INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS – ORAL PRESENTATIONS (translated with ChatGPT)

General instructions for all presentations

At home, prepare for a short conversation in Slovenian. You don’t have to speak perfectly. What matters is that your conversation partner understands you and that you can answer simple questions.

During the presentation, you may:

• speak slowly,
• use short sentences,
• ask for help,
• ask the teacher to repeat the question,
• point with your hand or use a gesture,
• use the phrases you have learned.

Useful phrases:

• Ne razumem. // I don’t understand.
• Lahko ponovite, prosim? // Could you repeat that, please?
• Počasneje, prosim. // Slower, please.
• Kako se reče …? // How do you say …?
• Pomagajte mi, prosim. // Please help me.
• Ne znam povedati. // I don’t know how to say it.
• Kaj pomeni …? // What does … mean?

In these presentations, the main focus is on whether you can complete a task in a specific situation, answer questions, ask for help, and use basic phrases. Grammatical perfection is not the most important thing.

1. ORAL PRESENTATION – SELF-INTRODUCTION

Topic: personal identity and everyday information

In this presentation, you will introduce yourself. You will share some basic information about yourself, your family, your work, and your daily life. The goal of the presentation is to be able to state your first and last name, where you’re from, where you live, introduce your family, state your profession and languages, and answer simple questions.

Prepare your answers to these questions at home

Osebni podatki // Personal Information

• Kako vam je ime? // What is your name?
• Kako se pišete? // What is your last name?
• Od kod ste? // Where are you from?
• Kje živite? // Where do you live?
• Koliko ste stari? // How old are you?
• Kateri jezik govorite? // What language do you speak?
• Govorite slovensko? // Do you speak Slovenian?
• Govorite angleško, albansko, hrvaško …? // Do you speak English, Albanian, Croatian …?

Družina // Family

• Imate družino? // Do you have a family?
• Imate družino v Sloveniji? // Do you have family in Slovenia?
• Ste poročeni? // Are you married?
• Imate otroke? // Do you have children?
• Koliko otrok imate? // How many children do you have?
• Kako je ime vašemu otroku? // What is your child’s name?
• Kje živi vaša družina? // Where does your family live?

Delo in vsakdanje življenje // Work and daily life

• Kaj delate? // What do you do?
• Kje delate? // Where do you work?
• Kdaj delate? // When do you work?
• Kaj delate popoldne? // What do you do in the afternoon?
• Kaj radi delate? // What do you like to do?
• Kako dolgo ste v Sloveniji? // How long have you been in Slovenia?
• Kaj vam je všeč v Sloveniji? // What do you like about Slovenia?

Sample Introduction

Dober dan. Ime mi je ________. Pišem se ________. Sem iz ________. Zdaj živim v ________. Star/Stara sem ________ let. Govorim ________ in malo slovensko. Sem poročen/poročena. Imam ________ otrok. Delam v ________. Popoldne ________. Rad/Rada ________.

Hello. My name is ________. My last name is ________. I’m from ________. I currently live in ________. I’m ________ years old. I speak ________ and a little Slovenian. I’m married. I have ________ children. I work at ________. In the afternoons, I ________. I like to ________.

Learn at least these sentences

• Ime mi je … // My name is ...
• Pišem se … // My last name is ...
• Sem iz … // I'm from ...
• Živim v … // I live in ...
• Star sem … / Stara sem … // I'm ... years old
• Govorim … // I speak ...
• Imam družino. // I have a family.
• Imam enega otroka / dva otroka / tri otroke. // I have one child / two children / three children.
• Delam v … // I work in ...
• Rad/Rada … // I like ...