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Czech − Czech for Beginners
This course gives students a basic knowledge
of Czech language, culture and contemporary
Czech society. By the end of the year students
are expected to have a reasonably good level of
spoken Czech in a number of real-life situations
and to be able to read and write simple texts.
The class consists of two one and a half hour
sessions per week of grammar, listening and
reading comprehension and conversation.
The total number of contact hours is sixty-three
(
twenty-one weeks). At the end of the course
students have an option of a final written and
oral assessment, which may be one of the
entrance requirements in order to proceed to the
next level.
This course will normally run if there is a
minimum of twelve students enrolled for the
year.
How to apply
Application forms are available from the
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
either in hard copy or electronic form
. The
completed application form accompanied by
payment in the form of a personal cheque,
postal money order or bank draft, payable to
Trinity College no. 1 account, should be returned
by 19 September 2014.
Contact information: The Executive Officer,
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
room 5045, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
2.
Phone: 01 896 1896, email:
Fee
€690 payable in advance. This fee is non-
refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€480) is available to Trinity
College Dublin undergraduate students who are
not taking this course for ECTS credits, to Trinity
College Dublin postgraduate students with
a letter from their head of department or
supervisor indicating that they are required to
develop their Czech-language skills, and those
in receipt of a social welfare pension. If you are
unemployed or in receipt of a social welfare
payment, contact the facilitator in your local
social welfare office. You may be entitled to
certain assistance in funding. The number of
concession rate places in any given class is
restricted to twenty per cent. Payment must
accompany applications.
Course materials
Students are expected to obtain a course book
accompanied by an activity book and a CD
(
approximate cost is €40).
Time and place
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6.30 p.m. - 8 p.m., in
room 5051, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences on
Tuesday, 30 September 2014 and ends on
Thursday, 11 December 2014. Teaching in Hilary
term commences on Tuesday, 13 January 2015
and ends on Thursday, 2 April 2015. There is a
one week break in each term (3-7 November
2014
and 23-27 February 2015) when no
classes will take place.
Further information
See introductory paragraph under Slavonic
languages on page 58.
Czech –
Upper Intermediate Czech
This course is aimed at students who have
completed a beginners programme of thirty to
forty contact hours. Students’ placement in this
course may be based on an entrance test
(
written and oral). Dates and times of the test
will be advised on the course application form.
