94543 - Slovak

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Docente: Ivan Susa
  • Credits: 8
  • SSD: L-LIN/21
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Interdisciplinary research and studies on Eastern Europe (cod. 8049)

    Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

Learning outcomes

Student is expected to acquire all linguistic skills: speaking, writing, listening and reading comprehension. The course uses communicative method of teaching. It also offers a brief introduction to Slovak studies. At the end of the class, students - is familiar with the basic grammar structure of Slovak, - is able to engage in and produce simple oral and written utterances, as well as - is able to analyze and comprehend texts.

Course contents

Vocabulary / Conversation topics:

- Party, hobby free Time Activities

- University, school system in Slovakia

- Travelling – railway station, airport

- At the doctor´s, in pharmacy, health and illnesses

- The Human body, describing a person

- Telephoning, e-mail, correspondence, writing personal letters, postcards

- At the post office, at the bank

- Town, asking for directions

 

Grammar:

Accusative singular and plural of nouns, adjectives, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, and numerals

Accusative prepositions

Modal verbs in present

Instrumental case singular and plural of nouns, adjectives, demonstrative and possessive pronouns

Instrumental prepositions

Grammar Revision

- Past tense, Modal verbs in past tense

- Locative case singular and plural of nouns, adjectives, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, prepositions

- Conjugation of verbs of various classes in present tense

- Possessive pronoun svoj

- Comparative and superlative of adjectives

- Dative case singular and plural of nouns, adjectives, demonstrative, possessive and personal pronouns, numbers

- Dative prepositions

- Comparative and superlative of adverbs

- Conditional

- Genitive case singular and plural of nouns, adjectives, demonstrative, possessive and personal pronouns, numbers

- Genitive prepositions

- Revision of prepositions

- Imperative

- Direct and indirect speech

- Verb aspect (perfective, imperfective verbs)

- Future tense of perfective and imperfective verbs

- Conditional clauses

 

Readings/Bibliography

Nemčíková, Zuzana - Šuša, Ivan, 2022: Corso di Lingua Slovacca. Milano: Hoepli.

Kamenárová, Renáta a kol., 2012: Krížom-krážom. Slovenčina A2. Doplnené a prepracované vydanie. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.

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

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*)

* Topics for oral exam will be announced in advance.

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

Teaching tools

Teaching tools: textbooks, PTP, CD player (audiomaterial), visual aids (grammar maps)

Office hours

See the website of Ivan Susa