1. Introducing Comenius
ReFLEeSS Kick-off Meeting
Beograd, 2 December 2010

2. Comenius University
in Bratislava
Jan Ámos Komenský
(Iohannes Amos Comenius)
1592 – 1670

3. 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

4. Faculty of Education
Specialized in
 1-4 grade teacher training
 specialized pedagogy
 languages

5. 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

6. Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures
Anna Butašová, head of the Department

7. Team members
Anna Butašová
 Local project co-ordinator
 Preparation of curricula
 Foreign language teaching methodology
 Language policy

8. 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

9. Team members
Monika Andrejčáková
Mojmír Malovecký
Mária Medveczá
Radana Štrbáková
Magdaléna Belková (recorate)
Andrea Bódiová (local administrator)

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