SLAV592 - Intermed Ukrainian I

Activity
LEC
Section number integer
680
Title (text only)
Intermed Ukrainian I
Term
2019C
Subject area
SLAV
Section number only
680
Section ID
SLAV592680
Course number integer
592
Registration notes
Prior Language Experience Required
Meeting times
MW 05:00 PM-06:30 PM
Level
graduate
Description
This is a first-semester intermediate-level Ukrainian language course which is designed to make students practice reading, speaking and writing in Ukrainian. Current issues of Ukrainian newspapers, especially the weekly , will serve as the basic source for the study of the contemporary Ukrainian idiom. Reading, translation and discussion of featured articles on such topics as business, education, politics, science, sports et al. including advertising and horoscope style and terminology will not only be used to hone the language skills and build up vocabulary but also to acquaint the student with the latest linguistic developments in Ukraine, such as the loan-words and loan-translations, abbreviations and acronyms, ancient folk proverbs and sayings as well as contemporary technical terms.
Course number only
592
Use local description
No