94543 - Slovak

Academic Year 2024/2025

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

Čo je Slovensko?, alphabet
-pronunciation, nouns, gender
-consonants, vocals, diphontgs
-coniugation, informal communication
-form od presentation + rhythmic rule
-denomination of countries, nationality e languages
-verb coniugation: types pracovať, robiť, mať
-reflexive verbs
-nominative case
-adjectives, possessive pronouns, dimostrative pronouns

Readings/Bibliography

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

Kamenárová, Renáta a kol., 2018: Krížom-krážom. Slovenčina A1. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.

Kamenárová, Renáta a kol., 2018: Krížom-krážom. Slovenčina Cvičebnica A1+A2. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.

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

Vertanová, S. – Andoková, M. – Štubňa, P. – Moyšová, S., 2015 Tlmočník ako rečník. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo UK.

Štubňa, Pavol, 2015: Základy simultánneho tlmočenia. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.

Štubňa, Pavol, 2018: Ekonomika pre tlmočníkov z/do taliančiny. Bratislava: Z-F LINGUA.

Šuša, Ivan, 2011: Gli aspetti comparativi e di traduzione nei rapporti interletterari slovacco-italiani. Banská Bystrica: UMB.

Šuša, Ivan: La letteratura italiana attraverso i modelli di ricezione nella cultura slovacca prima e dopo il 1989. In: InTraLinea. Online translation journal. Bologna, DIT, 2021, vol. 23. Il link: https://www.intralinea.org/current

In aggiunta al materiale sopra indicato, è suggerito l'uso dei dizionari, dei periodici e delle fonti aggiuntive.

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, power-point presentations, audiomaterial, visual aids (grammar maps) atc.

Office hours

See the website of Zuzana Kubusova