Degrees with Czech
At Sheffield, you can combine Czech with the study of one or two other modern foreign languages (Russian, Spanish, German or French).
You start the study of Czech from scratch here at Sheffield, and by the end of your course you can achieve the fluency necessary to live and work in the Czech Republic and to use Czech in your professional life.
You also get a grounding in the rich history and culture of the Czech lands.
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Language classes
At Sheffield, we focus on acquiring language for communicative competence, and on language situated in its cultural context. Each year, your course will be team-taught by native speakers and non-native speakers, and will use a variety of innovative materials for the study of language and culture that have been developed right here at Sheffield.
Structure
The degree structure is split over three levels, with a year abroad between levels 2 and 3. In other words, it is a four-year course.
You spend your first year acquiring the basics of Czech grammar and conversational skills, and learning about Czech history through seminar work. The second year focuses on giving you the communicative skills for the Year Abroad and getting you to read and discuss texts in Czech. In your third year, you´ll spend a semester in either Prague or Brno on our Erasmus exchange, and in your fourth year your language course will explore the different varieties and levels of Czech.
Many students take advantage of Czech summer school scholarships, offered to us by the Czech Ministry of Education, which pay the entire cost of attending a three- or four-week course in one of the Czech Republic´s major cities.
You can find out how each level is structured on the following pages: