Methodological supervision of teaching Czech for foreigners

• methodological coordination in accordance with European trends in foreign language teaching

• testing of new teaching materials and their evaluation, organising demonstration lessons

• monitoring and evaluation of teaching

• coordination and supervision of methodologists of Czech as a Foreign Language (CFL)

Lifelong education of teachers in the Czech Republic

• two-semester course for teaching Czech as a Foreign Language (CFL)

• one-week intensive course for beginning teachers of CFL

• promotion of European language standards, presentation and use of reference levels in teaching CFL

• organising professional seminars and workshops

• assistance to CFL teachers

• methodological audits and inspections in external institutions

• cooperation with other domestic institutions and organisations involved in

  teaching CFL and working with foreigners, migrants and children with a different mother tongue

  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

  • Integration Centre Prague

  • National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech Republic

  • META - Association for Opportunities of Young Migrants

  • and others.

Methodological support and training for institutions abroad

MPC cooperates with other institutions and organizations involved in teaching Czech as a foreign language and working with Czechs living abroad

• Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

• House of Foreign Cooperation

• Czech Centres

• Czech Schools without Borders

• Foreign universities with Bohemian studies

MPC is a contact point and support centre for teachers from all over the world and it offers them:

• methodological symposium on teaching Czech as a foreign language for teachers abroad

• methodological course on Czech as a foreign language for teachers from compatriot communities

• one-semester methodological course in teaching Czech as a foreign language

• meetings of teachers of Czech as a foreign language from all over the world and the Czech Republic

• professional assistance and training in the form of consultations, seminars and tailor-made workshops

• cooperation in the development of teaching materials and their piloting

• methodological audits and inspections

Scientific and research activity

• participation in professional linguistic and linguodidactic conferences

• representation in grant projects both domestic and foreign

• publishing articles in professional domestic and foreign periodicals

• organization of international seminars and conferences

Cooperation in the development of ILPS

• training of the staff of ILPS CU who teach Czech as a foreign language

  • workshopy 

  • inspections in classes and targeted feedback

  • syllabus supervision

  • individual consultations

• cooperation with methodologists of specialized subjects and implementing Czech in teaching these subjects

• close cooperation with individual ILPS CU centres

• creation of teaching and supplementary materials for classes in ILPS CU centres