Level I - (beginner children age 3
to 7years)
8:00 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.
Level II - (beginner children age 8 or
older and adults with no Slovak language background or fluency) 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
Level III - (advance
children age 8 or older and adults with beginner Slovak language fluency
AND who have completed Level II 10:00 a.m. to
10:50a.m.
Level IV - (advanced children age
8 or older and advanced adults who have previously completed
Level II) 11:00 a.m. to
11:50 a.m.
The classes will run every Saturday except April 7, 14, 21st.
Levels 2 and 3 should buy the Slovencina book that is described at the bottom of the page. Level 4 materials will be provided.
The text
used in Levels 2 and 3 is Slovencina pre Cudzincov by Dratva and
Buznova and can be purchased online through Bolchazy Publishing at
www.bolchazy.com.
Materials for Level 4 will be provided during class.
Class fees are $160 for the first family member and $80 for each
additional family member and may be paid at the first class or
by completing an application and sending the application and check
made payable to Cleveland Slovak School to my attention at 514
Danbury Lane, Avon Lake, OH 44012.Fees are
nonrefundable.
For applications or
for further information, please call Mary Ann Dzurec at
440-930-2197 or email at
cleveslovakschool@yahoo.com
For those students who wish
to return, Level 3 will review basics briefly then begin where
Level 2 ended last year. Level 4 will begin where Level 3 ended
last year therefore an understanding of conjugation of verbs in
the present tense is necessary to advance to Level 4. If you would
like tools for assisting in moving to Levels 3 or 4, consider
purchasing Colloquial Slovak by James Naughton through Amazon.
Alternatively, you can check the Internet for additional Slovak
language resources.
Research
shows that children who speak multiple languages benefit
cognitively, culturally and economically. Children acquire language
through interaction especially with other children. Children
surrounded by conversation will acquire the language that is being
used around them. And it is just as easy for a child to acquire two
or more languages at the same time, as long as they are regularly
interacting with speakers of those languages. Our goal is to
introduce the Slovak language and culture in an informal, fun and
practical way for children and teens including conversation, games,
song, dance, reading and writing and to provide parents with
materials to help assist young Slovak learners in their home
settings.