Beginner courses by levels I, II, III

Course Description

Beginner I.

Contents: Slovenian alphabet and numbers; understanding and speaking/conversation about everyday topics: greeting patterns; countries, languages, and professions; food and drinks and how to order them in a restaurant; description of a house or apartment; description of a person/oneself; orientation: left, right, behind, in front; telling time; my day – description; colors; Slovenian grammar: present and past tense, cases, conjugation of some verbs, possessive pronouns.

Beginner II

Contents: Introducing oneself (name, surname, age, education, profession); people and objects; family and family members; spending time; food and drinks; clothing; how to order food in a restaurant; how to shop in a store; transportation and tourist attractions; feelings and health; services. Grammar: adjective and noun in nominative, genitive, and accusative singular, and plural; verbs in present, past, future, and conditional tense.

Beginner III

Contents: Presentation with more complex sentence patterns and description of people, writing e-mails, invitations, greetings, congratulations; weather and seasons; calendar of events and festivals; holidays and celebrations; famous Slovenians, description of the city, description of people, home, apartment, house. Grammar: verbs in present, past, and future tense; reinforcing cases, adverbs, adjective for all genders, expressing dates, possessive pronoun, gradation of adjectives, prepositions with cases.

After beginner levels I, II, III, candidates are qualified at least for the exam at the ENTRY LEVEL (A1).

Lecturer Barbara Gucić is a professor of Slovenian and Russian. Although she was already interested in working with foreigners and teaching Slovenian as a second and foreign language during her studies, she initially focused on teaching Russian. Slovenians of various age groups, from young people to students at the University of the Third Age, learned the basics of general or business Russian. She was also frequently in contact with the Croatian language. Today, when teaching Slovenian as a second and foreign language, these experiences and her knowledge of three Slavic languages allow her to anticipate the difficulties speakers of different Slavic language groups face when learning Slovenian and help them understand the differences. She enjoys seeing progress in her participants, but what makes her happiest is when the classes are relaxed and she manages to fill the room with the participants’ laughter.

Teacher Sergeja Petročnik is a Slovenian language teacher with over 20 years of experience in education. Since graduating from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, she has been teaching primary school students and has also gained more than 15 years of experience in adult education. Alongside teaching, she has also worked as a language proofreader.

She truly enjoys her work, as she felt the calling to become a teacher already during her own primary school years. She believes that teaching is her true vocation. She has especially found joy and fulfillment in teaching foreigners, a role that brings her great happiness and satisfaction.

The price is calculated based on a minimum of 12 participants in one group. The textbook is not included in the price; you purchase it yourself at the bookstore.

The price is calculated based on a minimum of 12 participants in one group. The textbook is not included in the price; you purchase it yourself at the bookstore.

Information:

Petra Sternad, CDI Univerzum, Grošljeva 4, Ljubljana,

phone: 01 583 92 85,

email: petra.sternad@cdi-univerzum.si