Hana Kunovjánková

*How to Time Your Trip to Prague

*Contents

*Picture description

*Pre-reading discussion

*Post-reading discussion

*Extra discussion

*Resources

*Picture description - Picture A

*Picture description - Picture B

*Picture description - Picture C

*Picture description - Picture D

*Pre-reading discussion

*You definitely know what the capital of the Czech Republic is but do you know anything about its history? Try to recall what you remember from your history lessons. Do you know the story about establishing the city?

*What nicknames does our capital have?

*What are the individual parts of Prague? What monuments can we find in each of them?

*Can you name some cultural sights and places of interest which are worth seeing in Prague?

*How often do you visit Prague? For what purposes?

*Would you be interested in living in Prague? Why? Why not?

*Post-reading discussion

*Name some of the most prominent customs and traditions observed in the Czech Republic. Give some more details about them.

*Would you say Czechs were a nation of patriots? Why (not)? Explain.

*In your opinion, which character qualities are typical for Czech people?

*If you were asked to choose the greatest Czech (dead or alive), which personality would you choose and why?

*Post-reading discussion

*If you were asked to describe some memorable places in the Czech Republic, which ones would you mention?

*Can you name some delicacies of Czech cuisine? What is your favourite recipe?

*What sports do Czech sportspeople excel at? What sports do Czech people practice as their past time activities?

*Which singers, musicians, composers or music bands would you add to the list of the most outstanding ones in the Czech Republic, both present and past? Why?

*Extra discussion

*Organize a sightseeing tour of one of the Czech cities

*Make up a daylong programme for a foreigner

*Invent an interesting and entertaining programme

*Present the itinerary to the rest of the class

*Resources

*Prague: File:Peter Stehlik 2011.07.29 A.jpg. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-28]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague

*Prague: File:Parník Vyšehrad pod Vyšehradem.jpg. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-28]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague

*Prague: File:PetrinObservationTower.jpg. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-28]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague 

*Prague: File:Praga 0003.JPG. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-28]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague