A2 - Pre-intermediate
Main teaching material
Česky krok za krokem
Division of the course
A2-I (units 13 - 16)
A2-II (units 17 - 20)
A2-III (units 21 - 24)
Student's profile
Student rozumí základním frázím a umí komunikovat v jednoduchých situacích a vyjadřovat se v jednoduchých větách.
Aim of the course
At the end of level A2, the student will be able to understand basic life situations, will be able to use basic phrases for elementary telephone conversations, will be able to call for help, make an appointment with a doctor, ask for directions and can describe directions, book a restaurant, hotel room etc… The student will be able to carry out a simple social conversation on topics such as family, hobbies, job, interests, culture, weather, plans for the future and wishes. Student will be able to decipher important information in simple texts such as in a program, leaflet, menu, advertisement, newspapers or time table. Student will be able to write a simple formal and informal mail, write an advertisement and a CV.
Content of the course A2 - I
Topics
- Character and personality
- Excuses, wishes and polite requests
- Weather and seasons
- Interesting places in the Czech Republic
- Museums and exhibitions
- Technology and communication
- Telephone conversations, emails and messages
- Clothing and fashion
- Shopping for clothes
Vocabulary
- Character traits
- Weather and seasons
- Expressions for polite requests and giving advice
- Telephone and email communication
- Computer and internet vocabulary
- Clothing and fashion
- Shopping for clothes
- Phrases with mít rád, líbit se and chutnat
Grammar
- Conditional mood
- Conditional sentences with Kdyby…
- Giving advice with Měl by… and Co mám dělat?
- Adjectives vs adverbs
- Forming adverbs
- Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
- Past tense of verbs ending in -nout
- Dative singular
- Verbs and prepositions with dative
- Short and long forms of personal pronouns
Content of the course A2 - II
Topics
- Services and repairs
- Life stages and relationships
- Talking about life experiences
- Parents and children
- Giving advice and instructions
- Cooking and recipes
- Healthy eating and diets
- Quantities and measurements
- Ordering services
Vocabulary
- Services and trades
- Relationships
- Life stages
- Expressions for giving instructions
- Cooking and food preparation
- Units of measurement
- Words expressing quantity
- Friendly and informal expressions
- Time expressions
Grammar
- Instrumental singular
- Prepositions with the accusative and instrumental
- Declension of interrogative pronouns (kdo, co)
- Declension of indefinite and negative pronouns (něco, někdo, nic,
- nikdo)
- Relative pronoun který
- Verbs with the instrumental and the preposition s/se
- Verbs with the locative
- Imperative
- Clauses with aby
- Vocative singular
- Expressing advice with aby, ať and že
- Diminutives
- Partitive genitive
- Possessive genitive
- Genitive plural
- Case forms after numerals
Content of the course A2 - III
Topics
- Animals and the zoo
- Looking for a job
- Job interviews
- At the workplace
- Culture and the arts
- Famous Czech personalities
- Czech history and landmarks
- Czech culture and traditions
- Standard and spoken Czech
Vocabulary
- Animals and their traits
- Job search and employment
- Workplace communication
- Expressions for polite requests
- Arts and culture
- Theatre and cultural programmes
- Czech landmarks and history
- Everyday spoken Czech
Grammar
- Polite requests with (Ne)mohl bys/te…
- Animate masculine nouns in the nominative and accusative plural
- Neuter plural pattern (kuře)
- Possessive pronoun svůj/svoje
- Comparison of adverbs
- Ordinal numbers
- Reflexive verbs with se and si
- Reflexive passive
- Relative pronoun který
- Review of singular case forms
- Standard Czech vs spoken Czech
