Decree of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Socialist Republic No. 121 / 1988 Coll.
Decree of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Socialist Republic on folk language schools, language schools and national language examinations
Valid
Effective from 01.09.1988
121
DECLARATION
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Socialist Republic
of 28 June 1988
on folk language schools, language schools and national language examinations
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Socialist Republic provides pursuant to § 45 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Act of the Czech National Council No. 76 / 1978 Coll., on educational establishments, as amended by Act No. 31 / 1984 Coll. (full text of Act No. 49 / 1984 Coll.), and under § 14 paragraph 2 (a) of the Act of the Czech National Council No. 77 / 1978 Coll., on State Administration in Education, as amended by Act No. 31 / 1984 Coll. (full version of Act No. 48 / 1984 Coll.):
Teaching foreign languages in pet studies
People's Language School
(1) A people's language school may be set up if it is taught at least 90 lessons a week. With less teaching hours per week, a folk language school may be set up only in joint management with a primary school with extended language teaching or joint administration with a secondary school, in agreement with the national committee setting up those schools.
(2) An organisational form of teaching at the People's Language School is a course. The following courses may be set up: the language course for primary school pupils and the basic course for other listeners for learning the basis of language in the total range of 420 teaching hours.
(3) The number of weekly teaching hours on the course shall be determined by the Director of the Folk School of Languages so that the audience shall have 420 teaching hours in at least two school years and no later than six school years. The courses for primary school pupils may have a maximum of 4 lessons per week.
Language school
(1) A language school may be set up if at least 150 lessons per week are taught there. With less teaching hours per week, language schools can be set up only in joint management with a secondary school.
(2) In the language schools, the National Committee, which organises the language school, shall establish the position of Deputy Director, who shall be responsible to the Director of the Language School for the level of teaching in the language courses set by the Director. One representative shall be appointed at least 160 teaching hours per week in language school courses (hereinafter referred to as "teaching hours'), two representatives at least 380 teaching hours and three representatives at least 620 teaching hours. In the case of a higher number of teaching hours, another Deputy Director may be appointed for each additional 400 teaching hours.
(3) In the language school, the separation of languages or groups of related languages (e.g. Slavic languages, Germanic languages, Romanesque languages, Oriental languages, etc.) is established as appropriate. The Heads of Unit shall be representatives of the Director of the Language School; where more than one department is set up in a language school than the number of representatives of the Director, the Director shall, with the agreement of the National Committee which shall have the expertise of the language school, appoint the head of the teacher department of the language at the language school.
(4) The remuneration and teaching obligations of representatives of the Director and Heads of Unit are laid down in a separate regulation. 1) Where a Deputy Director of a Language School is appointed as Head of Unit, he shall not be entitled to a financial contribution for the post of Head of Unit.
(1) An organisational form of teaching at a language school is a course; the following courses may be set up:
a) course for primary school pupils and basic course for other listeners to learn the basics of language in the total range of 420 hours
b) Middle course to deepen and expand language knowledge in the total range of 280-315 teaching hours
(c) a higher specialised course for learning deep specific and professional language skills in the total range of 280-315 teaching hours
(d) preparation course:
1. the national basic language examination in the total range of 105-140 teaching hours,
2. the national general language examination in the total range of 105-140 teaching hours,
3. to the state special language exam for translation and interpretation in the total range of 105-140 teaching hours
(e) conversion rates:
1. conversion course I follow the basic course, in the total range of 280-350 teaching hours,
2. conversion course II followed to the middle course, in the total range of 140- 280 teaching hours
(f) special courses, the content and scope of which are determined by the school director according to their nature and current social needs (e.g. intensive language training courses).
The course plan and, for the courses referred to in point (f), the scope of teaching hours shall also be agreed by the Director of the Language School with the National Committee, which shall conduct the language school professionally.
