Syllabus
Lecturers: Mgr. Dagmar Vrběcká, Ph.D. Mgr. Klára Čebišová Mgr. Monika Janouchová Mgr. Zuzana Jurenková Bajerová Practical classes:
1. Lekce 1 – Dobrý den! Introducing and greetings. Pronunciation. Phrases in the classroom. Grammar: The verb "to be".
2. Lekce 2 – Kdo je to? Co je to? People and things around us. Description of nouns. Main parts of the human body. Phrases in the classroom. Grammar: Nouns and adjectives in the nominative singular forms. Noun and adjective gender.
3. Lekce 3 – Kolik je hodin? Counting, Saying the time. School schedule. Days in a week. Parts of a day. Reading a phone number. Grammar: Cardinal numerals in nominative forms.
4. Lekce 4 – Co děláte? Daily routine – at school, at home. Habits. Formal and informal situations. Grammar: Verbs in present tense I.
5. Lekce 5 – Jak komunikujeme? Means of communication. Daily routine. Habits and lifestyle. Grammar: Verbs in present tense II.
6. Lekce 6 – Rodina Family members and their professions. Family tree. Grammar: Possessive pronouns in the nominative singular.
7. Lekce 7 – Orgány Basic organs of human body. Other parts of human body. Grammar: Nouns in the nominative plural. Related words – nouns and adjectives.
8. Lekce 8 - Co vás bolí? Expressing pain, disease symptoms and medical examination types – in simple doctor-patient dialogues. Examination instructions. Respiratory system organs. Addressing people in formal and informal situations. Grammar: Personal pronouns in the accusative singular. Related words – nouns, adjectives and verbs. Nouns in the vocative singular.
9. Lekce 9 - Co jíte a pijete? Food and drinks. Eating habits. Digestive system organs. Grammar: Nouns and adjectives in the accusative singular.
10. Lekce 10 - Můj den Free time and daily routine – in weekdays and at weekends. Genitourinary system organs. Czech holidays. Grammar: Interrogative pronouns in accusative questions.
11. Revision class Multiculture issues – introducing students´ home countries holidays. Students´ projects presentations.
12. Lekce 11 – Jak se cítíte? Basic disease symptoms, medical examinations and treatment recommendation – in doctor-patient dialogues. Related words – nouns, adjectives and verbs. Grammar: Nouns and adjectives in the accusative plural.
13. Lekce 12 – Orientace v nemocnici Orientation in the hospital. Saying directions. Hospital departments and clinics. Related words – nouns and adjectives.
14. Revision class Credit revision in communicative activities. Students´ projects presentations.
Annotation
The course introduces basics of the Czech language focusing on practical day-to-day usage (greetings, introducing, saying the time, activities and communication topics, family, eating habits, daily routine, orientation in a place). It also prepares students for the doctor-patient communication which they will perform in the hospital (names of body parts and organs, describing pain and patient´s problems, basic symptoms of diseases). The materials contain recorded materials in the form of doctor-patient dialogues, articles dealing with medical topics, and exercises focusing on professional vocabulary acquisition including general medicine.
Conditions of the course - no prerequisites required.
Outcomes of the course: 1. Students will gain the ability to lead and participate in a simple conversation in Czech, approaching the A1 level according to the Common European Framework of References for Languages. 2. Students will gain the ability to lead simple doctor-patient dialogues, taking patient´s personal data and the basis of medical history, including basic medical vocabulary (parts of the body, organs, names of diseases, symptoms, basic medical examination instructions, etc.).