(in Polish) Praktyczna nauka języków regionu/Słowo w kulturze - czeski B1 3224-SWKCZB1
Czech workshops on the B1 level are aimed at activating the skills of
linguistic expression and communication in foreign language as well as to
enrich Czech vocabulary. The course is proposed in the form of
conversation/discussion on different topics offered for students, pertaining
the everyday life (including colloquial speech and other styles not
considered by textbooks), cultural events and communication in future
jobs according to the profile of a graduate.
The thematic scope of the course comprises new lexis connected with
communicative situations as well as cultural events/selected cultural
elements of the countries from the relevant language area (cultural events,
peculiarities).
1. Does Czech still make us laugh?
False friends, pronunciation, diminutives.
2. Czech national symbols
What do they symbolize and what do they mean to Czechs?
3. Czech geography in a nutshell
Key places, landscapes, and regions.
4. Tangible and intangible UNESCO heritage in the Czech
Republic
5. Czech village vs city – lifestyle and differences
6. Travel – means, purposes, and company
How and where do Czechs travel?
7. Sport and leisure
What do Czechs like to do in their free time?
8. Everyday life in the Czech Republic – school, university, work
What does daily life look like for young people and adults?
9. Family relations and different types of families – traditional
and modern
10. Czech mentality – stereotypes and reality
11. Czech humour in ads and memes
12. Poland vs Czech Republic – holidays and traditions
Similarities and differences in customs.
13. Poles about Czechs, Czechs about Poles
How do we see each other? Stereotypes vs reality.
14. Czechs and fashion
Trends and the influence of culture on personal style.
15. National minorities in the Czech Republic
Who lives in the Czech Republic and how do they coexist?
16. Religion and belief in the Czech Republic
The role of religion in society.
17. Czech vs Slovak language
Similarities, differences, and mutual understanding.
18. Proverbs and idioms: Czech vs Polish
What do they say about our mentalities?
19. Ecology and recycling in the Czech Republic
How do Czechs care for the environment?
20. Czech TV and series
What is worth watching?
21. Czech influencers and YouTubers
Internet culture and popular creators.
22. The phenomenon of Jaromír Nohavica and singer-songwriters
("písničkáři";)
23. Country, folk, and the phenomenon of trampování
24. Pop queens and popular music
25. Czech musical, hip-hop, and alternative music
Musical diversity in the Czech Republic.
26. Classical music and music festivals
27. Literature – awards and important contemporary writers
28. Legends and fairy tales (in-depth version)
Traditional stories and their meanings.
29. Czech women who impressed the world
30. Czech inventors and their discoveries
There are also other topics related to students' interests / proposed by
students.
Course is conducted through discussing different topics based on priorly
given texts or handouts delivered by the lecturer, working in groups and
pairs, individual work (substantially supported by the lecturer).
Training of different language skills will be conducted as follows:
Speaking: individual monologic utterances related to the topics which
were discussed during the semester, dialogs, role-playing-games.
Listening: different types of texts (dialog, monolog w various
communicational situations) and tasks adjusted to the level.
The use of a language: vocabulary and grammar exercises indicating the
degree of proficiency in the course content.
Writing: an opinion in the written form related to the topics which were
discussed during the semester.
Student workload includes:
Classroom participation – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
Preparing for classes – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
The course is implemented under the ZIP 2.0 programme.
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
A student is practicing without having to fear his/her speech
communication on the intermediate/advanced level:
On completing the course, the student:
KNOWLEDGE:
● makes use of knowledge of culture of a given lingusitic region;
acquired during the course;
● a graduate knows and understands at an intermediate/advanced
level the sophisticated nature of a language;
● one has sufficient vocabulary at an intermediate/advanced level
(with particular focus on the vocabulary included in Full
description);
● one has knowledge at intermediate/advanced level about the
description of a language system;
● one knows selected issues (See: Full description).
SKILLS
● one can communicate in simple and routine tacks within the topics
listed in Full description;
● one can recognise familar words and messages in selected, simple
materials of different types as well as in verbal comunication;
● one understands and paraphrases information contained in selected,
simple materials of every life (See: Full description), sums up and
draws conclusions;
● writes conventional personal and formal letters, such as emails,
invitations, CV, application letters;
● narrates past, present and planned events relating to his/her own
life (with particular focus on the vocabulary and topics included in
Full description), both orally and in writing, using basic
vocabulary;
● one presents information in oral and written form using certain
language constructions.
COMPETENCES:
● one is able to collaborate in pair as well as in a group of people;
● one knows learning strategies and understands the need for lifelong
learning;
● one knows basic social norms and their relevant verbal and
nonverbal reactions which are obligatory in the definite cultural
and linguistic area;
● one detects cultural differences and demonstrates the tolerance for
users of other languages.
Assessment criteria
I. The organization of classes:
According to The detailed rules of studies at the Faculty of Applied
Linguistics (The Resolution No. 114 by the Faculty of Applied
Linguistics Board of 19 December, 2017):
1) Attendance at all classes, covered by the plan, shall be compulsory (§
9 (2).
2) It is not possible to have a resit if the reason of failing the credit was
noncompliance with the requirement to participate in them. In such a
case a student can be conditionally registered in an successive stage of
study and can repeat the failed course.
According to the University Foreign Language Teaching System (the
Resolution No. 119 from 17 June, 2009).
3) In case of 30 hours in semester, 2 absences without justifying are
acceptable. Missed classes must be made up in accordance with the
requirements of the lecturer. The requirements are provided by the
lecturer during the first class.
II. Assessment criteria:
The final mark comprises the following elements:
Substantive participation in the class (40%)
Presentation of the topic fixed by the lecturer (60%)
It must be taken into account that in order to complete the course
successfully a student needs to demonstrate achievements in every the
above mentioned categories (a student who receives the 0% in one of the
categories, won't complete the course, which means that he/she did not
demonstrate any activity in none of them).
The unsatisfactory grade can be awarded as a result of unsatisfactory
learning achievements based on partial grades
Grading system:
99 – 100% - 5 (excellent)
93 - 98% - 5 (very good)
87 - 92% - 4,5 (fairly good)
77 - 86% - 4 (good)
71 - 76% - 3,5 (satisfactory plus)
60 - 70% - 3 (satisfactory)
Additionally, the workshop lecturer introduces the detailed principles and
criteria of credit during the first class.
Bibliography
Mariusz Szczygieł: Gottland, Wydawnictwo Czarne, Warsaw 2006
Mariusz Szczygieł: Make Your Own Paradise (Zrób sobie raj), Dowody na
Istnienie, Warsaw 2019
Collective work: Czech it up. Czech for Foreigners, Olomouc 2020
Izabela Wałaska: (Half)Truths and Myths about Poles and Czechs: Real-Life
Stories, Zaolzie Potrafi, Cieszyn 2020
Ilona Kořánková: Czech Reader (Česká čítanka), Akropolis, Prague 2012
Additional information
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