Program:

The focus of the lessons is five teaching hours in the morning and consists of an intensive language course, special seminars and lectures.

Three types of language courses are available:

intensive course for complete beginners based on English or German (on condition of sufficient interest),

a course for pre-intermediate students - two hours of basic Czech, two hours of conversation and a one-hour special course every day; lessons are in Czech,

a course for intermediate, advanced and very advanced students – two hours of basic language instruction followed by a one-hour special seminar dedicated to translation and stylistics, two hours of Czech linguistics, literature, history, ethnography, etc.

In the afternoons, Summer School students can attend linguistics and literature seminars, lexical‑stylistic exercises, seminar on interpretation of a literary text and informal seminars on music, history of art, history of Brno, etc. Beginners I and II have the opportunity to attend additional lessons of linguistic exercises in order to develop the knowledge they have attained in their morning lessons. A special linguistic and literary seminar has been prepared for the most advanced students. The recreational part of the programme offers singing, dance lessons, and relaxation exercises. Evenings are reserved for presentations of Czech films.

The programme also includes day-long excursions to places of historical interest in the Czech Republic. For those interested, the Department of Czech for Foreigners is prepared to organize individual work in archives and libraries or individual consultations with professors and other staff from the Faculty of Arts.

Organization:

The Summer School is open to holders of scholarship granted by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on the basis of bilateral cultural agreements (see Ministry scholarship) as well as to self-paying participants.

Classes take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. Fridays are reserved for excursions. Sunday is a day off.

Participants will be staying in the university summer hotel. Catering takes place in the form of half board (breakfast + lunch) from Monday to Saturday.

Price

Standard price includes: registration fee, tuition fee, meals (half board) and costs associated with excursions, accommodation 39 000 CZK

Reduced price

includes: registration fee, tuition fee, meals (half board) and costs associated with excursions

doesn't include: accommodation 30 000 CZK

The non-refundable registration fee is 4 000 CZK.

The remainder (i.e. 35 000 CZK in the case of standard price, or 26 000 CZK in the case of reduced price) may be either transferred to the same account (see below) or paid in cash (in CZK), after the participant's arrival at the Summer School, to the treasurer at the Summer School Office.

Applicants who require a visa must pay the course fee (standard or reduced price) in full beforehand.

For more information: https://kabcest.phil.muni.cz/en/courses/summer-school