Type of Credit: Elective
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This course continues Czech conversation I and is based for students who have basic knowledge of Czech language. It provides linguistic tools necessary both for production and reception of (mostly oral) Czech language. The goal is to enable students a better understanding ofcommunicative situations and lifestyle in the Czech Republic. At the end of this course, level A2/1 according to the Common European Framework od Reference for Languages (CEFRL) will be achieved.
能力項目說明
This course is adapted for students who have limited knowledge of Czech language at level A1 of CEFRL.
The main objective of this course is to reach a level A2/1 "waystage" by the end of this course. It is designet to:
- improve, develop language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening)
- gain more information on Czech culture, geography and lifestyle
- allow students to communicate in everday situations (i. e. with/about family and relatives, friends, leisure time, birthday party, at the doctors, emergency situation, in shops and other services),
- to improve a confidence when speaking Czech;
- 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 A2/1 of CEFRL (in addition with classes of Czech language II), which corresponds to at least 4 lessons from the main teaching material Basic Czech II (Adamovičová, A., Ivanovová, D.)
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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 2/20 |
Introduction |
Grammar & lexical revision (up to lesson 5, present tense – 4 types of conjugation, nouns, adjectives, personal and possessive pronouns nom. acc. sg. pl., gen. sg., basic phrases, question words) |
Warm-up &Introductory activities, grammar drill |
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2 2/27 |
Health & Illness |
Lesson 12: vocabulary, dialogs at the doctor´s, dative sg., dat. of personal pronouns |
Listening & Writing, grammar drill |
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3 3/5 |
National holiday |
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4 3/12 |
What do we look like, what are we like? |
Parts of body, our character, features; how to use dative case; |
Pronunciation exercises & Reading & Listening, Grammar exercises |
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5 3/19 |
Clothing |
Pluralia tantum, direct and indirect imperative |
Brainstorming, Work in pairs, Grammar exercises |
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6 3/26 |
To stay or not to stay? |
Lesson 13; pf. and impf. verbs, irregular imperative |
Listening& Reading, Writing & Speaking |
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7 4/2 |
I like change |
Czech proverbs, the conditional |
Listening&Speaking, Reading&Work in pairs |
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8 4/9 |
National holiday |
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9 4/16 |
Mid-terms |
Revision and Test |
Testing |
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10 4/23 |
Plans for the future |
Clauses with“aby”, “když”, “až” |
Speaking & Listening, Presenting, Reading |
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11 4/30 |
The best job or entertainment? |
Irregular comparatives and superlatives od adjectives and adverbs |
Listening& Reading, Grammar drill, Writing & Speaking |
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12 5/7 |
How to be polite, time traveling |
Direct and indirect speech, sentence transformation |
Grammar drill, Writing & Speaking |
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13 5/14 |
Shopping and marketing |
Training of “aby” clauses, syntax of Czech sentence |
Listening & Reading, Writing |
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14 5/21 |
My busy day |
Time questions, expressions of agreement and disagreement, negative imperative |
Brainstorming & Role-Play |
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15 5/28 |
We are what we eat |
Vocabulary, genitive plural, reflexive SE, SI |
Pronunciation exercises & Reading & Listening, Grammar exercises |
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16 6/4 |
Events that have tradition |
Summer time festivals, events, relative pronoun “který” |
Listening&Speaking, Role-Play & Writing |
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17 6/11 |
We get to know Czech Republic |
Revision of all declination and conjugation |
Reading&Writing, Grammar exercises, Presentations |
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18 6/18 |
Finals |
Final Exams & Student´s feedback |
Written and oral exam |
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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 II. Prague: Karolinum, 2013 (ISBN: 978-80-246-2514-0)
Kestřánková, M. a kol.: Čeština pro cizince úroveň A1 a A2, Edika Brno 2017 (ISBN:978-80-266-1187-5)
Holá, Lída a Bořilová, Pavla: Čeština expres 3: Akropolis, 2014 (ISBN: 978-80-7470-032-3)
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
http://www.l-pack.eu/
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/