Unit name | Intermediate Czech Language |
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Unit code | RUSS20043 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Ms. Nahodilova |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites | |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Russian |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will build on existing kowledge of Czech grammar and vocabulary, and active and passive skills developed in the first year of Czech study, with the central objective of improving freedom, range and accuracy in written and spoken Czech. Students will revise and deepen their knowledge of the grammar in the context of oral and written communication, and will develop translation skills from and into Czech. Particular emphasis will be placed on vocabulary-building. Texts will be chosen on the basis of six to eight topics to be agreed with students at the beginning. Students will be encouraged to find and present texts themselves.
Aims:
Successful students will:
Normally one lecture hour and one seminar hour per week across one teaching block (22 contact hours), often with student presentations. In units with a smaller number of students the lecture hour may be replaced by a second seminar or a workshop. Units involving film may require students to view films outside the timetabled contact hours.
One of the following:
a) A written assignment of 2000 words and a two hour exam (50% each)
b) A written assignment of 2000 words (25%) and a three hour exam (75%)
c) Two written assignments of 2000 words (50% each)
d) One written assignment of 4000 words
e) One oral presentation (25%) and one written assignment of 2500 words (75%)
Selection of dedicated material prepared in-house (SML).
Grammar texts and dictionaries as appropriate to language area.