On selected problems of using verbs in spoken language of Ukrainian students speaking Slovak Cover Image

K vybraným problémom používania verb v ústnych prejavoch ukrajinských študentov hovoriacich po slovensky
On selected problems of using verbs in spoken language of Ukrainian students speaking Slovak

Author(s): Stanislava Spáčilová
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Pragmatics
Published by: Lingvokulturologické a prekladateľsko-tlmočnícke centrum excelentnosti pri Filozofickej fakulte Prešovskej university v Prešove (LPTCE)
Keywords: Slovak as a foreign language; Ukrainian students; spoken language; interlanguage; interference error; error analysis; verbs;

Summary/Abstract: The objective of the paper is to present some frequent errors that occur in oral discourse of Ukrainian students acquiring Slovak as a foreign language in Slovak environment. Detailed attention is paid to the problem of using verbs. The material basis is almost 13 hours of audio recordings capturing oral discourse of 26 students. This was a part of the final assessment in a course called Training with a lecturer, after two semesters of learning Slovak as a foreign language. Error analysis may significantly contribute to the improvement of teaching methodology, and can form a starting point in the creation of a Slovak textbook for Ukrainian students.

  • Issue Year: 10/2019
  • Issue No: 39-40
  • Page Range: 131-142
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovak, Ukrainian