Czech 101-Čeština 101

Instructor: Petr Barton Office: Social Sciences 1 Phone: 555-#### Email: pbarton at the usual Web Page: pbarton Office Hours: TBA and by appointment Class meets: MWF 10:30-11:20 Cobb 101 Drill/Conversation Group Esther Peters Email: empeters at the usual Tu 12:30-1:20 Cobb 110 Czech Quick Links Next Czech Table: WED October 20, 3:30-4:45 Syllabus (HTML) Course Description (HTML) Czech Homework Assignments Chapter 2, Part 1 Chapter 2, Part 2 Chapter 3, Part 1 Chapter 3, Part 2 Chapter 4, Part 1 Chapter 4, Part 2 Czech Multimedia Czech Handouts Czech Vocabulary Czech News & Commentary Lidové Noviny Mladá Fronta DNES Respekt Katolický Týdeník Metro

Czech 103 Syllabus 2004

Czech Handouts

1. Glossary of useful terms and The Most Important "Words" in Czech
2. Introduction to Czech Case
3. Preparation Sheet for Declension Quiz
4. Czech Idealized Paradigm Charts
5. Introduction to Verb conjugation, tenses, and aspect
6. WHITE 6 Handout
7. RED 5, part 1 Handout
8. RED 5, part 2 Handout
9. Intro to GEN case meanings
10. Intro to Verbs of Motion
11. More coming soon...

Vocabulary

Master Vocabulary List for Autumn 2004
Master Vocabulary List for Winter 2005
Master Vocabulary List for Spring 2005

Czech Homework Assignments

1. Chapter 2, Part 1
2. Chapter 2, Part 2
3. Chapter 3, Part 1
4. Chapter 3, Part 2
5. Chapter 4, Part 1
6. Chapter 4, Part 2

Czech Dictionaries

If you can find them, I recommend:
1. Kapesní Anglicko-Český Česko-Anglický Slovník. 1996. Praha: Nakladatelství KPS.
2. Slovník spisovné češtiny (pro školu a veřejnost). Praha: Academia.
3. Fronek, Josef. Česko-Anglický Slovník. 1993. Praha: Státní Pedagogické Nakladatelství.
On-line you can try:
1. www.seznam.cz

Excerpts from Harry Potter taken from the Czech children's bookstore Albatros

Read the excerpts from Harry Potter!

Listen to Czech Radio on the internet:

Many stations of live Český rozhlas at: http://www.rozhlas.cz
This is an especially good site with written articles to accompany the spoken interviews and stories so you can read along while you listen.

RadioŽurnal - hudba, diskuse, atd (music, discussions, etc.)
Praha -současná hudba, zprávy, a počasí (contemporary music, news, weather)
Vltava -klasická hudba, zprávy, a počasí (classical music, news, weather)
Rádio Svobodná Evropa -
Český Rozhlas Regina -
Český Rozhlas Výročí - portraits (text, audio, and pictures) of famous Czechs and world figures

Czech Newspapers and News sites

Lidové Noviny - main Czech newspaper
Mladá Fronta DNES - the other main Czech newspaper
Metro - free Czech daily newspaper you can pick up on the metro
others...

Czechs in Chicago

Take a look at Petr Hluštík's web page for information about Czech restaurants, stores, etc. in Chicago .

Other Czech web sites for students

Czech web pages at UNC-CH
Want to know more about Czech Cases? See Janda and Clancy's draft version of The Case Book for Czech
Not yet available without a password: Czech Songs at UNC-CH
Czech Resources at Brown University
On-Line Czech Anthology at Brown University

Spend a summer studying Czech in Prague

Summer Prague University , Charles University, Prague
Two U of C students in Summer 2002 and Summer 2003 and one in Summer 2004 attended this program with great success!

Novelty Item

Czech out this Czech Clock. Learn how to tell time in Czech. [NOTE: Requires Shockwave plug-in.]

Czech Search Engines

www.seznam.cz
www.quick.cz (formerly www.trafika.cz)
others...