University of Ljubljana
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Slovenia
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Year Plus is a module, intended for international students during their first year at the University of Ljubljana. Within the framework of the Year Plus module, international students are able to learn Slovene free of charge while also fulfilling course requirements in their own degree programme. In addition to learning Slovene, the module also offers other types of content: at present, one elective course is available. The Slovenian language and Slovenian culture course enables the students to become familiar with the Slovene language and culture.
International students, enrolled in a degree programme at the BA or MA level at the University of Ljubljana for the first time, are eligible for the Year Plus module.
No. The University of Ljubljana offers the opportunity to learn Slovene as part of the Year Plus module free of charge to international students to help them adapt to the Slovene system and culture in their first year in Slovenia. Whether or not they decide to take this opportunity is up to the students themselves.
No. The content of the Year Plus module is offered free of charge to full-time international students enrolled in the degree programmes at the University of Ljubljana.
No, in that case you are not eligible for enrolling in the Year Plus module to learn Slovene. The B2-Level Certificate means that you are proficient enough in Slovene not to require additional systematic learning. The Year Plus module is intended for students who have no or very limited knowledge of Slovene.
No. You will participate in both the degree programme that you are enrolled in and the Year Plus module at the same time during your first year of studying in Slovenia.
Yes. The level of language knowledge that you will have at the end of the course depends on your previous knowledge, the amount of work you put in your coursework, your motivation and effort. The course is organized to enable each individual student to achieve optimal progress in accordance with the student’s needs and abilities.
You enrol in the Year Plus module immediately after enrolling in your degree programme at your faculty. When you complete the enrolment process at your faculty or academy, you will receive an email informing you about the option to enrol in the Year Plus module. You will be able to enrol in the Year Plus module on the Year Plus webpage using your digital ID 24 hours after completing the enrolment process at your faculty or academy.
Yes. The placement test is a pre-requisite for the Slovene as a foreign language 1 course. You will be placed into a class suitable for your level of Slovene based on your placement test results.
After enrolling in the Year Plus module, you will receive a placement test via email. Completing the test is the first requirement for your participation in the module.
No. You will be placed into a class based on your result on the placement test.
You will be notified about your class and about the beginning of the Slovene as a foreign language 1 course via email.
The only acceptable reason for changing your Slovene as a foreign language class is a scheduling conflict with one of your other classes. If this is the case, please notify the Year Plus administrator and ask him or her if you can change the class. You will be offered a place in in another class if available. If you have already met the instructor of your original class, it is polite to inform him or her about the change as well.
At the beginning of the academic year and at the end of the semester, the Year Plus administrator receives several hundred email messages a day. You will most certainly receive a reply, but we ask you to be patient.
The schedule for the Slovene as a foreign language course is not publicly available. You will be notified about it on time via email.
The Slovene as a foreign language course is a one-semester course with classroom time of 3 hours per week, meeting once a week. In addition to the weekly classroom meetings, 15 hours are spent outside the classroom: in the language lab, outside, at a gallery, museum, cinema, etc.
The course is taught at the Faculty of Arts (Aškerčeva 2) and other faculties of the University of Ljubljana.
The class size is usually about 20 students.
Attendance for the Slovene as a foreign language course is required. If you wish to take the exam to obtain 3 ECTS credit points, you must attend the class at least 80% of the time. This means that you have to participate in the course and the additional course-related activities regularly. In case of absence, you should notify your teacher.
In addition to regular active presence and additional activities, you will be expected to have at least one presentation and submit five written assignments, all in accordance with your teacher’s instructions. If all your coursework is completed, you can take the exam at the end of the semester.
The language of instruction is Slovene, but teachers (and students) use other languages that they are familiar with when necessary.
When you enrol in the Year Plus module, you are automatically enrolled in the Slovene as a foreign language 2 course. If you complete the Slovene as a foreign language 1 course at the end of the first semester and pass the exam, you can participate in the Slovene as a foreign language 2 course in the second semester without any additional registration.
No. You can only participate in the Slovene as a foreign language 2 course if you have successfully passed the exam for the Slovene as a foreign language 1 course.
You will not receive a certificate for Slovene, but you will receive a certificate confirming that you have passed all the requirements of the Year Plus module.
Your knowledge of Slovene is not assessed according to the Common European Language Framework (CEFR), as this is not the purpose of learning Slovene in the Year Plus module. The module is intended to help international students to adapt to the Slovene system and culture in their first year of studying in Slovenia. This is why the level of proficiency in Slovene is not specified on the certificate for Year Plus.
No. You can only use the certificate in question for study purposes, in other words, for obtaining the ECTS credit points acquired in the Year Plus module (as an elective course), or for extending your student status after your first year of studying.
If you need a certificate of proficiency for Slovene for official purposes, you will need to pass the Slovene Language Exam at the Examination Centre of the Center for Slovene as a Second and Foreign Language.
You can get recognition for the ECTS credit points in the Year Plus module in the following ways:
1) As an elective course within your degree programme in any year of study IF your study program offers the opportunity to choose an external elective course and IF faculty or academy recognizes the courses of the Year Plus module as an external elective course.
It is best to check this at your faculty at the beginning of the academic year.
2) For one - year extension of student status, but only after the first year of studying. This right is not transferable to higher years.
Participation in the Year Plus module enables you to extend your student status if you also obtain the required 30 ECTS credit points in the first year of studying. In order to do this, you have to obtain a minimum of 6 ECTS credit points in the Slovene as a foreign language course. This means that you have to successfully complete two courses:
- the Slovene as a foreign language 1 course (3 ECTS credit points) in the first semester and the Slovene as a foreign language 2 course (3 ECTS credit points) in the second semester.
- You should obtain the remaining 24 ECTS credit points from the courses in your own degree programme.
The faculties and academies have different procedures for extending the student status; you are therefore advised to make enquiries at your own faculty or academy.
IMPORTANT : Extension of student status with the help of Year plus can only be applied after the first year of study in Slovenia. Later (in higher years of study) you cannot use this right.
No. If you obtain 30 ECTS credit points in the first year of study at the University of Ljubljana (that is 6 ECTS credit points in the Slovene as a foreign language course and 24 ECTS credit points from the courses in your degree programme), you can extend your student status for a year, but you cannot enrol in a higher year.
No. Only students in their first year of studying at the University of Ljubljana are entitled to enrolling into the Year Plus module.
Your teacher will inform you about the learning materials that you will be using during one of the initial meetings of the class. You will be able to purchase the materials required at the Faculty of Arts bookshop or at another bookshop. Photocopying books is prohibited in Slovenia.
If there is a scheduling conflict with an exam for your other classes, you should explain this to your instructor and make sure you learn the course content that you missed on your own.
Your teacher will give you his or her email address during the first class meeting. If necessary, the Year Plus administrator can also contact your teacher for you.
The students and the teacher will agree on the exam date soon after the end of the course. In addition, there will be at least two other exam dates available during the exam period. Your teacher will inform you about the additional exam dates.
If you wish to take your knowledge of Slovene further or if you are not eligible for the Year Plus, you can still attend Slovene language courses offered at the Centre for Slovene as a Second and Foreign Language (FF UL).