(2) The number of weekly teaching hours in the courses referred to in paragraph 1 (a) shall be determined by the Director of the Language School in such a way that 420 teaching hours are completed by the audience for at least two school years and no later than six school years. The number of weekly teaching hours in other courses shall be determined in such a way that 140-350 teaching hours are completed by the listeners not earlier than two and not later than five school years. Courses of a total range of 105 to 140 lessons will be attended by listeners in one school year. For primary school pupils, 6 lessons per week are not set up. Teaching hours in courses can be concentrated on one, courses of 4, 6 or more hours per week for two to five days per week.
(3) A language school may conduct a distance study of languages. For the long-term study of languages, the national committee shall set up a language school, or, as appropriate, a secondary school, a consultation centre. (2) The Centre shall form part of the language school.
(4) Students at the Consultation Centre participate in mandatory consultations, as a rule once a month for a range of 4 to 6 hours.
(5) Study at a language school may be completed by a state language examination.
Common provisions on language and language schools
The Central Institute for Education of Educational Workers in Prague provides assistance to national committees in the methodical and professional management of language schools and folk language schools.
Organisation of teaching and evaluation of study results
(1) People's language schools and language schools are taught according to the curriculum issued by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Socialist Republic.
(2) Language training shall be organised in courses which may also be set up outside the headquarters of the People's School of Languages or Language Schools (hereinafter referred to as the School) or in socialist organisations, as appropriate. In a socialist organisation, the course can be set up if the agreed course plan allows it to be set up. Legal and operational expenditure on courses set up in socialist organisations shall be borne by those organisations.
(3) The course is divided into classes. The highest number of listeners in the course department is 25. For the teaching of oriental and other less widespread languages at a language school, the course can be established in the first year at 6 listeners, and in the next year at 5 listeners; If the number of listeners in the first year falls below 5, in the next year under 4, the course is cancelled.
(4) The school assesses the study results of the listeners at the end of each semester; the evaluation will be presented by the teacher of the listener's course orally. The school will issue a certificate of successful completion of the course, indicating the benefits; a certificate shall be issued to pupils of primary schools and secondary schools on request, indicating the benefits also at the end of each school year.
(5) The study results of the audience are evaluated by four degrees of benefit: 1 - excellent, 2 - very good, 3 - good, 4 - failed.
(6) If a listener at the end of the school year has been classified by a fourth degree of benefit or has not been classified, he cannot be enrolled in a higher year of course or a higher course.
(7) The organisation of teaching and school holidays will adapt to the organisation of the school year in primary and secondary schools.3)
(8) The duties and rights of the listeners are laid down in the school's internal rules issued by the school director after consultation with the national committee, which shall conduct the school professionally.
Receiving listeners
(1) Candidates are enrolled in each course in writing with the school head within the deadline set by the school head.
(2) The principal of the school shall be recruited by the listeners.
(3) If more than one candidate is enrolled in the school or, where appropriate, in the course of a course than may be accepted by the school in accordance with the schedule laid down, priority shall be given to those applicants who submit a certificate to the organisation with which they are in employment or in a similar working relationship that they need knowledge of the language for the performance of their employment, and to those who have changed their capacity for work, provided that they are recommended by the opinion board of social security of the District National Committee and that the study at the school is a preparation for their employment; 4) the other applicants shall be recruited by the school director in accordance with the order of applications received.
Registration and tuition fees
(1) Listeners and socialist organisations will pay the registration and tuition fees for the whole school year, according to the Czech Price Offices (5). the enrolment and tuition fees shall be the income of the national committee which shall lead the school in a professional manner.
(2) At the request of the listener or, if the listener is a minor, his legal representatives, the national committee may, in justified cases, forgive the fees, in particular for social, partly or entirely reasons. The payment of tuition fees shall be exempt from fees by persons with reduced capacity for work, provided that they are recommended for study by the Social Security Assessment Board of the District National Committee and that school studies are preparation for their work.
