CZECH ONLINE – Czech as a Foreign Language for Specific Purposes Erasmus Project

Project Title

CZECH ONLINE – Czech as a Foreign Language for Specific Purposes

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Migrants’ issues; Access for disadvantaged; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

The project “CZECH ONLINE – Czech as a Foreign Language for Specific Purposes” originated at the Masaryk University in Brno in the Czech Republic and builds on the successful project from 2013-2015 called CZKey – Online Platform for Learning Medical Czech. Project was funded under LLP Leonardo da Vinci / Transfer of Innovations programme and was awarded the European Language Award Label 2017 and the “Seal of Quality 2013” award for project implementation. The main project outputs are available at www.mluvtecesky.net.
The project initiators are trying to build on the previous project, which was focused only on medical Czech. The Medical Czech module will be fundamentally innovated and two more specific modules Czech for Lawyers and Czech for Economists and Traders will be added to the project’s essential outputs. Furthermore, the Language Tandem module, which is an innovative element in language teaching, will be newly created. The project will be useful in teaching non-native speakers of the Czech language. The language portal will be available in Czech, English, Polish and German.
Universities and organisations from the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria are involved in the project. In the field of tertiary education, it is the Language Centre of Masaryk University, which is the main coordinator of the project, partner universities are Silesian University in Katowice from Poland and Fachhochschule Burgenland from Eisenstadt in Austria. CASAJC (Czech and Slovak Association of Language Centres) and Formata also participate in the project. In particular, CASAJC through its network of language centres in the Czech Republic and Slovakia will provide dissemination of information about the project and its key outputs. Formata, a graphic studio, programs the web portal and guarantees its timeliness and modern conception corresponding to the latest trends in world web design.
The aim of the project is to make available to students interested in studying Czech, especially in the areas of medical, social and nursing services, legal services, and in the economic and commercial areas, free online learning material without the need of any additional funds. In this way, a student interested in Czech can acquire knowledge with which he / she will be able to successfully pass the entrance examination for a university in Czech and thus obtain formal education free of charge. The main fundamental outputs of the project are the creation of modules of medical Czech, Czech for lawyers and business and economic Czech. The portal, whose study will also be possible from mobile phones, aims also to reach out to those outside formal education and thus help them to integrate into society. It can also be used for teaching Czech to primary school students and high school students who come from non-Czech families. It is also applicable to professionals in their respective fields who seek recognition in their fields.
An integral part of the project are also multiplication activities planned so that the main multipliers and the target group are regularly informed about the progress of the production of essential outputs, the possibility of networking and communication with experts. The portal will be available indefinitely, its activation on the Internet is not restricted, either for individuals or language teachers. With regard to long-term sustainability, the essential outputs are planned in a timely manner, not linked to specific dates or events.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 253260 Eur

Project Coordinator

Masarykova univerzita & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• FACHHOCHSCHULE BURGENLAND GMBH
• The Czech and Slovak Association of Language Centres in Higher Education/Česká a slovenská asociace učitelů jazykových center na vysokých školách
• UNIWERSYTET SLASKI
• Formata v.o.s.