Language courses
Survival Czech Course
Free course offered to Erasmus students
This is a short four days' course organized during the orientation week. It's intended for real beginners to teach them basic phrases, to let them understand regards, requests, formulate simple questions used in an everyday contact with Czech people.
To participate in the Survival Czech Course students have to register in advance, a registration form is sent to all students.
Participants of the survival course are offered to continue in a semester course.
Further details may be obtained from:
Mgr. Darina Hradilová, PhD.
The Department of Czech Studies
Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University Olomouc
e-mail: darina.hradilova(at)upol.cz
www.kb.upol.cz
Czech Language Course
Palacký University offers to Erasmus students a Course of Czech for Foreigners during the academic year for free. The course starts at the beginning of each semester. Students are divided into courses according to their knowledge. To evaluate your knowledge and to assign you to a course on an appropriate level, you will be asked to write a placement test. There are always courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners. Students who regularly attend the course, fulfill academic requirements and pass a final exam are granted 5 credits for the semester course.
Up-to-date information regarding placement test, teachers, classrooms etc. is provided during the orientation week.
Apart of Czech courses specially designed for Erasmus exchange students, there are tailor-made Czech courses for prospective international students organized by the Centre of Distance Learning of the Philosophical Faculty.
Further details may be obtained from:
Mgr. Darina Hradilová, PhD.
The Department of Czech Studies
Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University Olomouc
e-mail: darina.hradilova(at)upol.cz
www.kb.upol.cz
Czech for Foreigners
The courses of Czech language for foreigners are organized by the Department of the Distance Learning, which is a part of the Philosophical Faculty. The Department of Czech Studies (http://kb.upol.cz/czech-for-foreigners) guarantees professional Czech language education for foreigners at Palacky University; a field guarantee: Mgr. Darina Hradilová, PhD. (darina.hradilova(at)upol.cz). The courses are taught in English, German, Russian and Czech languages. The Department is able to offer you a large variety of courses according to your specific demands. The Basic Czech Course aims to quickly provide a communicative competence in Czech. You will be provided with textbooks and other teaching materials. At the end of your course you can take a Certificate Exam specifying the level of your knowledge at levels recognised within the EU. You´ll also get University certificate of graduation of life – long learning programme.
One year Intensive Language Course for students intending to study at Palacky University
The lessons and the cost are shared among 4–8 students if they apply together for the same level of course. The Course is suitable for complete Beginners, ”False“ beginners, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced students.
two semesters - 25 lessons a week - 590 lessons a year
CZK 87.000 /a student
Application:
FF UP Olomouc reserves the right to accept or deny an applied student at Czech for foreigners Course.
For further information please contact:
Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University, Olomouc
Centre for Distance Learning
Mgr. Veronika Glogarová
ICV FF UP
Tř. Svobody 26, 771 80 Olomouc - Czech Republic
E-mail: veronika.glogarova(at)upol.cz; tel. +420 585 633 476
Summer School of Slavonic Languages
The Summer School of Slavonic Languages (SSSL) at the Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc organizes courses of Czech language for foreigners and also other courses in Slavonic languages, Russian language or Polish language in particular, for students from other countries. The Summer School is designed for professors, senior lecturers, lectors and students of Czech language and literature or Slavonic studies, translators, journalists and people from the general public interested in Czech language, literature, history, and culture. The programme comprises also courses for beginners. English and Czech are communicative languages used according to students’ level. The lessons are complemented with additional events – film club, theatre workshop, workshop of folklore dances, two one-day trips and a weekend trip to Prague, etc.
More on http://lsss.upol.cz/en/
