CZECH LANGUAGE COURSES

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Why learn Czech with the Czech Centre?
About the Courses

Levels
Course outline
How to enrol?
Dates & Price
Terms & Conditions
Location and contact
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Why learn Czech with the Czech Centre?

• We organise courses for all levels – beginners, intermediate and advanced
• Lessons are tutored by fully qualified, experienced native speakers
• Our lecturer will asses the level of your communicative skills and suggests the right course level for you
• All courses take place in the Czech Centre’s office in Central London near Oxford Circus
• We offer very competitive prices and concessions for students, unemploeyd and retired people
• Our additional services and facilities (cultural events, library, videolibrary) make learning Czech even more fun!

About the Courses

• Courses are divided into Beginners, Lower Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and Advance Courses
• Each course consists of three terms starting in September, January and April
• Each term consists of either 12 or 10 two-hours lessons
• All classes are held once a week on a weekday Monday – Thursday from 6.30 to 8.30pm
• Average number of students per group is 8 with a maximum of 15 students
• Course materials: Communicative Czech, New Czech Step by Step. Our teachers use additional materials according to the actual needs of students.
• The aim is to teach students effective communication in Czech in everyday situations and involve in communication all participants

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Levels

Beginners Course

This is the course for complete beginners with no previous knowledge of the language or its grammatical structure. It serves as an introduction to the language and covers basic survival skills. By the end of the course (3^rd term) students will be able to communicate in a number of practical everyday situations.

Lower Intermediate

For students who have some knowledge and practice of the language and wish to extend their range of basic skills. By the end of the course students will be able to communicate on many everyday matters related to the life and culture of the country.

Upper Intermediate

For students who have a good basic knowledge of the language. By the end of the course students will be able to converse reasonably fluently with native speakers and discuss personal, social and current issues, using appropriate grammatical structures.

Advanced Course

For those with a good command of the language and its main grammatical structures who wish to hone their conversational skills and perfect their grammar. 

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Course outline

Czech Beginners

Course book: Lida Hola - New Czech Step by Step

Czech Beginners Ia

Level: Complete beginners; no previous knowledge required

Chapters: 1 –3/4

Topics: Introduction to the language: Who am I? Introductions, my family, shopping, daily routine.

Grammar: Pronunciation: Czech sounds and the Czech alphabet; ; genders – nouns, adjectives; to be; possessive pronouns; present tense; time; numbers, locative singular

Now you know: how to count and spell; exchange greetings; talk about yourself and your family; buy food over the counter; tell the time and describe daily routine; say where things are.

Czech Beginners Ib

Level: Students should have completed the previous course Beginners Ia or have an equivalent knowledge (to be able to construct simple sentences using the present tense of verbs)

Chapters: 4 – 6/7

Topics: Shopping, restaurant; likes and dislikes; directions, transport, telephone.

Grammar: introduction of locative case, accusative of nouns and adjectives, past tense, modal verbs.

Now you can: get by with shopping; use telephone; order food and drinks in a restaurant; express likes and dislikes; give and ask for directions, talk about the past.

Czech Beginners Ic

Level: Students should have completed the previous courses Beginners Ia and Ib or have an equivalent knowledge (to be able to speak about themselves and their families in present and in past and get by in everyday situations in shops and restaurants using  simple grammatical constructions.)

Chapters: 7 – 9/10

Topics: advertisements, hobbies, parts of the body, at the doctor’s, travelling

Grammar: indefinite and negative pronouns and adverbs; future tense; accusative and nominative plural; verb ‘to know’, multiple negative, genitive singular. 

Now you know: how to talk about your hobbies; write advertisements; describe people; plan your future, talk about your health and travelling.

Czech Lower Intermediate Ia

Course book: New Czech Step by Step by Lida Hola

Level: Students should have completed the full Beginners course (3 terms) or have an equivalent knowledge (approximately 60 hours of teaching/learning) and be able to communicate in everyday situations.
Chapters: 10 – 12/13

Topics: travelling, cooking, house work, directions

Grammar: genitive singular, prepositions, practice from – to with time, future tense, perfective and imperfective verbs, come and leave, prefixes

Now you know: how make travel plans, how to say that something belongs to someone, how to plan your pre-Christmas cleaning

Czech Lower Intermediate Ic

Course book: Communicative Czech Elementary Czech by Ivana Bednarova – Magdalena Pintarova

Level: Students should have completed Lower Intermediate Ib or have an equivalent knowledge. For more detailed information and assessment please contact the Czech Centre.

Chapters: 11 – 12

Topics: a new job, CV, services, parts of the body

Grammar: Instrumental singular, revision

Now you know all seven cases, you can talk about your body, get by at the doctor’s and apply for a job.

Upper Intermediate I

Course book: Lida Hola, Pavla Borilova Česky krok za krokem 2 / Czech Step by Step 2

Level: A1 towards A2

Students should have completed the course book Czech Step by Step 1 or Communicative Czech Elementary Czech or have an equivalent knowledge. For more detailed information and assessment please contact the Czech Centre.

