SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentSophomore Class A, Department of Slavics Sophomore Class B, Department of Slavics
Course NameCzech Conversation I
InstructorHrdlickova Helena
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule































































































































































週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程容與指定



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



9/14



Introduction to the Czech Language



Basic introduction to the Czech language as a Slavonic language; main characteristics of Czech; alphabet; phonetics; basic vocabulary; pronunciation.



Warm-up and introductory activities, listening, pronunciation exercises


   

2



9/21



Introduction to the Czech Culture 



Cultural and historical background of the Czech Republic; geography, places of interest, cultural attractions, standards of living, lifestyle in the Czech Republic.



Culture activities, reading and listening, writing exercises


   

3



9/28



Meeting new People



Personal pronouns; present tense of the indicative of the verb „to be“ (BÝT); conjugation in singular and plural; formal and informal situations; basic phrases.



Listening and speaking,



grammar drill


   

4



10/5



At school& in the Office, Telephone Dialogue



Demonstrative pronouns; nouns and its classification; adverbs of place; grammatical gender; making a questions; basic dialogues; places in the city.



Watching of short video examples, roleplay, work in groups


   

5



10/12



Visit at Home&in the City



Present tense of the indicative – the 1°st group of conjugation; verbs with the sufix -at (regular and irregular verbs); formal and informal dialogues; system of the strong, weak and ambiguous consonants; orientation on the map; tourists asking a way.



Brainstorming, work in pairs, writing exercises 


   

6



10/19



What is it like? Whose is it?



Strong and weak / hard and soft adjectives; food and drinks; cardinal numbers; (regular DÁT SI and irregular verb PÍT); dialogues in a restaurant.



Listening, reading, speaking&singing, writing, grammar drill


   

7



10/26



In the Restaurant; in the Shop



Present tense of the indicative – the 2°nd group of conjugation; verbs with the sufix -et/-?t/-it, possessive pronouns 



Listening, reading, speaking, writing, roleplay


   

8



11/2



Me and my Family



Subject and object in a sentence; accusative singular, function of accusative (verbs, prepositions, frequent frases); family members, professions.



Reading, writing, presentations


   

9



11/9



Mid-terms



Mid-term tests, students feedback.



Testing (written exam)


   

10



11/16



Travelling



Ordinal numbers, time expressions; likes and dislikes; conjugation of the motion verbs to go, to fly (JÍT, JET, LET?T); means of transport; the public transport system in Prague, in Taipei and in São Paulo.



Listening, speaking,



project work


   

11



11/23



Study and Work



Present tense of the indicative – the 3°rd group of conjugation verbs with the sufix -ovat, future tense of the verb “to be”, daily activities.



Grammar drill, writing, speaking, work in groups


   

12



11/30



A Letter and an Invitation for a Trip



Prepositions with verbs motion and static verbs; expressions JEŠT? ANO/NE, U? ANO/NE



Work in pairs, writing, speaking, reading


   

13



12/7



A few Dates from the Czech History



Dates and years, abverbs of time, compound future tense; making a questions.



Reading, listening, work in pairs, dialogues, presentations


   

14



12/14



My day



Irregular verbs JET, PSÁT, HRÁT; questions Where? Where to? By?; prepositions; review of all types of verbs.



Watching a short video, speaking, writing


   

15



12/21



Czech Christmas traditions



Literary and colloquial Czech; past tense - introduction



Listening of Czech Christmas music, reading and writing


   

16



12/28



Czech End of Year and New Year Traditions



Genitive of singular, Czech traditional recipes, New Year food and drinks



Watching, listening, speaking, writing


   

17



1/4



Review



Final revision and practicing



Presenting, speaking; revising


   

18



1/11



Finals



Final Exams (Written Test and Oral Exam); Student´s Feedback



Testing


   


 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Students will have 3 regular graded tests after each lesson completed during semester.



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



Final exam, Tests: 80% in total



(Final exam – Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking, Grammar and Vocabulary.)


Textbook & Reference

Adamovi?ová, Ana a Ivanovová, Darina: Basic Czech I. Prague: Karolinum, 2013 (ISBN: 978-80-246-2334-4)



Holá, Lída a Bo?ilová, Pavla: ?eština expres 1: Akropolis, 2012 (ISBN: 978-80-87481-22-6)



Rešková, Ivana a Pintarová, Magdalena: Communicative Czech (Elementary Czech): ÚJOP UK, 2009 (ISBN: 80-901 947-2-9)



Naughton, James: Czech, An Essential Grammar: Routledge London and New York, 2005 (ISBN: 0-415-28784-7, 0-415-28785-5)



Malá, Zdena: Jazykové hry a aktivity pro výuku ?eštiny: Akropolis, 2019 (ISBN: 978-80-7470-260-0)   



https://www.czechstepbystep.cz/en/cestina-on-line



https://www.korpus.cz/



Other study materials and handouts, authentic texts (own tutorial materials in electronic form or based on internet sources)


Urls about Course
https://slavic.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=6723&id=5570 https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/
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