Rozvoj zručnosti písania v slovenčine ako cudzom jazyku u študentov z Ukrajiny – prípadová štúdia
Case Study: Developing Writing Skills in Slovak as a Foreign Language for Ukrainian Students

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents observation findings and recommendations gathered with an implementation of a Slovak as a foreign language course aimed at productive communication skills, primarily writing. The course was designed for university students from Ukraine who were taking their 1st and 2nd year studies in the technical fields. The 30-hour course was completed by 10 students aged 17 to 21, with a non-philological focus in the environment of a community center. It is a low volume sample perspective interpreted as a case study and the findings cannot be generalized. Ukrainian students currently represent 10% of the total sum of full-time 1st and 2nd degree students, therefore streamlining the second language acquisition for the target group has a potential of a significant impact.The goal of the analysis was to point out teaching strategy selection examples that proved to be good practices while teaching Slovak as a foreign language, aimed at writing skills. We have outlined the possibilities of working with mistakes and the ways to master the correct writing forms, which we evaluated as effective. We believe that our findings and recommendations may help to improve a design of Slovak language writing courses for Ukrainian students.

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