Lithuanian Language for Foreigners B2 (on-site in Kaunas)

You will learn to:

• Understand spoken language, lectures, and even more complex reasoning if the topic is familiar.
• Understand most TV news and current affairs programs, as well as films in standard language.
• Read articles on current topics presenting different viewpoints and understand contemporary literary prose.
• Communicate spontaneously and fluently in speech and writing; participate in discussions, express and defend opinions.
• Describe various topics in detail, explain your viewpoint, and present pros and cons of choices.
• Write clear and detailed texts on a range of topics (essays, letters, reports), convey information and express opinions.
• Use compensation strategies when language knowledge is insufficient for smooth communication.

Learning topics:

• Talking about school and university, favorite subjects, study programs, career choices; discussing language learning and dialects.
  Vocabulary: education system, institutions, programs, exams, languages and dialects.
  Grammar: suffix –imas, “užuot” with active past participles, collective numerals, prepositions apie, pagal.
• Describing traditions and holidays; expressing emotions, agreeing/disagreeing, summarizing, citing sources; retelling texts and describing events.
  Vocabulary: traditions and holidays.
  Grammar: future active participles, parenthetical words (e.g., “deja”, “tarkim”), conjunctions, generalizing pronouns, non-finite verb forms.
• Talking about character, national traits, emotions, prejudices, parenting.
  Vocabulary: personality traits, health, feelings.
  Grammar: common gender nouns, genitive of quality, past active participles, reflexive pronouns, suffixes –uolis, –utis, interjections.
• Describing household problems, repairs, car maintenance; expressing complaints or giving advice.
  Vocabulary: housekeeping, repairs, cars.
  Grammar: suffixes –inis, –inti, necessity participles, particles (e.g., “tik”, “vos”).
• Describing flora, fauna, nature; discussing ecology and expressing natural sounds.
  Vocabulary: plants, animals, countryside, ecology.
  Grammar: suffix –ynas, compound words, onomatopoeia, diminutives, continuous action.

Study period:

from September 3 to September 26,  III 17:00-18:30 (on-site in Kaunas)