Transcript Foreign language teaching BUSINESS ACADEMY RUZOMBEROK SLOVAKIA SLOVAKIA – a country in the heart of Europe Ružomberok Ruzomberok a small town in the north of Slovakia EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SLOVAKIA AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING Schooling starts.

Foreign language teaching
BUSINESS ACADEMY RUZOMBEROK
SLOVAKIA
SLOVAKIA – a country in the heart of
Europe
Ružomberok
Ruzomberok
a small town
in the
north of
Slovakia
EDUCATION
SYSTEM IN
SLOVAKIA
AND FOREIGN
LANGUAGE TEACHING
Schooling starts in elementary schools consisting of two stages:
1st 1 - 4 grade
2nd 5 – 9 grade
- compulsory learning a foreign language from 5th grade of
elementary school
- in 2007 - New concept of teaching foreign languages in
primary and secondary schools was approved by the
goverment and introduced to schools in September 2008
- since 2008 teaching two foreign languages has been compulsory
1th foreign language from 3th grade and 2nd foreign language
from 6th grade
- 1st foreign language – most of all English or German
- 2nd foreign language – English, German, Russian or French
After finishing 9th grade pupils transfer to a secondary school of their
choice which can last from 3 to 5 years
BUSINESS ACADEMY AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES
- a four-year secondary school which provides a complete
secondary specialized education in the field of economic
subjects, specialising in accounting (bookkeeping),
economics and enterpreneurship
- school was established in 1992 and the Russian language
has been taught since 2004
- teaching foreign languages starts in 1st grade and finishes
in the 4th grade by passing a school leaving exam called
MATURITA
- pupils learn 1st foreign language – Eng or Ger and 2nd
foreign language - Eng, Ger or Rus
NUMBER OF LESSONS PER WEEK
1st foreign
language
2nd foreign
language
Conversation
lessons (1st
for.language)
4
3
_
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
1st grade
2nd grade
3rd grade
4th grade
FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN 2010/11
Class
1st foreign
language
2nd foreign language
Conversation
lessons
Eng
Ger
Eng
Ger
Rus
Eng
Ger
1.A
28
-
-
28
-
-
-
1.B
16
8
8
16
-
-
-
2.A
29
-
-
13
16
29
-
2.B
19
11
11
19
-
19
11
3.A
31
-
31
-
-
31
-
3.B
11
20
20
-
11
11
20
4.A
35
-
-
21
14
35
4.B
14
22
22
-
14
14
22
Total
183
61
92
97
55
139
53
FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS
•
21 teachers work at school, among them 7 teachers of
foreign languages
5 English teachers
3 German teachers
1 Russian teacher
• two teachers teach 2 foreign languages (Eng-Rus,
Eng-Ger)
ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS
Textbook+ workbook + CD
GERMAN TEXTBOOKS
Textbook+ workbook + CD
RUSSIAN TEXTBOOKS
Textbook+ workbook + CD
The Common European Framework of
Reference
• teaching 1st foreign language is finished in the 4th grade
with a school leaving exam called Maturita at the level
B1/B2 according to The Common European Framework
of Referance for Teaching Languages
• teaching 2nd foreign languge is finished in the 4th grade
аt the level А2/B1, a school leaving exam is voluntary
SCHOOL LEAVING EXAM FROM FOREING
LANGUAGES
In 2004 a Rehearsal Examination of
Each pupil has a possibility to
a New Concept of School Leaving
choose the level of examination either
Examination was implemented
B1 or a higher level B2
Maturita exam consists of two parts:
1. EXTERNAL PART
-
Test : includes 3 parts
Listеning comprehension
Language in use
Reading compehension
(duration: 100 min B1/
B2 120 min)
%
2. INTERNAL PART
Oral exam: (20 min)
33,3%
- visual input (5 min)
- discussion about a topic
of 25 topics (10 min)
- simulation /role play (5 min )
30%
Writing – letter,essay (60
min) at least 180 words
When teaching
foreign languages
we can use other
computer
classrooms
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS
Four classrooms for teaching
foreign languages:
 two classroom with a videoplayer, CD-player and maps
 two classrooms with an
interactive board
LANGUAGE COMPETITIONS OLYMPIADS
 Our pupils take part in
language olympiads
 The school organises
school rounds, the best
pupils go on to regional
rounds.
Our achievements
 1st place in a regional
round of the German
language Olympiad
(2009)
 2nd place in a regional
round of the English
language Olympiad
(2007, 2010)
School participation in
projects
• in 2006 four our pupils
together with a teacher
participated in a project in
Ancara, Turkey which was
called „Sports against
xenofobia„
• in 2007 one pupil escorted
by a teacher participated in
a project called „Diversity is
our strength" in Armenia
Pupils of our school take part
in different international
projects
Participation in different competitions
• Students of our school are
interested in events taking
place in the European Union
and therefore they participate
in different competitions with
concern of the life in the
European Union.
• A reward for them is often a
stay in various countries of
Europe where they have a
possibility to use their
language skills in practise.
Тhat kind of the reward was a stay of
two our students in Strassburg in
2008 or in German Weimar where a
student of ours spent a week.
Thank you for your attention!