Learning of languages of the region: Belarusian - level A1 3224-DNJRBA1-60h
Belarusian language workshops on the elementary level are aimed at
activating the skills of linguistic expression and communication in foreign
language as well as to enrich Belarusian 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
elemenentary communicative situations as well as cultural events/selected
cultural elements of the countries from the relevant language area
(cultural events, peculiarities):
1. Let's get to know each other (welcome, farewell, question
about well-being)
2. Me and others: where we live, where we come from (the
countries of the region)
3. In a Belarusian café: how to place an order and pay
4. My family (A few words about customs in Belarus)
5. Free time and hobby (A few words about spending free time in
Belarus)
6. How to write an email and an SMS: simple communication
situations
7. How to answer the phone and fill out a form: simple
communication situations
8. Shopping at the grocery store
9. Practicing numerals (providing prices, phone numbers)
10. Expressing opinions
11. Proposals, consent and refusal
12. Welcoming guests (welcome, small talk at the party,
conversation about food)
13. A visit to Belarus (regional studies, consolidation of
vocabulary from point 12)
14. The course of the day
15. What did you do yesterday? Past tense practice
16. Let's talk about holidays in Belarus
17. Asking the way, orientation in the city, asking for help
18. A visit to Minsk (based on video materials)
19. A journey to Belarus (based on video materials)
20. At the hotel: How to rent a room, place an order at a
restaurant, pay a bill
21. Organizing an event / birthday (based on video materials)
22. Division of duties in a flat / house: Live with family, friends or
yourself
23. Well-being, health and illness: questions, advice and
recommendations
24. A visit to the doctor: conversation by telephone (making an
appointment) and in the office
25. Small talk: Let's talk about the weather and more (form
questions)
26. Description of people and their attire (based on video
materials)
27. We plan a joint weekend, intentions and plans (based on video
materials)
28. Expressing wishes and dreams: conditional
29. Work and study: providing information about ourselves
30. Looking for a summer job (offer, phone call).
There are also other topics related to students' interests / proposed by
students.
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:
Active and substantive participation in classes – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
Preparing for classes – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
The course is conducted within the “Integrated Teaching & Learning Development Programme – ZIP 2.0”, which is co-financed by the European Social Fund – the European Funds for Social Development Programme 2021–2027 (FERS) (contract no.: FERS.01.05-IP.08-0365/23-00).
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
A student is practicing without having to fear his/her speech
communication on the elementary level.
On completing the course, the student:
KNOWLEDGE:
makes use of knowledge, acquired during the course, of culture of
a given lingusitic region;
a graduate knows and understands at an elementary level the
sophisticated nature of a language;
one has elementary vocabulary necessary to manage in language
environment (See: Full description);
one has elementary knowledge about the description of a language
system;
one knows selected issues (See: Full description).
SKILLS:
one can communicate in simple and routine tasks connected with
topics included in Full description;
one can recognize familiar words and messages in selected, simple
materials of different types as well as in verbal communication;
one understands information contained in selected, simple
materials of everyday life;
one presents information in oral and in written form using certain
language constructions.
COMPETENCES:
one is able to collaborate in pair as well as in a group of people;
one knows learning strategies and understands the need for
lifelong learning;
one knows basic social norms and their relevant verbal and
nonverbal reactions which are obligatory in the definite cultural
and linguistic area;
one detects cultural differences and demonstrates the tolerance for
users of other languages.
Assessment criteria
I. The organization of classes:
According to The detailed rules of studies at the Faculty of Applied
Linguistics (The Resolution No. 114 by the Faculty of Applied
Linguistics Board of 19 December, 2017):
1) Attendance at all classes, covered by the plan, shall be compulsory (§
9 (2)).
2) It is not possible to have a resit if the reason of failing the credit was
noncompliance with the requirement to participate in them. In such a
case a student can be conditionally registered in an successive stage of
study and can repeat the failed course.
According to the University Foreign Language Teaching System (the
Resolution No. 119 from 17 June, 2009).
3) In case of 30 hours in semester, 2 absences without justifying are
acceptable. Missed classes must be made up in accordance with the
requirements of the lecturer. The requirements are provided by the
lecturer during the first class.
II. Assessment criteria:
The final mark comprises the following elements:
Active and substantive participation in classes (40%)
Presentation of the topic fixed by the lecturer (60%)
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
Reading materials will be provided progressively during the course.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: