FREE BEGINNER SLOVENIAN COURSE FOR FOREIGNERS
Information: Damjana Osterc, CDI Univerzum, Grošljeva 4, Ljubljana, phone: 01 583 92 74, email: damjana.osterc@cdi-univerzum.si
The 40-hour beginner Slovenian course is free for participants. It is part of the Competence 2023-2029 project, co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Education, and the European Union from the European Social Fund Plus.
| Course Start | Free textbook for participants | ||
| Beginner I.
Group 1 |
40 ur | September 17, 2024; once a week for 4 school hours on Tuesdays (from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM); the course will run until the end of November 2024. | Slovenian Express |
| Beginner I.
Group 2 |
40 ur | September 20, 2024; once a week for 4 school hours on Tuesdays (from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM); the course will run until the end of November 2024. | Slovenian Express |
Participants will receive the textbook at the first session.
| Group 1: September 17, 2024 (Tuesday)
5:00 PM − 8:00 PM Instructor: Prof. Andreja Šeško |
Group 2: September 20, 2024 (Friday)
5:00 PM − 8:00 PM Instructor: Prof. Sergeja Petročnik |
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| 1 | 17. 9. 2024 | 20. 9. 2024 |
| 2 | 24. 9. 2024 | 27. 9. 2024 |
| 3 | 1.10. 2024 | 4. 10. 2024 |
| 4 | 8.10. 2024 | 11. 10. 2024 |
| 5 | 15. 10. 2024 | 18. 10. 2024 |
| 6 | 22. 10. 2024 | 25. 10. 2024 |
| 7 | 5.11. 2024 | 8. 11. 2024 |
| 8 | 12. 11. 2024 | 15. 11. 2024 |
| 9 | 19. 11. 2024 | 22. 11. 2024 |
| 10 | 26. 11. 2024 | 29. 11. 2024 |
The Slovenian language course is intended for all foreigners who do not yet know Slovenian and are starting to learn Slovenian from scratch. They will develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. The 40-hour course will provide participants with basic knowledge that they can then further enhance independently or in other courses focusing on Slovenian at entry and basic levels. The course promotes confidence and enables personal and professional development for foreigners in a new Slovenian environment.
Places are limited; each group accepts a maximum of 12 candidates. The course is designed for absolute beginners in learning Slovenian.
The target group (participant) includes:
- Those with lower education (secondary education – ISCED 3 or less) and/or
- Active individuals aged 55 or older and/or
- Foreigners (beginner language course in Slovenian).
Choose education wisely! The same individual is included in only one free course available in the project for participants who meet at least one of the mentioned categories!
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.
Lecturer Andreja Šeško is a Slovenian language professor. She began working as an editor for a newspaper during her studies and still enjoys doing so today. She collaborated with Slovenian studies students at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts on two projects, imparting practical knowledge to them, and in her editorial career, she trained many novice editors. After more than 25 years of working with computers, she felt that the time had come for human interaction and to pursue her original calling – teaching. Teaching Slovenian to foreigners has become her wonderful new calling, which she thoroughly enjoys.
Lecturer Sergeja Petročnik is a Slovenian language professor with over 20 years of experience in education. From completing her studies at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts to the present day, she has been teaching students in elementary school, and she also has over 15 years of experience in adult education. Alongside teaching, she has gained editorial experience. She thoroughly enjoys her work, as she felt the desire to be a teacher very early on during her primary school years. She believes that teaching is her calling. Surely, she has found this also in teaching foreigners, which brings her happiness and great enjoyment.
Ljubljana, April 2024