Graduate of the study programme Lingua-didactics at the 3rd degree: scientifically researches and critically analyses the existing knowledge about specific problems in various areas of linguistics and didactics. They compare theoretical approaches of different provenance applied in solving specific problems in the field of foreign languages and their cultures. They assess theoretical and methodological approaches to solving selected problems in the fields of linguistics and didactics in the context of theoretical discourses. They can synthesize partial knowledge on language and apply a systemic approach to examination and analysis of the problems of language and culture as a whole and within individual subsystems. They come up with own original solutions in the field of organization, management and implementation of the teaching process.

General characteristic of professional graduate profile

Graduate of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree):

- knows the standards, principles and methods of scientific work in the field of pedagogical research focused on foreign language education;

- knows the history and development of the relevant field in an international comparative framework, its theoretical foundations and methodology;

- has extensive expertise in a number of areas of Teacher Training and Education Science, as well as of the related field of Philology, which serve as a basis for carrying out research and development and the obtaining of new knowledge in the fields of education science, linguistics and applied sciences;

- has an overview of the latest scientific knowledge in the relevant field of study in an international context.

Theoretical knowledge

Graduate of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree):

- has extensive expertise in a number of areas of several areas of the main and related fields of study, serving as a basis for innovation and originality in own research;

- demonstrates a highly specialized disposition and knowledge of the principles and tenets of the main and related fields of study in relational-interpretative framework, argumentative persuasiveness and informative value, including interactions with related fields;

- knows specific scientific methods of basic and applied research, masters effective organizational forms and conceptualization of scientific problems;

- knows the theoretical-methodological aspects and scientific methods of research, with a focus on context linguistics, innovation processes in the studied languages or in a specific language group, on the literary-critical reflection of literary phenomena of the relevant social and ethnocultural area;

- is ready to design individually and in teams, professionally organize, clearly determine the focus of research, productively coordinate the research team and to fulfil scientific research in a defined area in a cultured manner as a professionally and communicatively competent and methodically erudite specialist with a considerable interdisciplinary background.

Practical skills and abilities

Graduate of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree):

- is able to independently formulate, plan, design, organize and evaluate scientific tasks and pedagogical research in the field of foreign language teaching;

- is able to select objects of scientific research, choose techniques for data scouting, acquisition, verification and processing and manage diagnostics and forecasting of scientific research;

- has developed preconditions for solving challenging research problems with a high degree of originality and social benefit;

- is able to work with national and international source databases;

- is able to design a research project, work as a member of a research team, but also manage a research and a research team;

- is capable of interdisciplinary and interdepartmental cooperation;

- is able to participate in international cooperation in the fields of the study programme;

- is able to actively participate in scientific communication in the field of lingua-didactics, regularly publishes the results of own research, participates in the development of the main and related fields;

- masters the procedures of scientific discussion, selection and use of means and forms of research metacommunication for publishing results in competitively demanding conditions and applies them independently in interaction with the professional community and the general cultural public in the Slovak Republic and abroad;

- can convincingly argue the relations between theory and practice, come up with own conclusions, original proposals and progressive solutions to the problems in the main areas of the main and related study fields;

- is able to reflect the ethical and socio-cultural aspects of scientific work, publication of its results and their creative application in practice;

- shows a high level of scientific and publishing ethics and academic writing skills;

- has developed presentation skills;

- is able to find and formulate innovative and new research problems and topics;

- is able to design, verify and implement new research and working procedures;

- knows and respects the main managerial conditions and principles of criticism and processing of domestic and foreign scientific stimuli, projects and concepts;

- is capable of conducting scientific communication in at least one world language.

Complementary knowledge, skills and abilities

Graduate of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree):

- is capable of independent, critical and analytical thinking, which can be flexibly applied in dynamically changing conditions of theoretical, empirical and applied research;

- is aware of development trends and application possibilities of philological and pedagogical research and is able to reflect the ethical and socio-cultural aspects of scientific work and its creative practical applications;

- is able to take social, scientific and ethical aspects into account when formulating research objectives, conducting research and interpreting research results;

- has the prerequisites for supplementing and refining the scientific language of the field and for creating new areas of knowledge within the field;

- is capable of positively influencing public opinion in favour of the objectives of the development within the main and related fields;

- can plan own personal development and further systematic education.

A graduate of the third (doctoral) degree of study in the field Teacher Training and Education Science in study programme Lingua-didactics may find application in the following professions:

- independent researcher in the field of foreign language education;

- expert in pedagogically and methodically active institutions with professional and opinion-forming focus;

- research and development employee utilizing relevant target language;

- expert in educational concepts and standards for language teaching;

- university teacher;

- independent representative in cultural and social institutions;

- reviewer, language editor in publishing and mass media;

- language expert in governmental and non-governmental organizations and independent sector institutions.

