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UJOP
THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE AND
ACADEMIC PREPARATION FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS, CENTRE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION,
COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA
The Institute of
Language and Academic Preparation for Foreign Students, Centre of Continuing
Education is the part of Comenius University in Bratislava, the oldest and
largest university in Slovakia. It
is the only institution preparing
international students for their studies at all Slovak universities both in
language and professional respects. We organize short-term as well as long-term
Slovak language courses in our premises applying 46-year tradition in teaching
Slovak as a foreign language. University
studies in Slovakia attract attention of students from Sweden, Great Britain and
USA but also from Bangladesh, Bahrain, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Yemen, Kuwait,
Thailand, Japan or South Korea. The Institute prepares students from over 50
countries annually. During the 46-years existence of the Institute altogether
over 10,000 students from 127 countries have prepared for their university study
there.
The activities
of the Institute of Language and Academic Preparation for Foreign Students focus
also on Slovak language and cultural promotion abroad. Our Institute offers the
study of Slovak as a foreign language in courses of varying duration and level
of proficiency to applicants from all over the world.
5-MONTH OR 10-MONTH INTENSIVE
SLOVAK LANGUAGE COURSES
are
designed for a very wide
range of applicants: for students preparing for their post-graduate studies at
Slovak universities, for applicants not planning to study at a Slovak university
but having an interest in the Slovak language or needing it in his/her job or
everyday life, e.g. foreign representation officers, diplomats, international
managers, foreign language lectors, etc. We cannot forget compatriots bound with
family ties to Slovakia who would like to improve their knowledge by learning
the language of their parents or grandparents.
Further interesting program is:
3-WEEK INTENSIVE SUMMER COURSES
focused on the
acquisition of basic understanding or improving Slovak language skills as well
as learning about Slovak geography, history and culture via lectures,
discussions and sightseeing. Teaching Slovak is with a concentration on
communicative principles by experienced staff, together with the lectures on
Slovak Studies and interesting facts of Slovakia. The students are divided into
groups of beginners, intermediate and advanced. There is no age or education
restriction, so the course is open for everyone. The program includes a variety
of trips, excursions, meetings, discussions, workshops and other activities such
as learning Slovak folk dances or cooking traditional meals
(various cultural activities and trips for
visiting monuments and Slovak natural beauty is very popular). Children of
Slovaks living abroad regularly attend this course, as they do not want to lose
contacts with the mother country of their forefathers.
1 – 4 WEEK STUDY STAYS
are organized in
cooperation with Departments of the Slovak Language and Literature at
universities abroad and they are designed for Slovak language students in order
to improve their language skills.
SLOVAK LANGUAGE EVENING CLASSES
are designed
for those who find daytime inconvenient, i.e. employees, daily students of
universities.
In
addition to these courses the Institute is accredited by the Ministry of
Education of the Slovak Republic to hold
General State Examinations in Slovak as a foreign language.
This examination is designed for
foreigners interested in Slovak language acquisition demonstrating the reliable
competence in oral and written communication. In 2003 our project
Language Competence testing
was labelled as a “Council of
Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for languages.”
Along with other study
program ÚJOP CĎV UK also issues its own course books, multimedia and study
materials and is engaged in the methodology of teaching Slovak as a foreign
language.
The Institute mission is to prepare students for entrance exams and studies at
Slovak universities in the Slovak language. The successful admission for
universities is 85-95 per cent of ÚJOP leavers. After the wide range of our
language courses the participants
will be able to communicate in Slovak
and also they will get
acquainted with information of Slovak history, geography, culture.
GO TO THE
INSTITUTE'S SLOVAK SITE IN ENGLISH
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL COURSES
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to Slovak Heritage
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updated May 30, 2010
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