{"id":21116,"date":"2021-10-07T19:46:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/filozoficka-fakulta\/pracoviska\/language-training-centre\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:20:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"cpt_pracoviska","link":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/filozoficka-fakulta\/en\/pracoviska\/language-training-centre\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">The history of the Language Training Centre (LTC) dates back to 1952, when the Cabinet of<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Russian Language was established within the Faculty of Medicine and was supervised by the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Department of Russian Language operating under the Comenius University in Bratislava. The<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">first Head of the Cabinet was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefan Dobos, to be followed by JUDr. Jaroslav<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Savulak from 1953. In 1959\u00a0the Cabinet was incorporated into the Department of Foreign<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Languages operating within the former Faculty of Arts. In 1963, after the establishment of the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Faculty of Natural Science, a separate Department of Languages came into existence offering<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">its language courses to the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Natural Science, and later<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">also to the Faculty of Law. In that period the Department was headed by JUDr. Jaroslav<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Savulak (till 1970) and PhDr. Ivan Kimak, CSc. (till 1982). After 1982\u00a0the Department was<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">chaired by Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Vasil Jabur, CSc. (1982\u20131986), prof. PhDr. Julius Rybak, CSc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">(1986\u20131994), in 1991\u20131992 vice-chaired by Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Frantisek Simon, CSc., and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">PhDr. Olga Farkasova, CSc. (1994\u20131998). In 1998 Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Frantisek Simon,\u00a0CSc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">assumed the position again. In 2014 the Language Training Centre was established and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">chaired by PhDr. Helena Petru\u0148ov\u00e1,<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">CSc. (2014\u20132019).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">The Department of Languages at the University of P. J. \u0160af\u00e1rik in Ko\u0161ice (UPJS) was ranked<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">high among the scientific-educational workplaces conducting LSP courses in English, German,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">French, Latin, Russian and Slovak as a\u00a0foreign language at all non-philological UPJS faculties<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">for more than 50 years. Foreign language courses were provided at all three levels of tertiary<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">education, Bachelor\u00b4s, Master\u00b4s\u00a0and Doctoral\u00a0(PhD). In 2005 the Department of Languages at<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">UPJS became the basis of the Institute of Philologies and Social Sciences and later it was<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">incorporated into the Department of British and American Studies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">The Language Training Centre (LTC) of Pavol Jozef\u00a0\u0160afarik University was established in<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">2014 as the facility of the Faculty of Arts, P. J. \u0160afarik University in Ko\u0161ice (UPJS) offering <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">students and employees of UPJS a range of language courses for specific purposes to<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">increase their language competences in English, Russian and Slovak as a foreign language.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Today, the principal mission of LTC is to allow the greatest number possible of students and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">researchers at the University of P. J. \u0160af\u00e1rik to learn one or several foreign languages to<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">foster their mobility inside as well as outside the university. The LTC is also responsible for<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">language training of international students at the university, focusing on Slovak language<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">courses at the Faculty of Medicine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Currently, undergraduate and graduate students from all non-philological faculties (Faculty of <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Public Administration, Institute of<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">Physical Education and Sport) and from the Faculty of Arts can choose from over 20 ESP and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">EAP language courses each semester, focusing on improving their speaking, reading, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color:#a52a2a\">listening and writing skills. 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