Slovene as a Foreign Language I

Students learn the Slovene language by studying all linguistic levels – from the phonological level to the textual-syntactic level, and thus practise communicating in the Slovenian language.

The aim of this basic course of the Slovene language is to develop all four types of the students' linguistic skills, that is communication, listening, reading and writting skills.

There are no prerequisites. In the introductory part of the course the students acquire basic knowledge of the Slovene language.

Developing the students' listening, speaking, written and reading skills by working on appropriate textual models and by using appropriate audiovisual aids.

• Acquiring vocabulary on various topics.

• Analysis and interpretation of audio recordings and written texts.

• Reading basic authentic professional texts and acquiring vocabulary covering various topics.
• Analysis and production of shorter texts in the Slovene language covering various topics.
• Grammar (basic morphology and syntax): the students learn to use basic grammar units in texts.

Knowledge and understanding:
The students are able to understand basic grammatical structures and use them appropriately in speech and writing.

• Ivana Petric Lasnik idr.: A, B, C … gremo. Ljubljana: Center za slovenščino kot drugi tuji jezik pri Oddelku za slovenistiko Filozofske fakultete, 2022. Catalogue
• Maja Melinc Mlekuž: Zbirka vaj za učenje slovenščine kot drugega in tujega jezika na začetni stopnji (A1). Nova Gorica: Fakulteta za humanistiko Univerze v Novi Gorici, 2020.
• Andreja Markovič idr.: Slovenska beseda vi živo 1a. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, 2013. Catalogue.Učbenik Catalogue.DZ
• Other study materials provided during the lectures and tutorials (worksheets, posters).

Successfully passing two preliminary tests. Successfully passing the written and oral examinations at the end of the period of lectures.

30 % two preliminary tests, 70 % final written and oral examination

Maja Melinc Mlekuž since 2008 lectures Slovene as a second/foreign language at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica, for many years was also as a teaching assistant in Slovene Literature, as well as in Literature didactics and Language didactics. Since 2023 she works also at the Centre for Cognitive Science of Language. Previously she worked at the Slovenian Research Institute (SLORI) in Trieste and at the Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Science and Research Centre Koper (ZRS Koper). For several years she taught Slovene in Slovene-language schools in Italy. Her research areas are: Slovene as a second and foreign language, developing language and intercultural competences, bilingualism, language didactics and literature didactics.

Boris Kern is assistant professor and research fellow at the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, ZRC SAZU, and as an external associate he lectures at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica. He is the co-author and co-editor-in-chief of the dictionaries of the modern Slovene language: eSSKJ: Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika and ePravopis (until 2019), as a co-author he also participated in compiling Dictionary of New Slovenian Words and the 2nd, revised edition of the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language. He is the leader of the group for word formation and normative studies in the project of compilig eSSKJ. His research areas are: word formation, lexicology, lexicography, orthography, phonetics and Slovene as a second and foreign language.

Selected articles:

• MELINC MLEKUŽ, Maja. Motivacija za učenje slovenščine: analiza intervjujev z učitelji in profesorji = L’importanza della motivazione per lo studio dello sloveno : analisi delle interviste con i docenti. V: JAGODIC, Devan (ur.), ZAGO, Moreno (ur.). Večjezičnost in identitete v obmejnem prostoru: primer šole s slovenskim učnim jezikom v Romjanu. Trieste: EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2022. Str. 109-127, 111-131. Biblioteca della società aperta, Studi e ricerche, 11. [COBISS.SI-ID 146140163]
• MELINC MLEKUŽ, Maja. Sporazumevalna zmožnost v šolah s slovenskim učnim jezikom v Italiji. Razprave in gradivo : revija za narodnostna vprašanja. [Tiskana izd.]. dec. 2019, no. 83, str. 67-82.[COBISS.SI-ID 14084173]
• MELINC MLEKUŽ, Maja. Didaktično-metodični vidiki pouka slovenščine na slovensko-italijanskem kulturnem stiku = Didactic-methodological aspects of teaching Slovenian in the Slovenian-Italian cultural contact area. V: ANDRES, Rok (ur.), et al. Slovanski jeziki na stičišču kultur : konferenčni e-zbornik. Ljubljana: Zveza društev Slavistično društvo Slovenije, Študentska sekcija, 2016. [COBISS.SI-ID 25905923]
• MELINC MLEKUŽ, Maja. Šolanje v šolah s slovenskim učnim jezikom v Italiji v času pouka na daljavo : raziskovalna izhodišča in metodološki okvir za pripravo novih učnih gradiv. V: ŽAGAR, Igor Ž. (ur.), MLEKUŽ, Ana (ur.). Raziskovanje v vzgoji in izobraževanju: učenje in poučevanje na daljavo: izkušnje, problemi, perspektive : zbornik povzetkov : 6. znanstvena konferenca, Ljubljana, 22. in 23. september 2021. Ljubljana: Pedagoški inštitut, 2021. Str. 87-88. [COBISS.SI-ID 78024963]
• KERN, Boris. Kombinatorika priponskih obrazil v besedotvornih sestavih glagolov čutnega zaznavanja. V: KRAJNC IVIČ, Mira (ur.), ŽELE, Andreja (ur.). Pogled v jezik in iz jezika : Adi Vidovič Muha ob jubileju, (Mednarodna knjižna zbirka Zora, 133). Maribor: Univerzitetna založba / University Press. 2020, str. 67–79. [COBISS.SI-ID 46130477]
• KERN, Boris, VIČAR, Branislava. Jezik in transspolne identitete. Slavistična revija, letn. 67, št. 2. 2019, str. 413–422. [COBISS.SI-ID 44910637]
• KERN, Boris. Stopenjsko besedotvorje (Na primeru glagolov čutnega zaznavanja). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2017. [COBISS.SI-ID 291202048]
• KERN, Boris. Wpływy obcojęzyczne na współczesny język słoweński. Rozprawy Komisji Językowej, T. 62. 2016, str. 39–48. [COBISS.SI-ID 64288610]
• KERN, Boris. Zagadnienia słowotwórcze w wybranych podręcznikach do nauczania języków słoweńskiego i polskiego jako obcych. V: PAŁUSZYŃSKA, Edyta (ur.), GARNCAREK, Piotr (ur.), MAŁYSKA, Agata (ur.). Glottodydaktyka – media – komunikacja. Negocjowanie znaczeń. 2014, str. 211–220. [COBISS.SI-ID 57085282]
• KERN, Boris. Politična korektnost v slovaropisju. V: ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila (ur.), DOBROVOLJC, Helena (ur.). Zbornik prispevkov s simpozija 2013 – Škrabčevi dnevi 8; 2013; Nova Gorica. 2015, str. 144–154. [COBISS.SI-ID 41919789]