When deciding on the level to apply for, use the self-evaluation help table based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.  See http://www.linguanet-europa.org/pdfs/self-assessment-grid-en.pdf

Chapters:  5 - 7

Topics: job (description, adverts, interview, CV,), celebrations (national holidays, birthday), collections

Grammar: instrumental case, dative case, acusative case

Czech Upper Intermediate II

Course book: Lida Hola, Pavla Borilova Česky krok za krokem 2 / Czech Step by Step 2

Level: A2 towards B1

Students should have completed the course book Czech Step by Step 1 or Communicative Czech Elementary Czech or have an equivalent knowledge. For more detailed information and assessment please contact the Czech Centre.

When deciding on the level to apply for, use the self-evaluation help table based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.  See http://www.linguanet-europa.org/pdfs/self-assessment-grid-en.pdf

Chapters:  5 - 7

Topics: job (description, adverts, interview, CV,), celebrations (national holidays, birthday), collections

Grammar: instrumental case, dative case, acusative case

Czech Advanced

Course material to be brought in by the teacher.

Level: B2

For students who have completed all previous courses or have equivalent knowledge and conversational skills.

When deciding on the level to apply for, use the self-evaluation help table based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.  See http://www.linguanet-europa.org/pdfs/self-assessment-grid-en.pdf

The focus of this course is to improve on existing knowledge and conversational skills. Themes and topics to reflect students‘ needs. Individual course programme. 

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How to enrol?

If you decide to take a Czech course with us, call us or come to the Czech Centre so that we can help you to choose the most suitable course level.

You can register either in person at the Czech Centre’s reception or by completing the enrolment form and sending it to the Czech Centre together with full payment before the set deadline.  You can download the enrolment form here.

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Dates & Price

Autumn term 2010: 20 September - 16 December 2010

Enrolment runs until Friday 10 September 2010

Duration: 12 weeks; 24 hours

The cost:  ₤160 per term, concessions ₤130

Enrolment form

Courses:

Beginners 1a

(Complete beginners)   

22 September - 15 December 2010
6.30-8.30 pm
Lessons: on Wednesdays

Beginners 1c
(3rd term, tutor Terezie Holmerová)
23 September - 16 December 2010
6.30-8.30 pm

Lessons: on Thursdays

Lower Intermediate 1a
(1st term, tutor Dana Peerless)
23 September - 16 December 2010
6.30-8.30 pm

Lessons: on Thursdays

Lower Intermediate 1c
(3rd term, tutor Lucie Janikova)
21 September - 14 December 2010
6.30-8.30 pm
Lessons: on Tuesdays

Upper Intermediate I
(tutor Renata Clark)
22 September - 15 December 2010
6.30-8.30 pm
Lessons: on Wednesdays
 
Upper Internediate II
(tutor Renata Clark)
21 September - 13 December
6.30-8.30 pm 
Lessons: on Mondays except of 21 Sep (Tuesday)

Advanced
(tutor Zdena Svěráková)
27 September - 13 December
6.30-8.30 pm
Lessons: on Mondays

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Terms & Conditions

These courses or courses on request will open if there is 6 or more students, in which case the cost of £160 applies and concessions of £130 are available. If there is less students the Czech Centre might consider opening the course but the price will be £180 with no concessions. You can register either in person at the Czech Centre or by completing an enrolment form and sending it to the Czech Centre, 13 Harley Street, London W1G 9QG together with full payment. Please note that to enrol we must receive your enrolment form as well as payment before the set deadline.

Cancellations and refunds 

Our classes are planned for a limited number of students. For this reason we regret that fees are not refundable once a course has started and that no partial refund can be granted for classes not attended. The Czech Centre cannot accept any responsibility for unforeseen changes in student’s circumstances that may prevent attendance. Fees will be refunded if a course is cancelled or closed due to an insufficient number of students or for any other reason beyond our control.

Please note:

Fees are exclusive of books.

We regret that we cannot accept payment of fees by instalment.

The Czech Centre is closed on Bank Holidays. However, courses which fall on these dates will be rescheduled accordingly.

The right is reserved to refuse admission.

Students are kindly requested to refrain from smoking while on the premises.

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Location and contact

Address

Czech Centre

13 Harley Street

London W1G 9QG

Transport links

Tube: Oxford Circus (Central , Bakerloo and Victoria line)

Buses: 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 25, 55, 73, 88, 94, 98, 113, 137, 139, 159, 176, 189, 390, 453, C2

Office hours

Mon – closed to the public

Tue – Fri: 10am – 6pm

Tel.: 0207 307 5180

E-mail info@czechcentre.org.uk

For further information please contact Ms Renata Clark

tel. 020 7 307 5182, clarkova@czechcentre.org.uk

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