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Ukrainian Level 5 Advanced Plus

Course description: Level 5 is for those who have successfully completed the Level 4 Ukrainian Evening Course or a similar course and/or who have very good knowledge of the language acquired through living in the country extensively or by using Ukrainian regularly through work or personal relationships. The course runs over three ten-week terms and each session is two hours long. The aim of the course is to help fluent speakers of Ukrainian to maintain and extend their knowledge of the language, as well as to enhance their literacy and translation skills and cultural awareness. The course includes all four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. The course will cover the following:


Topics:
•ÌýÌý ÌýUkrainian emigration in the world
•ÌýÌý Ìýminorities in Ukraine
•ÌýÌý Ìýenvironmental issues
•ÌýÌý Ìýeducation in Ukraine
•ÌýÌý Ìýprejudices
•ÌýÌý Ìýstreet protest movements
•ÌýÌý Ìýfamous Ukrainian politicians
•ÌýÌý Ìýclassical and modern Ukrainian art and literature
•ÌýÌý Ìýlatest trends in Ukraine


Functions:
•ÌýÌý Ìýunderstanding dialects, slang and jargonÌý
•ÌýÌý Ìýwriting reviews and summaries
•ÌýÌý Ìýreporting on events and matters of public interest
•ÌýÌý Ìýpreparing presentations
•ÌýÌý Ìýpracticing advanced translation from and into Ukrainian


Grammar:
•ÌýÌý Ìýdeclension of nouns, adjectives and pronouns
•ÌýÌý Ìýcollective numerals
•ÌýÌý Ìýdeclension of cardinal numbers 200-1000
•ÌýÌý Ìýtelling the timeÌý
•ÌýÌý Ìýimpersonal forms finishing with -но, -то
•ÌýÌý Ìýparticiples and gerunds
•ÌýÌý Ìýimperative and conditional mood
•ÌýÌý Ìýdeclension of names and surnamesÌý
•ÌýÌý Ìýcompound words
•ÌýÌý Ìýreported speech
•ÌýÌý Ìýcomplex and compound sentences


Learning resources:
Course Book:
Synchak O. Yabluko: Advanced Level. – Lviv: Ukrainian Catholic University Press, 2015.
Teacher’s own resources, materials from the Internet (online newspapers, magazines).
Online Materials

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