These are discussed in detail in class with a particular focus on the stylistic precision of translation equivalence. In addition unseen passages will also be translated in class. Some of the time is devoted to free conversation on topics of everyday life. Students are also required to read and discuss excerpts from the Czech press and literature. In Senior Honours the class prepares topics for degree examinations.
Students attend three or four hours of lectures and seminars per week.
They are expected to read more widely than the prescribed texts and are encouraged in the use of literary criticism, both in Czech and in English, to help them reach their own judgements. They are expected to present several seminar presentations per term as well as to submit a minimum of two essays per year. A list of prescribed texts will be provided at the beginning of each year as the selection may vary slightly depending on availability and on texts read in Czech Level 1 and Czech Level 2. The history course is taught over one year. It deals in detail with the development of the Czech state, Czech and Slovak nationhood as well as with the more recent events of Czech and Slovak history.