Belarusian language II 3221-S2-FBA-NJBII12
Classes are a continuation of Practical Belarusian at the advanced level in a basis of contemporary journalistic texts including colloquialisms, borrowings, jaronisms etc. and analytical texts reffering to modern social-political international problems. The course is to develop skills to communicate freely and correctly (in written and oral form) on complex subjects, including abstractions, improving reading skills, paraphrasing and analyzing texts on contemporary issues (often activating emotions).
During the course students work with journalistic texts, showing directly important problems of the modern world, such as quality of life, safety and domestic violence, abortion, surrogate motherhood, protection of environment and pollution, fossil fuel power stations and nuclear power plants (including crashes), natural disasters and humanitarian aid, civil wars and peacekeeping, arms of the new generation, the importance of international organizations (UN, NATO), art and emotion. Students learn the correct way to analyze the most important contemporary linguistic phenomenon of socio-political. Paraphrase, evaluate, summarize, prioritize the information heard and read. Create their own, linguistically correct statements marked and neutral, deepen the ability to conduct and coordinate discussions on serious and abstractive issues.
They also refine their knowledge of grammatical structures and spelling, in particular, such as uninflective nouns and nouns of general genre, ways of expressing causal relationships, the construction of repeatedly complex sentences, coordinate and subordinate constructions with the meaning of consent, creation of adverbs, inflection of nouns ending in -j, -um, spelling of nouns ending in -ija, compound adjectives spelling and side and epenthetic words usage.
THEMATIC BLOCKS:
BLOCK I
1. The importance of family in human life.
2. Quality of life and safety in the family.
3. Large and multigenerational families.
4. The division of responsibilities in the family.
5. Violence in the family.
6. Abortion.
7. Surrogacy.
8. Uninflected nouns and the nouns of general genre: zabijaka, prajdocha, sonia....
9. Jargon words and taboo lexicon: bomż, trauka, ihołka, miaszoczniki, vandały.
10. Expressing causal relations: ad czaho?, z-za czaho?
BLOCK II
1. Environmental protection.
2. Attempts to limit release greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
3. Fossil fuel power stations and nuclear power plants.
4. Power outages (at Chernobyl, in Japan).
5. Energy from renewable sources.
6. The fight against the elements.
7. Forest fires.
8. Floods - lack of storage reservoirs flood-performing functions.
9. Humanitarian assistance to affected population.
10. Dependent clauses and undependent clasuses.
BLOCK III
1. Boiling points in different regions of the world.
2. Civil and international wars.
3. Peacekeeping missions: Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan ...
4. New generation of weapons: missiles, missile launchers ...
5. Defense systems.
6. The importance of military maneuvers.
7. The role of the UN and NATO.
8. Constructions with the meaning of consent.
9. Formation of adverbs. Adverbs with the prefix pa-: pa-mojmu, pa-czałavieczy ...
10. Ways to transfer other people's speech.
BLOCK IV
1. Literature and art.
2. Museums.
3. Visual Arts.
4. Music.
5. Computer Games (chakierstwa, żorstkasć, nasille).
6. Feelings, sensations, moods.
7. Inflection of nouns ending with -j: muziej, sanatoryj ...
8. nflection of nouns ending with -um: refierendum, ultymatum ...
9. Spelling of nouns ending with -IJA: dyskusija, recenzija, ekskursija...
10. Spelling compound adjectives:litaraturna-muzyczny, hramadska-palityczny...
11. The side and epenethicwords usage: dnym słovam, biezumouna, napeuna, na maju dumku...
Student workload:
90 hours – in class, 3 ECTS;
45 hours - preparing for class assignments, 1,5 ECTS;
45 hours - preparing for the exam, 1,5 ECTS.
Total: 6 ECTS.
Requirements
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: the graduate understands and has an advanced knowledge of
– various functions of language in the context of, e.g. literature, culture, religion, history, art, politics, economy or media
-- the nature of language and the impact of historical and cultural changes on its development
- interlingual similarities and differences as well as adequate techniques of interlingual transfer
- the sense of specialist language communication, its constraints and challenges
- notions and rules pertaining to intellectual property protection, in particular copyright
Skills: the graduate can
– search for, analyse, evaluate, select and use information by consulting sources in various languages, including on-line sources under unpredictable conditions
– formulate and analyse research problems in the area of literary studies, choose innovative research methods and tools as well as prepare and present findings, also under unpredictable conditions,
– recognise various types of literary works and carry out a critical analysis and interpret them in a wider context by using innovative methods,
– communicate with specialists by using various channels and means of communication in a specific foreign language
- draft correct, extensive, clear and coherent papers in a foreign language on a selected topic, also in the context of specialist communication
-speak a foreign language at the level indicated in the course syllabus, also in the context of specialist communication
- lead teamwork and cooperate within a team
- individually plan and pursue his or her own process of lifelong learning as well as provide others with guidance in this respect
Social competencies: the graduate is ready to
- critically evaluate his or her knowledge and the content he or she receives
– correctly identify and solve professional dilemmas in accordance with tradition and professional ethics as well as develop professional competences
Assessment criteria
Conditions for admission to final examination:
- systematic preparation for classes of the given material;
- timely execution of housework and control tests;
- active participation in the work on presentations, individual and group presentations;
-positive grades must be obtained from all NJB teachers.
The exam consists of: a written and oral part:
- written part (grammatical and lexical test and translation task and working out on one of three topics to choose from) -
criteria: knowledge of grammatical structures, vocabulary and spelling.
test - 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)
Below 60% - 2,0 (unsatisfactory)
Working out - criteria:
a / compliance with the theme,
b / compliance with the required form,
c / composition,
d / volume of work,
e / language wealth,
f / linguistic correctness.
- oral part / criteria:
a / communication effectiveness (the student understands the interlocutor, adequately answers questions and formulates answers, is aware of the most important polite conventions);
b / fluency of speech;
c / correct use of grammatical structures;
d / using the proper vocabulary e / correctness of pronunciation and intonation.
The condition for admission to the oral examination is passing the written exam.
The condition for passing the exam is to obtain a positive evaluation in the written and oral parts.
The final mark of the exam consists of the following components:
Assessment of written exam 50% + oral exam grade 50% = final grade of the exam
The student has the right to 2 unexcused absences, each subsequent one requires justification. The lecturer decides on the recognition of absence. Exceeding excused and unexcused absences by 50% of classes may be grounds to fail the course. The conditions for passing the course on the resit exam are the same as on the ordinary of exam.
Bibliography
1. „Biełorusskij jazyk dla niebiełorusow, Mińsk 1963,
2. Narkiewicz A. Praktyczny kurs suczasnaj biełaruskaj mowy. Mińsk 1992,
3. Leksikałohija suczasnaj biełaruskaj litaraturnaj mowy. Pod red. Bachańkowa A., Mińsk 1994,
4. Staryczonak W. Biełaruskaja mowa ad A da Ja. Mińsk 2000,
5. T. Jasińska-Socha, Język białoruski (poziom podstawowy i średniozaawansowany), Warszawa 2017.
6. Słounik bielaruskaj mowy. Mińsk 2000,
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9. Current belorussian gazettes and magazines.
10. Own materials.
Additional information
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