69544 - Slovak Mediation

Learning outcomes

The student knows strategies of language mediation and is able to use them in basic communicative situations.

Course contents

Vocabulary / Conversation topics:

- Professions and services (classic shop and e-shop, professions and services, running a business vs. being an employee)

- Art and culture – where to go (theatre, film, gallery, fashion, photography)

- At the police station (crime, punishment, suspect description, famous criminals)

- Slovak republic nowadays (political system, national symbols, famous politicians, elections, suffrage)

- Slovakia tourist guide (important holidays in Slovakia, UNESCO sights, Slovak castles, chateaux and manor houses, interesting events, traditional meals and drinks)

N.B. The program can be modified according to number of lessons.

Readings/Bibliography

Kamenárová, Renáta a kol., 2011: Krížom-krážom. Slovenčina B1. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.

Kročanová-Roberts, Dagmar – Resutíková-Toppi, Barbora, 2010: Slovenčina-Slovacco-Slovak. Bologna: BUP.

Vajičková, Mária, 2005: Slovenčina pre cudzincov. Gramatické cvičenia.Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.

Žigová, Ľudmila, 2007: Komunikácia v slovenčine. Textová príručka a cvičebnica.

Žigová, Ľudmila, 2007: Komunikácia v slovenčine. Textová príručka a cvičebnica.

Hlušík, Michal – Saccardinová, Michaela, 2003: Slovensko-taliansky slovník. Bratislava: Kniha-spoločník.

Saccardinová, Michaela, 1998: Taliansko-slovenský slovník. Bratislava: Kniha-spoločník.

-, 2006: Taliansko-slovenský dvojjazyčný ilustrovaný slovník. Bratislava-Slovart.

Materials prepared by the teacher.

Students are encouraged to look for additional resources.

Teaching methods

The class combines didactic methods and uses different learning activities, in order to provide students with the communicative grammar of Slovak language and train all basic skills (reading, listening, writing, and speaking). Activities include revision and practice of grammar , reading and listening comprehension, oral and written summaries of texts, translations, syntactic and stylistic analysis of the texts etc.

Assessment methods

Students are required to:

Attend the classes and prepare regularly for the lessons.

Pass a final exam (written test and an oral exam*).

Any change of the requirements or evaluation procedures will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

* Topics for oral exam will be announced in advance.

Teaching tools

books, PTP, CD player (audiomaterial), visual aids (grammar maps)

Office hours

See the website of Veronika Svoradova