(3) The registration fee shall be returned to the audience only if the establishment of a course or separation of course does not result from the guilt of a folk language school or language school. If, within one month of the beginning of the school year, the listener notifies that he is unable to attend the course for serious reasons, in particular health, and duly proves these reasons, the school is obliged to pay him back the entire tuition fee. Under the same conditions, half of the tuition fees are also returned to the listeners who will check out of the course before the second half of the course until 31 December. A proportion of the tuition fees will also be refunded by the school to the listeners of the cancelled course or by the department of the course if they could not be reassigned to another school or department of the course and did not cause the cancellation or separation of the course themselves. In other cases, the tuition fee or part thereof shall not be refunded. The school will also pay back the entire tuition to the socialist organisation, which will cancel its request to set up the course by 31 July.
(4) The enrolment and tuition fees are the revenues of the National Committee, which leads the school professionally.
State language examinations
Types of national language examinations
(1) State language examinations are basic, general or special. The state special language exam can be performed for translation and interpretation.
(2) The state language examination shall verify the degree of adoption of a foreign language to the extent determined by the type of state language examination by the test order annexed to this Decree.
(3) The national basic language examination may be held only after the completion of 17 years, the other state language examinations until the completion of 18 years. The Director of the Language School may exceptionally authorise both the national general language examination and the applicant under 18 years of age if the applicant proves that he has acquired the required knowledge through intensive study of the language or during a long stay abroad. National special language examinations may be carried out by candidates who have successfully passed the national general language examination. The Director of the Language School may grant an exception to a candidate who can demonstrate the required knowledge by means of evidence of a university qualification in the relevant field of study, or by means of other evidence.
(4) A national who has not studied at the language school can also pass the state language examination.
(5) The certificate of successful state language examination is a proof of the achievement of language knowledge and skills of a certain degree for work activities requiring knowledge of a foreign language, but does not replace the degree of education.
(6) A protocol shall be kept on the state language test.
Test period, examination applications and their reimbursement
(1) State language examinations are normally held twice a year. The date of the national language examinations shall be determined by the Director of the Language School.
(2) National language examinations held in the spring period shall be applied to candidates by the end of March, to national language examinations held in the autumn period by the end of September at the school headquarters on the prescribed form.
(3) The listener will pay a payment at the same time as the application for the state language exam, in the amount of 80, - Kčs for the state basic language examination, 100, - Kčs for the state general language examination and 120, - Kčs for the state special language examination. 5) A language school shall inform the candidate of the date of the national language examination at least one month before it takes place. The candidate shall attend the national language examination within a time limit to be determined by the language school. If the candidate is not on time to be tested, the remuneration shall not be refunded. However, for serious reasons of personal and, in particular, health, the school may specify a replacement term for the candidate for the national language examination. The candidate again does not pay the remuneration for the state language exam on the replacement date.
(4) Reimbursement is the income of the national committee, which runs the school professionally.
Commission for National Language Examinations and Examination Committee
(1) State language examinations at a language school are managed by the National Language Examinations Commission. The chairman of the National Language Examinations Commission shall be appointed by the National Committee, which shall have the expertise in the language school to which the National Language Examinations Board has been established until the end of February, with effect for the spring and autumn periods. The members of this commission shall be appointed by the National Committee on a proposal from the Director of the Language School.
(2) The Chairman of the Commission on State Language Tests shall check the readiness of the examinations and shall be responsible for the professional and linguistic level of the state language examinations. The Chairman of the National Language Examinations Commission may also be the Chairman of the Examination Committee.
(3) The national language examination of each candidate shall take place before a three-member examination committee, composed of the Chairman of the Examination Committee and two members. The Chairman of the Examination Committee shall be appointed by the National Committee which shall lead the language school in a professional capacity. Other members of the examination committee shall be appointed by the Director of the Language School on a proposal from the Chairman of the National Language Examinations Commission. The Chairman of the Examination Board shall direct the work of the Panel, check the readiness of the state language examinations, evaluate the level and classification.
