Communication workshop: Ukrainian 3224-WKU
Ukrainian communication workshops on the basic level are aimed at activating the skills of linguistic expression and communication in foreign language as well as to enrich Ukrainian vocabulary. The course is proposed in the form of conversation/discussion on different topics offered for students, pertaining the everyday life (including colloquial speech and other styles not considered by textbooks), cultural events and communication in future jobs according to the profile of a graduate.
The thematic scope of the course comprises new lexis connected with basic communicative situations as well as cultural events/selected cultural elements of the countries from the relevant language area (cultural events, peculiarities).
Course is conducted through discussing different topics based on priorly given texts or handouts delivered by the lecturer, working in groups and pairs, individual work (substantially supported by the lecturer).
Training of different language skills will be conducted as follows:
Speaking: individual monologic utterances related to the topics which were discussed during the semester, dialogs, role-playing-games.
Listening: different types of texts (dialog, monolog w various communicational situations) and tasks adjusted to the level.
The use of a language: vocabulary and grammar exercises indicating the degree of proficiency in the course content.
Writing: an opinion in the written form related to the topics which were discussed during the semester.
Student workload includes:
Classroom participation – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
Preparing for classes – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
A student is practicing without having to fear his/her speech communication.
As regards specialty learning outcomes, after the course:
1. one knows and understands at a selected level the sophisticated nature of a Ukrainian language with special emphasis on cultural context of Ukraine (S1_W07, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_W09);
2. one can obtain, select and use the required information from different sources (S1_U01, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_U01);
3. Referring to the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge, one can use it in typical professional utterances connected with the history and the present day of Ukraine in global context; he/she is able to build them logically referring to standpoints of other participants of communicative situations (S1_U2, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_U04, K1_U06);
4. one can communicate by different communication channels and techniques in Ukrainian covering topics connected with culture studies, literature, linguistics, history and the countries of the region (S1_U4, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_W03, K1_W04 K1_W06);
5. one can prepare a speech in Ukrainian on the selected topics covering issues of the countries of the region (culture, politics, history, economy, literature, audiovisual media, social and religious relations, language, etc.), can present the outcomes of his/her work at the forum of the peer/mate group (S1_U6, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_U01, K1_U08, K1_U09);
6. one has Ukrainian language proficiency at a selected level (S1_U10, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_U10);
7. one can effectively communicate with other people and is an active participant of the society; can collaborate in a group of people; can deal with typical and abnormal situation, is ready to verify his/her views following the substantive discussion (S1_K02, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_K01, K1_K02);
8. one understands the need for lifelong learning and broadening the acquired knowledge (S1_K04, Reference to the major-related learning outcomes: K1_K01, K1_K02).
Assessment criteria
I. Course provision
According to the Detailed studying provisions at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics (in Polish: Szczegółowe zasady studiowania na Wydziale Lingwistyki Stosowanej UW)
1) Presence at all classes included at the study programme is compulsory. (§ 9 sec. 2)
2) A student is not allowed to resit examination, if he/she failed to get the credit because he/she did not filled requirement of compulsory presence. In that case a student has the right for a conditional entry ('wpis warunkowy') for next year and to attend the course again. (§ 2 ust. 4.)
3) A student has the right to be absent 2 times in one semester, consisting of 30 class hours (thirty 2-hour classes). At the beginning of the course the teacher will instruct students on how to make up for the absence and complete what they have missed. The student's time table overlaps do not excuse over limit absences.
II. Assessment criteria:
The final mark comprises the following elements:
Active and substantive participation in the class (40%)
2 homworks given to a teacher (30%)
Presentation of the topic fixed by the lecturer (30%)
It must be taken into account that in order to complete the course successfully a student needs to demonstrate achievements in every the above mentioned categories (a student who receives the 0% in one of the categories, won't complete the course, which means that he/she did not demonstrate any activity in none of them).
The unsatisfactory grade can be awarded as a result of unsatisfactory learning achievements based on partial grades
Grading system:
99 – 100% - 5 (excellent)
93 - 98% - 5 (very good)
87 - 92% - 4,5 (fairly good)
77 - 86% - 4 (good)
71 - 76% - 3,5 (satisfactory plus)
60 - 70% - 3 (satisfactory)
Additionally, the workshop lecturer introduces the detailed principles and criteria of credit during the first class.
Bibliography
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Mariana Burak, Yabluko. Elementary level, School of Ukrainian Language and Culture UCU, Lviv 2015. (podręcznik i zeszyt ćwiczeń).
Bożena Zinkiewicz-Tomanek, Oksana Baraniwska, Język ukraiński dla początkujących, Kraków 2015 (wydanie II).
Н. Ф. Зайченко, С. А. Воробйова, Практичної курс української мови для іноземців: усне мовлення, Київ 2012.
Оксана Микитюк, Культура мовлення: особливості, завдання, цікавинки, Львів 2014.
Олександр Пономарів, Українське слово для всіх і для кожного, Київ 2013.
Natalja Malinevská, Ukrajinské reálie 1, Olomouc 2003.
Provided by the teacher during the course.
Additional information
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