4, 5 Listening with Understanding: News, Interviews and Discussions About Actual Issues in Czech Republic I

Syllabus

Language skills

Understanding content-rich texts.

Presenting of selected news.

Engaging in discussions, interacting with other discussion participants, expressing and defending one’s own opinion, argumentation.  

Covered areas

The current situation in the Czech Republic (politics, economy, ecology, culture, etc.).

Basic orientation in the Czech public life.

Current affairs in a European/ global contexts

Historical context (prominent figures of Czech history and what they did)