Web resources
for Introductory Czech
Here
is a list of resources that I have collected for our first year Czech course at
UCLA, using the textbook Èestina hrou by Susan C. Kresin, Ilona
Koranova, Hope Subak-Kaspar and Filip Kaspar.
After a brief list of general resources, they are listed by
chapter.
If
you’d like to make any additional suggestions, please contact me at kresin@humnet.ucla.edu.
1. Basic information about the Czech Republic
www.mzv.cz/washington/ (Czech embassy
in Washington, D.C.)
2. Sites with a general focus on the Czech language
www.locallingo.com/countries/czech_republic/language
www.seelrc.org/langres/czech.php
www.slavic.ohio-state.edu/people/holdeman/czech/
3. Internet directories,
fonts, newspapers
Czech internet
directory: www.seznam.cz
Installing a Czech font
Windows: clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/fonts/wineelatin.html
Macintosh: clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/fonts/maceelatin.html
Online English language
newspaper: www.praguepost.cz
Online Czech newspaper: lidovky.cz
Unit 1: Introductions
and greetings
·
The
Czech alphabet, pronunciation
·
Czech names
·
The verb “to be”
·
Grammatical gender (masculine,
feminine, neuter)
·
Adjectives
·
The vocative case
Supplementary web resources
1. Pronunciation
www.locallingo.com/countries/czech_republic/language
à Pronunciation guide
Detailed explanation of
Czech phonetics, especially useful for linguists
www.ff.cuni.cz/departments/fu/jh/jh-czndx.html
2. Vocabulary
Greetings, with audio files
www.locallingo.com/countries/czech_republic/language
à Phrasebook à Greetings
Brief article about Czech
greetings: www.radio.cz à Living Czech à April 23, 1999
Colors, with audio files
www.locallingo.com/countries/czech_republic/language
à Phrasebook à Colors
3. Czech names
Brief articles about Czech
names
www.radio.cz à Living Czech à July 30, 1999 (names)
August 6, 1999
(surnames)
Name days, listed monthly;
alphabetical listing of dimunitives
www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_culture/czech_name_days/index.html
4. Grammar: The vocative case
Vocative case overview: www.seelrc.org/casebooks/CzechVocative.pdf
Brief article about the
vocative case: www.radio.cz ---> Living Czech ---> April
30, 1999
Unit 2:
Nationalities and languages
·
Talking about your ethnic background and the languages
you speak
·
Verbs:
The present tense
·
Demonstrative modifiers ten, ta, to
·
Nominative plural
·
Readings: Slavic
languages
Languages that Czech
typically speak
Czech and Slovak movies
Supplementary web resources
1. Vocabulary:
nationalities
Brief article about words
for various nationalities in Czech
www.radio.cz à Living Czech language (June 18, 1999)
Self-correcting vocabulary
exercise (nationalities): bama.ua.edu/~adrozd/czech/index.htm
2. Grammar: Verb
conjugation
Self-correcting exercise: bama.ua.edu/~adrozd/czech/index.htm
3. Grammar:
Nominative plural
Song by Vltava, with audio file (“Všichni lžou”)
http://polyesterday.cz/vltava-beat/frame-audio.htm
à
Vzpomínka na mládí, Všichni lžou
4.
Czech film: www.cfn.cz
Animated film: www.animation.cz
Chapter 3:
Food
·
Talking
about food, cooking, and eating in restaurants
·
The
accusative case
·
Verbs
of knowing
·
Negation
·
Time
expressions (days of the week, parts of a day)
·
Readings: Czech
meals
Czech families
In a Czech pub
Supplementary web resources
1. Vocabulary
a. Food
Self-correcting exercises: bama.ua.edu/~adrozd/czech/index.htm
Bohemica.com à Games à Food Pexeso
(Concentration)
www.seelrc.org/langres/czech.php
à Games for language practice à Menu fun
Article on Czech cuisine: www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_culture/czech_cuisine.html
Brief articles on Czech cuisine, desserts, beer: www.radio.cz à Living Czech (August 13, 1999, September 10, 1999, May 21, 1999)
Some Czech restaurants: www.pruvodce.com/restaurace
b. Family (self-correcting exercise): bama.ua.edu/~adrozd/czech/index.htm
c. Days of the week
(self-correcting exercise): http://fol4930-02.sp01.fsu.edu/week_page.htm
2. Grammar: The accusative
case
Verbs that take the
accusative case (self-correcting exercises)
http://fol4930-02.sp01.fsu.edu/matchingverbs_page.htm
http://fol4930-02.sp01.fsu.edu/perceptionverbs_page.htm
Accusative case
personal pronouns (self-correcting
exercise)
http://fol4930-02.sp01.fsu.edu/accusativepronouns_page.htm
Accusative case overview: www.seelrc.org/casebooks/CzechAccusative.pdf
Chapter 4:
Cities
·
Talking
about where you live
·
The
locative case
·
Verbs: The past tense
·
Readings: Prague
Brno
Supplementary web resources
1. Websites relating to Prague: www.pis.cz/c/index.html (Prague Information Service)
www.net-cities.com/virtual/praha/
(virtual tour)
lava.ds.arch.tue.nl/gallery/praha/
2. City of
Brno website: www.brno-city.cz
3.
Vocabulary
Sites in Prague, other city
vocabulary, with audio files
www.locallingo.com/countries/czech_republic/language/lessons/sightseeing.html
4. Grammar:
The locative case
Singular nouns in the
locative case (self-correcting exercise)
http://fol4930-02.sp01.fsu.edu/czechlocative_page.htm
Singular nouns and
adjectives in the locative case (self-correcting exercise)
http://fol4930-02.sp01.fsu.edu/czechlocadj_page.htm
Locative versus accusative
(self-correcting exercise)
http://fol4930-02.sp01.fsu.edu/locaccex_page.htm
Locative case overview: www.seelrc.org/casebooks/CzechLocative.pdf
Chapter 5:
Free time
·
Talking
about how you spend your free time
·
Aspect
·
The
future tense
·
Modal
verbs: Expressing wants, needs and
obligations
·
Verbs
of liking
·
Readings: Two
Czech folktales
Supplementary web resources
1. Sports in the Czech
Republic
www.czech.cz à Leisure à Sport
Texts
in English about popular Czech sports, Sokol, Czech participation in the
Olympics
Information
about where to do sports in the Czech Republic (focus on Prague) and on
sports
organizations in the Czech Republic
www.olympic.cz à Historie