Czech Republic: Presentation for the European Study Visit 2013-189-ES (Catalonia, Spain), "Language learning spaces: diversity and transversality". Author Sarka Jezcova. Visit the web: http://blocs.xtec.cat/cataloniastudyvisit2013languagelearning/report/

1. CZECH REPUBLIC
LANGUAGE LEARNING
POLICIES

2. BASIC SCHOOL: 807 950
SECONDARY SCHOOL: 474 409
UNIVERSITY: 392 429
PUPILS AND STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS

3. THE SYSTEM OF CURRICULAR
DOCUMENTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
OTHER FEPs*
RVP*
SCHOOL
LEVEL
STATE
LEVEL
SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
FRAMEWORK EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
FEP PSE FEP BE
Annex
FEP PE MMD
FEP GE
FEP STVE
NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME

4. TO FORM, SHAPE AND DEVELOP
PUPILS’ KEY COMPETENCIES
Framework Education Programme level School Education Programme level
Key competencies
Aims of basic education Educational strategy of the school
Aims of the educational areas Educational strategy of the subjects
Educational content Syllabus
Expected outcomes Detailed outcomes
Subject matter Subject matter

5. FRAMEWORK CURRICULUM
TIMETABLE
Basic Education Secondary Education
Educational Area Educational Field
Stage 1 Stage 2
Grades 1 – 5 Grades 6 - 9
Minimum time allotment
Language and
Communication
through Language
Czech Language
and Literature
35 15
12
Foreign Language 9 12 12
Second Foreign Language 8* 12
*The school is obligated to offer pupils at stage 2 (no later than by grade 8) six hours of instruction in Another
Foreign Language. Pupils who do not elect Another Foreign Language must choose from other electives, using
the same amount of time allotment

6. TEACHING PUPILS WITH SPECIAL
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
health disabilities and physical
disadvantages:
•observe health aspects and respect
the pupil’s individuality and needs;
•enable the use of all supporting
measures during the pupil’s education;
•apply the principle of the
differentiation and individualization of
the educational process when
organizing activities and determining
educational content, forms and
methods;
•provide specialists for teaching subjects
of special educational care;
•promote pupils’ gifts and talent by
providing the appropriate educational
offer
socially disadvantegd:
•individual or group attention;
•preparatory classes;
•the aid of an assistant teacher;
•smaller number of pupils per classroom;
•corresponding methods and forms of
work;
•specific textbooks and materials;
•regular communication and feedback;
•cooperation with a psychologist,
special education teacher – child
behavioural psychologist, social worker
or other specialists

7. TEACHING EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED
CHILDREN
• individual education plans;
• complementing, expanding and deepening the
educational content;
• assigning specific assignments;
• including pupils into independent and more extensive
work and projects;
• internal differentiation of pupils in certain subjects;
• occasional (temporary) creation of groups for selected
subjects with an open choice on the part of pupils;
• for certain subjects, participation in instruction alongside
older pupils

8. CLIL AND VELL
”Mum, Dad and Me” project:
The aim of the project is to develop methodology for pre-kindergarten students of foreign
languages and thus set a standard for the quality of language acquisition activities. As a
result we are going to provide materials which institutions working in the field will be able to
adopt. We believe that the parents’ role in the process of the child’s language acquisition
at this age is indispensable, therefore the methodology is going to cater for their needs as
well.
http://www.zsangel.cz/vell/

9. CLIL AND VELL
”Mum, Dad and Me” project:
The aim of the project is to develop methodology for pre-kindergarten students of foreign
languages and thus set a standard for the quality of language acquisition activities. As a
result we are going to provide materials which institutions working in the field will be able to
adopt. We believe that the parents’ role in the process of the child’s language acquisition
at this age is indispensable, therefore the methodology is going to cater for their needs as
well.
http://www.zsangel.cz/vell/