Practical Belarussian III 3221-S1-0PB21C

Classes include learning of Belarusian language at the advanced level. Their goal is to teach students the proper use of complex grammatical structures in speaking and writing and effective use of the lexicon associated with the professions, transport, trade and services. The syllabus covers such aspects of grammar as: conjugation of verbs (including verbs of motion), the types and use of adverbs in sentences, prepositional constructions, subjunctive, possessive pronouns, the use of instrumental case forms in various expressions, adjectives with suffix-awat.
Their knowledge of grammar, among other things, students practice by conducting extensive interviews and discussions. To improve students' communication skills in Belarusian language in the classroom there are discussed typical ways to use language in everyday life, such as ways of asking directions, possibilities of ordering and buying goods, ways to express weights and measures, or ways to express dreams and desires.
In order to improve students' language skills there are presented texts (spoken and written) relating to: life (work areas, jobs, ways of defining professions, the organization of work - office equipment, etc., pensions), transport (types and means of communication), trade (types of stores and types of products) and services (restaurants, banks, hotels, post office). Students also analyze (in terms of language and content), how to write ads and resumes, and construct them by themselves.
During the course emphasized and illustrated with examples is also the problem of ambiguity of expression and the problems of equivalence in Polish and Belarusian lexemes selected language constructs.

THEMATIC BLOCKS:

BLOCK I
1. Work - field of work, place of work.
2. Occupations - ways to determine the new jobs.
3. Grammatical constructions with the verb pracawać - prepositional andnonprepositional.
4. Employment - recruitment methods.
5. Writing ads and CV.
6. Unemployment - unemployment benefit.
7. Conjugation of verbs.
8. Organization of work (office, equipment, computer technology).
9. Pensions.
10. Terminological lexicon.

BLOCK II
1. Transportation, communication.
2. Types of transportation: land, air, water.
3. Public transportation.
4. Private means of transport.
5. Grammatical constructions with the verb to go.
6. Conjugation of verbs of motion.
7. Regular and repeated action expressed by verbs of motion.
8. The use of adverbs in sentences for defining the modalities of movement.
9. Ways od asking the directions.
10. Uninflective lexicon.

BLOCK III
1. Shopping. Trade.
2. The possibility of ordering and buying goods.
3. Weights and measures - ways of expression: the exact and approximate weights and measures of various goods.
4. Types of shops.
5. The types of goods in the shops - clothing, footwear, leather goods, jewelry, cosmetics.
6. Constructions with the preposition dla: łak dla wałos.
7. Adjectives with the suffix -awat. Equivalents in Polish.
8. Conjugation of verbs (perfective and imperfective) associated with trade.
9. Expressing desires and intentions: Ja chaczu - choczacca me.
10. Ambiguity of expression.

BLOCK IV
1.Services.
2. Mass caterers. Restaurants.
3. Subjunctive: ja wypiła b.
4. Conjugation of verbs defining food.
5. Noun constructions with Instrumentalis.: kawa z małakom
6. Temporary structures za + Instr.: za abiedam..
7. Banks, banking services. Types of cards.
8. Hotels, motels.
9. Mail, telegraph, telephone, letters (types of letters, patterns of return at the beginning, addressing)
10. Constructions with the preposition pa: razmaulać pa telefonie.
11. Possessive pronouns.

STUDENT'S EXPENDITURE - ECTS POINT BALANCE

Student workload:

120 hours - classes in the room, 4 ECTS;

15 hours - ongoing preparation, 1.5 ECTS;

15 hours - preparation to pass, 0.5 ECTS.

TOTAL: 5 ECTS