština expres 1: Akropolis, 2012 (ISBN: 978-80-87481-22-6)
Rešková, Ivana a Pintarová, Magdalena: Communicative Czech (Elementary Czech): ÚJOP UK, 2009 (ISBN: 80-901 947-2-9)
Naughton, James: Czech, An Essential Grammar: Routledge London and New York, 2005 (ISBN: 0-415-28784-7, 0-415-28785-5)
Malá, Zdena: Jazykové hry a aktivity pro výuku češtiny: Akropolis, 2019 (ISBN: 978-80-7470-260-0)
https://www.czechstepbystep.cz/en/cestina-on-line
Other study materials and handouts, authentic texts (own tutorial materials in electronic form or based on internet sources)
https://slavic.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=6723&id=5570 https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/