(4) Members of the National Language Examinations and Examination Committees are remunerated according to the relevant wage rules. 1)
Common provisions on national language examinations
(1) State language examinations consist of part written (collective) and part oral (individual). The subjects of the written sections of the national language examinations shall be determined by the Director of the Language School.
(2) The results of the written and oral sections of the national language examinations (and their sub-components) are set at: 1 - excellent, 2 - very good, 3 - good, 4 - failed.
(3) A candidate who has failed the written part of the national language examination cannot hold the oral part of the state language examination.
(4) The overall result of the national language examinations, to be determined according to the results of the written and oral part of the national language examination, shall be assessed at the following stages:
served with distinction, served very well, served well, failed.
(5) Candidate
(a) benefit with distinction if, in both the written and oral sections of the national language examination, it has been evaluated with a degree 1 - excellent;
(b) it has benefited very well if it has not been assessed by the degree "profited with distinction" and, in both the written and oral sections of the state language examination, it has not been evaluated worse than the degree 2 - very well;
(c) benefit if the degree has not been assessed "benefit with distinction" or "benefit very well" and has not been evaluated worse than grade 3 in both written and oral terms of the state language examination;
(d) it did not benefit if, in the oral part of the national language examination, it was assessed at grade 4 - failed.
(6) The certificate of the state language examination shall be stamped in a round form of a language school and signed by the Chairman of the State Language Examinations Commission and the Director of the Language School.
(7) A candidate who has not benefited from the national language examination may be permitted to repeat it under the conditions laid down in the examination rules for national language examinations in language schools. If the candidate repeats the national language test, he will pay the appropriate remuneration (§ 9 (3)).
(8) Details of the content, scope and assessment of the national language examinations are laid down in the examination rules for national language examinations in language schools set out in the Annex to this Decree.
Final provisions
Repeal
The Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic No. 87 / 1979 Coll., on folk schools of languages, language schools and state language examinations is hereby repealed.
Efficacy
This Decree shall take effect on 1 September 1988.
Minister:
Julis v. r.
Annex to Decree No 121 / 1988 Coll.
TEST RATE
for national language examinations in language schools
State Basic Language Examination
(1) The content of the national basic language examination focuses on the issues of daily life and on the fundamental issues of political, economic and cultural events in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and in the given language area. The candidate shall be tested to demonstrate the ability to understand both spoken and written text and to express himself, orally and in writing, on the subjects concerned within the scope of the language means defined by the curriculum for the basic course at the language school; knowledge of 2000 to 2500 lexical units is required.
(2) In the written part of the examination the candidate shall be verified
(a) the degree of understanding of the foreign language text to the overall extent of about 4 minutes;
(b) the degree of understanding of the foreign language text to a total of about 600 words;
(c) the ability to use selected language and lexical structures in a foreign language;
d) the ability to compile messages in a foreign language in the total range of about 300 words.
A period of 4 hours shall be set for the written part of the test. A dictionary may be used to verify the skills referred to in points (b) and (d).
(3) In the oral part of the examination, the candidate shall be verified
(a) the ability to react promptly in normal situations of daily life;
(b) the ability to talk fluently about the subjects.
The oral part of the test should not last more than 20 minutes.
State general language examination
(1) The content of the national general language examination is addressed in a similar manner to that of the national basic language examination and to the fundamental issue of the candidate's field of work; The candidate shall be tested to demonstrate a deeper knowledge and a greater degree of learning of a foreign language, to the extent of the linguistic means and knowledge set out in the curriculum for primary and secondary courses at the language school. Knowledge of approximately 4000 lexical units is required.
(2) In the written part of the examination the candidate shall be verified
(a) the degree of understanding of the foreign language text to the overall extent of about 6 minutes;
(b) the degree of understanding of the foreign language text to a total of about 1000 words;
(c) the ability to use selected language and lexical structures in a foreign language;
(d) basic knowledge from the realms of the countries of the relevant language area and the realms of the CSSR;
e) the ability to compile a communication in a foreign language or to freely process a topic in a foreign language in a total range of about 500 words.
