Unit information: Advanced Czech Language in 2024/25

Unit name	Advanced Czech Language
Unit code	RUSS30070
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director	Dr. Sutton-Mattocks
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	Relevant core language unit at level I/5
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	None
Units you may not take alongside this one	None
School/department	Department of Russian
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Unit Information

To advance to degree standard students’ active and passive ability in the language studied.
To sustain and build on oral fluency and listening skills acquired to date.
To develop students’ writing skills across a range of written tasks.
To perfect students’ skills in translation of texts (from literature and contemporary media).

Your learning on this unit

Successful students will:

1. be knowledgable about a significant cultural, historical or linguistic

subject related to the language they are studying;

1. will have advanced skills in the selection and synthesis of relevant

material;

1. be able to evaluate and analyse relevant material from a significant body

of source materials, usually in a foreign language, at an advanced level;

1. be able to respond to questions or problems by presenting their

independent judgements in an appropriate style and at an advanced level
of complexity;

1. be able to transfer these skills to other working environments, including

postgraduate study.

How you will learn

Learners will be involved in a variety of synchronous activities, mostly interactive with maximum use of the target language, but with attention devoted also to explaining the fundamentals of the Czech language structures. These activities will be supported and amplified by asynchronous e-learning opportunities and self-directed exercises.

How you will be assessed

• Two submitted pieces of coursework to test Translation into English incorporating reflective element where possible - 25% - assesses ILO 4
• Individual presentation / speaking exercise to assess Oral / Listening – 25% - assesses ILOs 1 and 2
• Timed online exam – to include Reading Comprehension / Guided Writing – 50% - assesses ILOs 1, 3 and 5

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. RUSS30070).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.