Undergraduate Program in Central European Studies 
                                                                              CERGE-EI and the School of Humanities at Charles University 
                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                    Address:  Politických vězňů 7, 110 00 Praha 1 
                                                                                                                     Tel. : +420 224  005 201, +420 224 005 133,   Fax : +420 224 005 225 
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                                                                                                                                                             Elementary Czech Language  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Lecturer: Silvie Převrátilová 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             E-mail: prevratilovas@seznam.cz 
                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                               OUTLINE OF THE COURSE: 
                                                                                                   The course targets students that are staying in the Czech Republic for a limited period of time 
                                                               and need to cover the basis of the language in order to communicate in everyday situations. The 
                                                               ultimate aim is to provide the students with basic skills, grammar and vocabulary to deal with the life 
                                                               in the Czech Republic, to give them an idea of the Czech language system as well as Czech culture.  
                                                                
                                                               The instruction uses communicational method of teaching: the material is based on situations the 
                                                               students face, not grammatical overview of the language, with emphasis on both receptive and 
                                                               productive language skills (reading, listening, speaking and writing). Grammar is used functionally, 
                                                               as a tool to reach communicational competencies but not the core purpose of the learning process.   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                               GRADING POLICY: 
                                                               Students are mainly graded on the basis of their classroom performance and the final exam. There 
                                                               will also be a mid-term test.  
                                                               Course work 40 % : attendance, homework, class participation, two mini-tests 
                                                               Mid-term test 20% 
                                                               Final Exam 40% 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                                                     
                                                                        
                                                               REQUIRED READINGS: 
                                                               The textbook we will use is the latest version Czech Express by Lida Hola. Each unit consists of 
                                                               dialogues and texts where the communicational situation is introduced, listening and comprehension 
                                                               activities, practice of grammar that is needed for successful handling of the situation. Students are 
                                                               given a plenty of space to practise the language in speaking communicational activities.  
                                                                           In every lesson, homework will be assigned so that the students can practise their language 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                skills and new grammar. 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                 WEEK:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                         1. Restaurant – Accusative sg.  
                                                                         2. Restaurant – verbs, Supermarket - vocabulary 
                                                                                                  3. Family – possessive pronouns, verbs 
                                                                                                  4. Family – present tense conjgugation 
                                                                                                  5. Telling time 
                                                                                                  6. Time – modal verbs 
                                                                                                  7. MIDTERM TEST, Past tense 
                                                                                                  8. Past tense – prepositions of location 
                                                                                                  9. Future 
                                                                                                  10. Future, prepostions of direction 
                                                                                                  11. Review 
                                                                                                  12. Written Test 
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                  RECOMMENDED READINGS: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                  Lida Hola: Czech Grammar in a Nutshell