A period of 4 hours shall be set for the written part of the test. When verifying the skills referred to in points (b) and (e), the candidate may use a dictionary.
(3) In the oral part of the examination, the candidate shall be verified
(a) the ability to react promptly and spontaneously in a foreign language in normal situations of daily life;
b) the ability to speak fluently and in a language correct in a foreign language about the topics and about its own reading in the original.
The oral part of the test should not last more than 30 minutes.
State special language examinations
(1) State special examinations can be composed for translation and interpretation.
(2) The content of the state special examination is directed in a similar way to that of the state general language examination. The candidate shall be tested to demonstrate deep knowledge, a high degree of foreign language adoption and certainty in language skills and skills specific to the curriculum range for higher specialised language schools. The knowledge of approximately 5000 lexical units is required and the positive knowledge of other 200-3000 lexical units from general and professional vocabulary, in particular from the field in which the candidate works.
State special language examination for translation
(1) The centre of gravity of the national special language examination for the field of translation is in its written part.
(2) In the written part of the examination the candidate shall be verified
(a) the degree of understanding of texts read in the total range of 800-1000 words drawn from different functional styles;
b) the ability to translate a difficult general or professional foreign language text from the candidate's field in the range of approximately 200 words into Czech or Slovak language;
c) the ability to translate difficult general or professional Czech or Slovak text in the range of approximately 150 words into a foreign language;
(d) the extent of knowledge of the realms of the countries of the relevant language area, with an emphasis on their importance for the special skills of translation;
e) the ability to compile a communication in a foreign language or to freely process the subject in a total range of about 600 words.
A period of 4 hours shall be set for the written part of the test. When working, the candidate may use different types of dictionaries or other normative manuals.
(3) In the oral part of the examination, the candidate shall be verified
(a) the ability to understand the speech being heard, to react promptly and to speak correctly on the subject (within the scope of the national general language examination);
b) the ability to freely convert read text from foreign language to Czech or Slovak language and vice versa.
The oral part of the test should not last more than 30 minutes.
State special language exam for interpretation
(1) The centre of gravity of the state special language examination for interpretation is in its oral part.
(2) In the written part of the examination the candidate shall be verified
(a) the degree of understanding of the text to be heard in the overall range of about 8 minutes;
(b) the extent of knowledge of the realms of the countries of the relevant language area, with an emphasis on their importance for the special interpretation skills;
c) the ability to quickly compile a communication in a foreign language, to reproduce the text heard in Czech or Slovak or to freely process the subject in a total range of about 600 words.
A period of 3 hours shall be fixed for the preparation of the written part. When verifying the skills referred to in (c), the candidate may use a dictionary.
(3) In the oral part of the examination, the candidate shall be verified
(a) the ability to speak correctly in a foreign language on the subject in a timely, fluent and linguistic manner;
b) the ability to consistently interpret spoken and reproduced speech from a foreign language to a Czech or Slovak language and vice versa.
The oral part of the test should not last more than 45 minutes.
Common provisions
(1) During the written part of the examination, the supervising teacher shall ensure that candidates work completely separately. The period of residence of the candidate outside the examination room shall be noted in the report on the conduct of the written part of the examination.
(2) If the candidate takes an unlawful test, the chairman of the examination committee or a member of the examination committee shall interrupt the examination and, after consulting the examination committee, or at the written examination, after consulting the chairman of the national language examination committee, inform him whether he may continue the test or whether the test or part thereof will be repeated in writing or oral at the next examination date.
(3) Good knowledge of the Czech or Slovak language is required during the exam.
(4) In determining the total result of the written part of the test, all its components shall be taken into account. The total level of the written part of the candidate's examination shall be considered particularly carefully if the candidate from one of its components has not benefited.
(5) The results of the written part of the examination shall be communicated in writing to the candidate by the Chairman of the National Language Examination Board at least one week before the beginning of the oral part of the examination; at the same time, the date of the oral part of the examination shall be communicated to the candidates who have successfully completed the written part of the examination.
