Introducing Comenius

ReFLEeSS Kick-off MeetingBeograd, 2 December 2010

Comenius Universityin Bratislava

Jan Ámos Komenský(Iohannes Amos Comenius)1592 – 1670

Comenius University the oldest and largest University in Slovakia 13 faculties 27,000 students (19,000 full-time) ECTS-compatible credit system bilateral cooperation agreements

with 40+ foreign universities

Faculty of Education

Specialized in 1-4 grade teacher training specialized pedagogy languages

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

initial and in-service training of teachers and translators

taken part in preparation of Slovak version of European Language Portfolio and Slovak translation of CEFR

research in terminology and language technologies

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Anna Butašová, head of the Department

Team members

Anna Butašová Local project co-ordinator Preparation of curricula Foreign language teaching methodology Language policy

Team members

Vladimír Benko Language technologies Use of ICT in language teaching Creation and use of language Resources Tools for corpora analysis (e.g. Word Sketch

Engine) Computer-Aided Translation tools

Team membersMonika AndrejčákováMojmír MaloveckýMária MedveczáRadana Štrbáková

Magdaléna Belková (recorate)Andrea Bódiová (local administrator)

Team members Formal linguistics and language-related subjects Preparation of curricula Foreign language teaching methodology Inter-cultural communication