Syllabus
Czech language for foreign students 1st year, winter semester
Unit 1 Let´s introduce ourselves
Useful phrases. Pronunciation. Formal/informal dialogues.
Unit 1
Personal pronouns. Verb být. Alphabet. Numbers 0-10
Unit 1
Who is it? What do they do for living? I. Conjugation of verbs in present tense: dělat, rozumět, pracovat
Unit 1
Who is it? What do they do for living? II. Using you sg. x pl. Verbs in present tense
Unit 1
Personal information. Verb mít. Revision
Unit 2 Where is it?
Vocabulary of location. Gender: substantives in nominative singular
Unit 2
Excuse me, where is…? Ways of transport in instrumental. Verb jít x jet. Directions (adverbs)
Unit 2
Directions. Locations. Adverbs
Unit 2
How to write an e-mail. Constructions: líbí se mi and chutná mi.
Unit 2
Numbers 10- 1000. Revision
Unit 3 Food and drink
Vocabulary for food and drink. Gender. Menu
Unit 3
At the restaurant. Phrases. Accusative sg.
Unit 3
What do you like? Conjugation of číst, pít, chtít, jíst, mít rád
Unit 3
Invitation for a cup of coffee. Negative question. Revision 1st year, summer semester
Unit 4 My family
Possessive pronouns. Family members
Unit 4
Peter´s family. Verb jmenovat se. Possessive adjectives
Unit 4
Jaký/jaká/jaké. Gender of adjectives. Vocabulary: adjectives
Unit 4
Mám + accusative sg.
Unit 4
Numbers 1000 – 10000. How much is it? Currency. Revision
Unit 5 When/what time is it?
When are we to meet? Time expressions, parts of the day. What time is it?
Unit 5
Marina´s day. What do you like doing rád + verb. Verbs: daily activities
Unit 5
Revision of rád + verb. Mít rád + substantives. Time expressions
Unit 5
Marina´s week I. Modal verbs chtít, muset, moct, umět. Days of the week
Unit 5
Marina´s week II. Prepositions od and do. Revision
Unit 6 What have you been doing today?
Expressing Czech past tense, regular and irregular l-forms
Unit 6
Second position of to be in the sentence. When was it? Practising past tense
Unit 6
Where were you? Locative singular. Expressions of location. Prepositions v/ve, na, u
Unit 6:
Can you guess who was …? Verbs vědět and znát. Countries, nationalities, languages. Revision
Annotation
Within the subject Professional language preparation, there is a course of the Czech language for Foreigners designed to the foreign students whose native language is not Czech and who study the programme of Pharmacy in English.
Czech Language course is optional but passing the examination in Czech Language is compulsory.
The course of the Czech language takes 4 semesters. Students can register for the courses of Czech Language only for the whole academic year, it means for both semesters in the 1st and/or both semesters of the 2nd section of study.
The achieved language competence is the first step to be able to communicate, read, write and translate texts in the Czech language before they start learning the basics of Medical and Pharmaceutical Czech. Is it essential that the students successfully complete the course till the end of the 3rd year of study.
Students practise exercises on the basic lexical items, grammar, phrases, new thematical topics, synonyms, oral communication, reading comprehension and translation of short texts from different areas of life.
The course focuses on the use of real communicative situations to systematically develop all the language skills, both passive (reading and listening comprehension) and active (writing and speaking).
At the end of the course students should be able to manage basic communicative situations and to understand written texts in Czech.