(6) If the candidate has failed the written part of the examination, the oral part of the examination may not be held. In this case, the Chairman of the National Language Examinations Commission shall inform the candidate of the possibility of applying for the state language examination in any of the following test periods.
(7) The oral part of the test shall be held at least 14 days apart from the part written.
(8) After the oral part of the examination has been asked, the candidate shall be given the necessary time (maximum 15 minutes) for preparation.
(9) In the oral part of the exam, which takes the form of an interview in the relevant foreign language, the speech of the candidate may be stimulated by various visual material (photographs, brochures, tables, graphs, slides, pictures, maps, etc.), read text, spoken and reproduced. The candidate shall be given the possibility of a more coherent separate speech in a foreign language.
(10) The specific content orientation of the oral part of the test shall be determined by drawing lots.
(11) The practical mastery of the language in its social functions is crucial for the assessment of the oral part of the exam. The pronunciation, intonation, overall dynamics of oral expression and knowledge from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the countries of the language region are also taken into account. The classification of the oral part of the test shall be decided by the examination committee by voting.
(12) After the oral part of the examination, the examination committee shall evaluate the overall result of the state language examination. The examination committee's deliberations in the assessment of the results of the examination shall be private. The results of both the written and oral part of the examination shall be taken into account when determining the overall result of the national language examination. The result of the national language examination shall be communicated to the candidate by the chairman of the examination committee before the full panel on the day on which the candidate carried out the oral part of the examination.
(13) A candidate who has failed the national language examination may be permitted to repeat (Section 11 (7) of the Decree), either part or whole of the oral examination. Repeating the oral part of the test in the next trial period will be permitted by the National Language Examinations Commission to the candidate whose written part of the test is classified by the first or second degree of benefit (excellent, very good). The re-examination of the entire national language examination shall not be permitted at the earliest in a year by the National Language Examinations Commission to a candidate whose written part of the examination is classified at grade 3 - well.
1) Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic of 19.11.1984 No 29 700 / 84-42 on the remuneration of teaching staff of primary and secondary schools and educational establishments (wage regulations for pedagogical staff), reg. amount 27 / 1984 Coll., as amended by the Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic of 28.7.1987 No. 21 000 / 87-42, reg.
2) Instructions from the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic and from the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic No. 9 / 1985, setting out details of secondary schools, the Bulletin of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic No. 8 / 1985, published in the Government Bulletin for National Committees, amount 14 / 1985.
3) Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic No. 47 / 1987 Coll., on the organisation of the school year in primary schools, secondary schools and youth schools requiring special care.
4) Paragraph 23 (2) (b) of Act No. 129 / 1975 Coll., on the jurisdiction of the authorities of the Czech Socialist Republic in social security.
5) Dimension of the Czech Price Office No 1501 / 23 / 87 of 3.12.1987 on the setting of MC registration and training courses and national language examinations at folk schools of languages and language schools. According to this figure, the registration fee is 30, - CZK per year. The tuition fees for primary and secondary school pupils and for university students in two teaching hours per week are 10, - CZK per month. For each additional lesson per week, tuition fees are increased by another 5, - CZK per month. For other listeners, tuition fees are 20 per week for two lessons per month, - CZK per month and for each additional lesson per week are increased by another 10, - CZK per month. For long-distance studio listeners at four lessons per month, tuition fees are 10, - CZK per month. For each additional teaching hour per month, tuition fees are increased by another 2.50 CZK per month. In the course of socialist organizations, the registration fee for one listener is 20, - Ccs per year. The tuition fee is 120, - CZK per month for one lesson per week for all listeners on one course. For each additional lesson per week, tuition fees are increased by another 120, - CZK per month for all listeners in the course.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Socialist Republic No. 121 / 1988 Coll., on folk schools of languages, language schools and state language examinations |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 30.06.1988 |
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| Effective from | 01.09.1988 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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