Type of Credit: Elective
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This course continues Czech conversation II (1 semester) and is based for students who have A2/1 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 of communicative situations and lifestyle in the Czech Republic. At the end of this course, level A2/2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) will be achieved.
能力項目說明
This course is adapted for students – beginners who have knowledge of Czech Language (Level A2.1 of CEFRL). The main objective is to reach a level A2/2 by the end of this course.
Czech Conversation 2 is designed to:
- develop student´s practical knowledge of Czech language and skills;
- to enable students express themselves in a wider range of communication topics and situations (ie my family, relatives and friends, health &illness, what are we like (character and features) , what do we look like, hobbies, daily duties, living, clothing, traveling 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 A2/2 of CEFRL (in addition with classes of Czech language I), which corresponds to at least 4 lessons from the teaching material Čeština pro cizince A1, A2 (Kestřánková, M., Štěpánková, D., Vodičková, K.) or 4 lessons from the main teaching material Basic Czech II, III (Adamovičová, A., Ivanovová, D., Hrdlička, M.).
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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 2/18 |
Introduction |
Grammar & lexical revision (lesson 5, 6, 7) |
Warm-up; Introductory activities; grammar drill |
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2 2/25 |
At the post office, bank, police |
Lesson 8: vocabulary, locative functions, loc. of personal pronouns |
Listening; Writing; grammar drill |
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3 ¾ |
Scholarship; at the study department |
L 8: loc. sg., prepositions with locative, past tense irregular and modal verbs |
Pronunciation exercises; Reading; Listening; Grammar exercises |
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4 3/11 |
At the doctors |
Lesson 9: vocabulary; dative case - functions, dat. of personal pronouns |
Listening; Reading; Dialogs; Role-play |
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5 3/18 |
I like change |
L 9: past tense of reflexive verbs, word order, dat. sg., adjectives and adv.. structures |
Listening&Speaking, Reading;Work in pairs |
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6 3/25 |
Famous Czechs |
Scientists, artists, politicians |
Reading; Watching short movies; Writing |
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7 4/1 |
At the hotel |
L9 verbs of motion; L 10: vocabulary; instrumental functions, instr. of personal pronouns |
Listening; Reading; Grammar drill exercises; Dialogs |
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8 4/8 |
Travelling |
L10: instr. case declension, prepositions with instr. |
Reading; Writing; Speaking |
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9 4/15 |
Mid-terms |
Revision and test L 8, 9 |
Testing |
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10 4/22 |
Easter and May favorite Czech traditions |
Selected texts and video samples of traditions, own compositions; relative pronoun KTERÝ |
Watching; discussion;reading; writing |
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11 4/29 |
Plans for the future |
L10: future tense of all verbs of motion, subclauses with KDYŽ |
Speaking; Listening, Presenting, Reading |
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12 5/6 |
The best living ever |
L 11: vocabulary; Irregular comparatives and superlatives od adjectives and adverbs |
Listening& Reading, Grammar drill, Writing; Speaking |
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13 5/13 |
Renting a new apartment |
L 11: nom. and acc. plural M anim.; possessive pronoun SVŮJ |
Watching short movie; Speaking; Grammar drill |
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14 5/20 |
Accident; at the police |
Coordinate and subordinate clauses; conjunctions PROTO; PROTOŽE, instrumental case |
Listening; Reading, Writing; Grammar exercises |
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15 5/27 |
My busy day |
L 12: vocabulary; cultural activities; dative plural; instrumental pl. |
Brainstorming & Role-Play; writing; grammar exercises |
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16 6/3 |
Revision |
Revision of all declination and conjugation |
Reading; writing, grammar exercises |
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17 6/6 |
Oral exams |
Final oral exam & consultations |
Exmination |
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18 6/17 |
Finals |
Final Exams & Student´s feedback |
Written |
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Students will have Mid-term exam and Final exam.
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
Presentation: 15%
Final exam, Tests: 65% in total
(Final exam – Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking, Grammar and Vocabulary)
Kestřánková, M., Štěpánková, D., Vodičková, K.: Čeština pro cizince A1 a A2: Edika Brno 2017 (ISBN: 978-80-266-1187-5)
Adamovičová, Ana a Ivanovová, Darina, Hrdli4ka, Milan: Basic Czech II. Prague: Karolinum, 2012 (ISBN: 978-80-246-2071-8)
Adamovičová, Ana a Ivanovová, Darina: Basic Czech III. Prague: Karolinum, 2012 (ISBN: 978-80-246-2514-0)
Holá, Lída a Bořilová, Pavla: Čeština expres 3, 4: Akropolis, 2014 a 2019 (ISBN: 978-80-7470-032-3),
(ISBN: 978-80-7470-205-1)
Cvejnová, J.: Česky, prosím II: Karolinum, učebnice, pracovní sešit, 2019 (ISBN: 978-80-246-2105-0)
Naughton, J., Kunes, K.: Czech. An Essential Grammar: Routledge London and New York, 2021 (ISBN: 978-0-367-86184-1)
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/