THE HISTORY OF ROMANIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: TEXTBOOKS AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ACADEMICS AT OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY IN THIS FIELD
THE HISTORY OF ROMANIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: TEXTBOOKS AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ACADEMICS AT OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY IN THIS FIELD

Summary/Abstract: Ovidius University of Constanta promotes a sustained policy of internationalization which leadsto a raise of the number of foreign students who have decided to attend this university. This policy is not veryeasy to sustain, but based on the common efforts and determination of all teachers, the results can easily beseen.The majority of these students will attend courses in Romanian, so they need to learn and pass theexamination of a one-year course of Romanian Language for Foreign Students. In order for this course to bebetter liked and more accessible for foreign students coming from all over the world, the teachers from thePreparatory Year have published very useful coursebooks to be used by the foreign students of the Romanianlanguage. Over time, these instruments have been permanently improved and adapted to the first level A1-A2.So, creating and publishing new and attractive courses that use new methods of teaching Romanianas a Foreign Language is a permanent and constant interest for all the academics involved, with a newuseful and loved course of B1-B2 level being prepared to be published soon. The article presents the evolution of all the existing courses created and published by academicsteaching at “Ovidius” University of Constanța used for teaching Romanian as a foreign language, andanalyzes the methods used by their authors.

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