Practical Belarussian V 3221-30PB31C

Classes are devoted to learning Belarusian language at the advanced level. Main attention is paid on teaching students the ability to express themselves freely on subjects more complex, related to the organization and status of the state, as well as improving reading skills of an analytical texts, speaking on topics related to the state political system, political parties, etc. Students analyze texts at the level of linguistic and problematic. They paraphrase official texts, discuss the main issues they contain (working on the arguments individually or in groups) and prepare their ownstatements or essay on the problems.
The structure of classes based on the lexical-grammatical analysis of spoken and written texts and performance exercises based on the texts devoted to the proper construction of complex sentence structures (including modal words, intervening words, compound words, etc.). Attention is paid on the correct word order in a sentence, and in general on the correct use of Belarusian language at the level of syntactic. The supplement for considerations are advanced exercises on grammatical issues, such as the creation of adjectives with suffix -sk -, use of structures like: araćba za szto?, imknucca da czaho?, kiravać kim? czym?, hałasavać na kaho?, bałatavacca na vybarach, vybirać u deputaty, variety and characteristics of pronouns, nouns defining political system, the specificity of assembly type nacmeny, nacdemy etc.
The basic material used for learning are analytical papers (including newspaper articles, analysis, journalism, manifestos and statements of various organizations, etc.) on such subjects as the system of state institutions and state bodies (including the structure of organs and their characteristics), national symbols, social structure, political parties (ruling and opposition) and social movements, the nature of a multicultural society, national and ethnic minorities (including their relationship to the authorities in Poland, Belarus and the European Union), culture and national minority organizations, etc. Students are obliged to search the texts in the Internet themselves in the issues related to selected problems or to prepare an oral presentation of the problems in Belarusian language.

THEMATIC BLOCKS:

BLOCK I
1. State - offices, state institutions.
2. The system of government - slavery, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, communism, democracy.
3. Inflection of nouns defining the system of government.
4. The structure of society - from slavery to civil society.
5. Formation of adjectives with suffix -sk-: hramadski, hramadzianski.
6. Political parties and social movements in Poland and Belarus.
7. Construction type: baraćba za szto?, Imknucca da czaho?
8. The meaning of modal expressions.
9. Intervening words in a sentence.

BLOCK II
1. Multicultural society.
2. National and ethnic minorities in Poland and Belarus.
3. Changing the situation of national minorities after Poland accession to the European Union.
4. Submission type: nacmeny, nacdemy.
5. Languages ​​of national minorities.
6. Press. Radio and television programs.
7. Education of national minorities.
8. Organizations of national minorities.
9. Types of syntactic relationships.
10. Words order in a sentence.

BLOCK III
1. The system of governance.
2. Authoritarian and democratic system.
3. Bodies of state administration in Poland and Belarus.
4. Parliament (lower house, upper house). The term of parliament.
5. Ruling parties and extra-parliamentary and parliamentary opposition.
6. Structures: kiravać kim? czym?, hałasavać na kaho?, bałatavacca na vybarach, vybirać u deputaty...
7. Spelling compound words such as: premier-ministr..
8. Clubs and committees at parliament.
9. National flag, national anthem
10. Characteristics of pronouns and their variety.