Learning of languages of the region: Ukrainian - level B1 3224-DNJRUB1
After completing this level, students will understand the main points of clearly
spoken standard language on familiar topics related to work, school, leisure, etc.
They will understand the main points of They understand the most important
information in radio and TV programmes about current events
or topics related to their personal
or professional interests, when spoken fairly slowly and clearly. They can understand
texts containing the most commonly used expressions related to everyday
and professional life. Understands descriptions of events, feelings and wishes
contained in private letters. Can cope with most situations that
may arise when travelling in countries of a given language area.
Can participate without preparation in conversations on topics that are
familiar and interesting to them, or related to everyday life (e.g.
family, interests, work, travel and current events). Can
combine words and expressions in a simple way to describe experiences and
events, their dreams, hopes and ambitions. Can give reasons and
explanations, formulate opinions and plans. Can tell a story
and report on the content of a film or book, or describe their
reactions. Can write a simple, coherent text on a topic familiar or
interesting to them. Can write a personal letter describing experiences and
impressions.
Course topics: Home, family, interpersonal relationships; Work. Studies.
University; Free time. Hobbies. Entertainment; Art, theatre, cinema, music,
literature; Sport, tourism, travel; Weather, weather-related phenomena and climate; Environment, natural phenomena; City, countryside; Events, social and political news; Media (press, radio, TV); Language learning: reasons, expectations, methods, experiences.
Course topics (culture-related topics):
1. Ukrainian news portals and the most popular social
networks.
2. Television: what do Ukrainians watch?
3. Ukrainian music: from folk to rock.
4. How to write a letter (personal, formal). Top 10 most
common mistakes.
Student workload includes:
Classroom participation – 60 hours (2 ECTS)
Preparing for classes – 30 hours (2 ECTS)
5. Travels and excursions: a cultural perspective.
6. Regions of Ukraine: traditions and multiculturalism.
7. The most famous historical sites and landmarks of
Ukraine.
8. Nature of Ukraine.
9. Culinary preferences of Ukrainians from East to West.
10. Ukrainian literature: then and now.
In line with a systemic model of language instruction, which assumes the
acquisition of skills related to mastering the language as a set of
grammatical, syntactic, and lexical rules, alongside an analysis of the
nature of language as a socio-cultural phenomenon and the development
of (inter)cultural competence (in accordance with the CEFR and FREPA:
https://www.ore.edu.pl/2017/12/frepa-system-opisu-pluralistycznych-
podejsc-do-jezykow-i-kultu-kompetencje-i-zasoby/), language education
is carried out along two complementary pathways: general thematic
content and cultural thematic content. Both dimensions are integrated and
mutually reinforcing, ensuring a systematic transmission of knowledge
about the culture of the region and the selected target-language country.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
A student is practicing without having to fear his/her speech
communication on the intermediat level:
On completing the course, the student:
KNOWLEDGE:
1. makes use of knowledge of culture of a given lingusitic region;
acquired during the course;
2. a graduate knows and understands at an intermediate level the
sophisticated nature of a language;
3. one has sufficient vocabulary at an intermediate level (with
particular focus on the vocabulary included in Full description);
4. one has knowledge at intermediate level about the description of a
language system;
5. one knows selected issues (See: Full description).
SKILLS
1. one can communicate in simple and routine tacks within the topics
listed in Full description;
2. one can recognise familar words and messages in selected, simple
materials of different types as well as in verbal comunication;
3. one understands and paraphrases information contained in selected,
simple materials of every life (See: Full description), sums up and
draws conclusions;
4. writes conventional personal and formal letters, such as emails,
invitations, CV, application letters;
5. narrates past, present and planned events relating to his/her own
life (with particular focus on the vocabulary and topics included in
Full description), both orally and in writing, using basic
vocabulary;
6. one presents information in oral and written form using certain
language constructions.
COMPETENCES:
1. one is able to collaborate in pair as well as in a group of people;
2. one knows learning strategies and understands the need for lifelong
learning;
3. one knows basic social norms and their relevant verbal and
nonverbal reactions which are obligatory in the definite cultural
and linguistic area;
4. one detects cultural differences and demonstrates the tolerance for
users of other languages.
Concerning the specific learning outcomes after completing the course, the
student acquires skills:
1) knows and understands in an intermediate way the comprehensive
nature of the language, with particular emphasis on the cultural context of
Ukraine.
2) able to use the Ukrainian language at level B1 according to the
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
3) can use modern communication and information technologies in his
work.
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).
II. Assessment criteria:
Learning the languages of the region ends with an examination according
to The Order of the Head of The Department no 4/2016 on language
examination published on website:
http://ksi.uw.edu.pl/studenci/studia-i-stopnia/nauka-jezykow-obcych-w-
ksi/ i
Admission to examination is based upon completing the course.
The final mark comprises the following elements:
– oral verification of learning outcomes/ prepared or spontaneous
utterance, dialogue in pairs, short presentation, role-by-play scenario –
25% of the grade,
– written verification of learning outcomes/ e.g. letter, mail, composition,
written utterance, comment, note, short tests – 25% of the grade,
– the result of 3 credit tests – 50% of the grade.
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).
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)
III. Annotation:
Classes are conducted in real time, in the form of e-learning, supported by
the tools provided by the University.
Bibliography
The coursebooks:
Олеся Палінська, Крок 2. Книга для студента. Українська мова як
іноземна. Базовий рівень В1, Львів 2013.
Oksana Baraniwska, Bożena Zinkiewicz-Tomanek. Język ukraiński dla
średniozaawansowanych, Kraków 2022.
Dictionaries, additional materials provided by the lecturer, recordings etc.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: