Bulgarian Language Course for Erasmus students at SWU - I part (Survival Bulgarian)

4 hours every week - 60 hours per semester, 6 ECTS

The course aims at providing basic knowledge on Bulgarian language. It facilitates your easier adaptation in the new linguistic and cultural environment. It has a purely pragmatic focus. It emphasizes on creating and developing communication skills in the most common language situations (introduction, store, restaurant, hotel, street, airport, etc.). Students acquire listening, reading and comprehension skills. At the end of the course, elementary texts in Bulgarian and everyday communication are mastered.

Bulgarian Language Course for Erasmus students at SWU - II part (Advanced Bulgarian)

8 hours per week - 120 hours per semester, 12 ECTS

Students who study Bulgarian language as a first or second major (or as a elective course) at their home institutions have the opportunity to attend a practical Bulgarian language course for advanced students. The aim of the course is to develop and improve their language skills through the method of active communication and simulation of real language situations. It expands and builds on their knowledge of Bulgarian phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexicology through pragmatic, language-oriented training. The course contributes to improving their listening, comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills of more sophisticated texts in Bulgarian as well as to maintain communication in different language situations.