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PG Advanced Czech Language will build on the work of the PG Intermediate Czech language class. It will provide students with advanced Czech writing, translation, and oral skills (Level B2/C1 of the CEFRL).

The course comprises 3x1 hour classes weekly over both semesters as scheduled on MyCampus.
The classes will comprise a weekly grammar workshop; composition/oral in the target language; translation into English.
Week 6 will be dedicated to guided independent study.

Standard entry to Masters at College level.

Knowledge of Czech equivalent to that acquired after successful completion of PG Intermediate Czech.

CZECH4038

CZECH3002

None

The standard assessments for this course are: 

■ Written Exam (2 hours) - 30% 

■ Oral Exam (15mins) - 25% 

■ Assessed Language Exercises (throughout sem 1&2) - 25% 

■ Portfolio - Made up of 1000 words written work based on exercises to be agreed between student and convenor - 20% 

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available: 

■ There is no alternative to the Written Exam but extra time and/or a separate room may be offered as an alternative assessment (students should follow the usual process for examination adjustments). 

■ Oral Exam (15 minutes) - Invigilated online oral exam.

■ There is no alternative to the Assessed Language Exercises nor the Portfolio but extensions to the deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.  

The course aims to:

■ Further expand students' existing skills of the target language already acquired at PG Intermediate Czech language.

■ Ensure students can understand, read, write and speak the language at post-intermediate level, which is broadly equivalent to B2/C1 within the Common European Framework of Reference of Languages.

■ Ensure students can use the target language with ease in everyday situations and professional environments.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Read, comprehend, analyse, and translate intermediate-level and some advanced-level texts of a variety of styles in the target language.

■ Speak with confidence and present ideas effectively in the target language on a range of topics reflecting work done on the course, using appropriate register, intonation, and a wide range of structures and idioms.

■ Respond accurately and with confidence to questions posed both orally and in writing, using advanced grammatical structures of the target language accurately and appropriately.

■ Produce texts written in the target language that show an active commend of vocabulary, grammar and idiom at an advanced level reflecting the work contained in the course materials.