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Slovene Level 2 Lower Intermediate

Course description: Level 2 is intended for students who have recently completed the Beginners’ course (level 1) or who already have basic knowledge of the language and its grammar acquired through visits to the country or self-study. The course runs over three ten-week terms and each session is two hours long. The course aims at giving students further understanding of grammar, developing broader vocabulary and improving listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

Topics and Functions: Talking about yourself, family and friends; describing people; talking about the weather and seasons; talking about events and holidays and acquainting yourself with Slovene national and religious celebrations; important tourism destinations, travelling, booking a holiday; famous Slovenes; orientation and directions; talking about your home, apartment, and house; describing your vacation.

Grammar: Revision of all cases in the singular form, continuing with different uses of all cases (in singular and plural), use of all three tenses (present, past, future), prepositions with cases, comparison of adjectives, adverbs, word order, imperative, verbal aspect (imperfective and perfective), personal and possessive pronouns, conjunctions.

Study Materials: Ivana Petric Lasnik, Nataša Pirih Svetina, Andreja Ponikvar, Gremo naprej (Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, 2003)

It will be supported by additional teacher’s materials (grammar exercises, role play, reading and listening comprehension).