The Slovak Spectator recently spoke to Associate Professor Michaela Mošaťová, director of Studia Academica Slovaca – The Centre for Slovak as a Foreign Language (SAS) at Comenius University’s Faculty of Arts in Bratislava. In a wide-ranging interview about the Slovak language and its teaching to foreigners, she told us what Slovak courses are available to foreigners, the challenges facing people learning the language, innovative teaching methods, and the growing need for qualified Slovak language teachers.
Is Slovak the most difficult language in the world?
Difficult in relation to what? The most difficult compared to what? It depends on the criteria we use in the evaluation. Are we talking about a Slav learning Slovak, or not? What is the learner’s native language, and which other languages do they know? It cannot be simply stated that Slovak is the most difficult language for foreigners to learn.
Read more: https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/inspired-by-foreigners-professor-leads-centre-improving-slovak-language-education-for-them
