From an intensive one-to-one Slovenian course at our London training centre to an in-company Slovenian course at your place of work, Communicaid is able to provide you with a Slovenian language course that meets your language and communication requirements. With training centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York providing countrywide coverage and partner organisations worldwide, Communicaid is uniquely placed to be your local, national and international training partner for Slovenian courses.
Our Slovenian courses are highly personalised and designed to improve your Slovenian language and communication skills, whether your focus is social, business, financial, diplomatic or military.
Benefits
A Communicaid Slovenian course will provide you with the ability to:
- Speak Slovenian confidently
- Interact with assurance when visiting Slovenian-speaking regions or dealing with Slovenian
speakers
- Build rapport, strengthen relationships and empathise with Slovenian-speaking clients ,
suppliers and colleagues and clients through a show of interest in the Slovenian language and
culture
- Demonstrate good will and facilitate international communication at both a personal and
organisational level
Who should attend
A Communicaid Slovenian course is suitable for:
- Anyone working with Slovenian speaking nationals
- Anyone planning to relocate to a Slovenian-speaking region and wishing to attend a
Slovenian course in order to prepare in advance for their assignment
- Business professionals conducting business regularly with Slovenian speakers who wish to
build rapport and strengthen relationships by attending a Slovenian course
- Government and non-governmental agency representatives working in Slovenian-speaking
regions who need to be able to communicate at all levels
Course content
The content and format of your Slovenian course will depend on your profession, proficiency in Slovenian and objectives. Whether beginner, survival, intermediate or advanced, key areas covered in all our Slovenian courses include:
- Spoken fluency
- Listening skills
- Pronunciation and accent
- Reading skills
- Telephone skills in Slovenian
- Email skills in Slovenian
- Sector-specific terminology
- Presentation & negotiation skills Approach
Slovenian training is available seven days a week, 365 days a year. Training takes place between 08:00 and 20:00 although training is also available outside of these hours upon request.
Suitable tailored and published Slovenian materials will be used throughout your course, with recommendations on self-study material and extra reading made at the beginning and throughout the duration of your course.
We offer a variety of training formats for your Slovenian course – from intensive, weeklong courses to extensive, modular lessons. Appropriate formats will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy (please click here to read more about our approach).
Slovenian course trainer
All Communicaid Slovenian trainers are native speakers with at least 3 years’ professional Slovenian training experience. In addition to relevant academic and linguistic qualifications and experience, many of our Slovenian trainers also possess considerable exposure and expertise in the professional world.
Your Slovenian trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Slovenian training team.
NS
NS is a highly experienced Slovene language trainer, with a strong background in both academia and media. Her career spans for almost 30 years during which time she has served as the Head of Departments for a grammar school, a tertiary college, and as the Moderator for the University of London. She worked as a translator, broadcaster and contributor for the BBC World Service and Radio & TV Slovenia. For Communicaid, NS has trained a wide range of clients from both the corporate and public sector, delivering both beginners to advanced level Slovene courses.
NS is also an Associate lecturer with the Open University. In addition, she is also a published writer with publications featured in several educational and historical journals as well as feature and educational programmes for the BBC and Radio & TV Slovenia. She is also a translator.
Slovenšcina – Facts about the Slovenian language
Slovenian, also occasionally known as Slovene, is the official language of Slovenia and also has official language status in certain provinces and regions of Hungary, Austria and Italy. It is estimated that just over 2 million people speak Slovenian, most of whom are located in Slovenia. Other communities of Slovenian speakers can be found in neighbouring Italy and Austria as well as throughout the rest of the world as a result of emigration.
Slovenian belongs to the South Slavic group of the Indo-European family of languages. Its closest relation is Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Slovenian is a very varied language and possesses many different dialects a number of which a number are not mutually intelligible. There are at least eight regional varieties although some linguists have suggested that there are up to 48 different varieties spoken.
Slovenian is written using the Latin alphabet, with 3 additional letters: c, š, z |
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