The study programme reflects the requirements of potential employers, institutions and organisations. The following relevant external stakeholders have issued a statement or a favourable opinion on the submitted study programme:

University of Prešov (rector’s office), prof. PaedDr. Ivana Cimermanová, PhD. (vice-rector for education)

Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (rector's office), prof. PhDr. Katarína Chovancová, PhD. (vice-rector for international cooperation and lifelong learning)

J. Selye University in Komárno (rector's office), Dr. Habil. PaedDr. Georgy Juhász, PhD. (rector)

A graduate of the third (doctoral) degree of study in the field Teacher Training and Education Science in study programme Lingua-didactics can, on the basis of the obtained skills and knowledge, find employment as an independent researcher, expert in pedagogically and methodically active institutions with professional and opinion-forming focus, continually scientifically and pedagogically active university teacher. With own systematic research, they follow up on their scientific-pedagogical profiling and cooperation with education practice, while using the interdisciplinary nature of their knowledge. They participate in the creation of language education concepts at national and international level as a research and development employee utilizing relevant target language. The graduate can provide expert activities applicable in research and development agencies, institutions of the Ministry of Education, or institutions focusing on the development of language policy with an international outreach. Thanks to their mastery of a foreign language, as well as practical skills in the field of ICT and text work, the graduate can also work in culture - as an independent representative in libraries, museums and other cultural and social institutions, as a reviewer or language editor in publishing houses and mass media, but also in governmental and non-governmental organizations and independent institutions.

Most prominent graduates of this study programme include:   

Mgr. Katarína Chválová, PhD. - currently employed as a research assistant at the Department of English and American Studies, FA UCM in Trnava.

Mgr. Mária Snitková, PhD. - currently employed as a research assistant at the Department of Common Context Subjects, Faculty of Health of Slovak Medical University, with seat at Banská Bystrica.

PaedDr. Arnaud Segretain, PhD. - currently employed as a research and development employee for French language and Francophone bilingual schools at the Department for Language and Literary Education, National Institute for Education, Bratislava.

Jennifer Healy, M.A., PhD. Language & Catechetical Institute, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Gaming, Austria.

Mgr. Simona Ďurišová, PhD. - currently a team leader in LEDVANCE Global in Nitra.

Teachers of the study programme adapt the content and form of the offered courses to the current trends and strategic direction of relevant disciplines at home and abroad. They maintain contacts through participation in scientific projects and events in cooperation with similarly oriented workplaces in the academic environment and with employers. Feedback is obtained through lectures for a specific auditorium, other pedagogical activities, such as the preparation and implementation of scientific and pedagogical events (e.g., workshops, professional seminars, discussions, student debates, conferences, etc.), as well as directly in the academic environment (e.g., University of Vienna, J. Seley University in Komárno, Comenius University in Bratislava, University of Economics in Bratislava, etc.) and in the educational practice (Sts. Cyril and Methodius Grammar School in Nitra, Párovská 1 Grammar School in Nitra, Sts. Svorad and Benedict Elementary School in Nitra, Spojená škola in Nitra, Elementary School Nábrežie mládeže in Nitra, František Švantner grammar school in Nová Baňa, Goethe Institute in Bratislava, etc.). Feedback from employers is obtained through direct contact and through social networks and professional forums (conferences for foreign language teachers, events of associations of foreign language teachers - SUNG, FrancAvis, professionally oriented institutions - National Institute for Education, National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements, IUFS, project work in which representatives of primary and secondary schools, grammar schools and language schools participate).

Lingua-didactics study programme is prepared and proposed in accordance with the formalised quality assurance processes of the CPU and the Faculty specified in the documents Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU

(https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf) Status of the Board for Quality Verification at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra

https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/%C5%A0tat%C3%BAt_RKFF.pdf, Internal regulation no. 27/2021: Evaluation of study programmes and of habilitation and inaugural procedures at CPU, https://www.ukf.sk/73-moja-ukf/4838-27-2021-smernica-posudzovanie-studijnych-programov-a-posudzovanie-sposobilosti-habilitacnych-konani-a-inauguracnych-konani-na-ukf; Status of the Board for the Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the CPU in Nitra https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Statut_RK_UKF_V11_schvaleny_vrukf_18032021.pdf and in Internal Regulation no. 31/2021: Methodology of curriculum design at CPU https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/95-vnutorne-predpisy-2021/4945-smernica-c-31-2021-metodika-tvorby-studijnych-programov-na-ukf.

The Faculty of Arts CPU in Nitra has procedures and tools in place to approve, monitor and evaluate the implementation of study programmes, concerning (i) the definition of formal procedures for the approval of study programmes by bodies other than those implementing them; (ii) the development of study programmes carried out at the Faculty; (iii) monitoring the availability of appropriate teaching resources for the implementation of study programmes; (iv) formulating the expected learning outcomes and checking the actual outcomes in relation to the graduate’s profile; (v) monitoring student achievement and educational attainment; (vi) regular evaluation and review of study programmes; (vii) the involvement of students in study programme evaluation activities and ensuring feedback from employers, labour market representatives and other relevant organisations regarding the graduates’ employability.

Curriculum design of a study programme, including its content and form, is based on (i) the description of the fields of study and accreditation criteria/standards; (ii) the professional and qualification potential of creative workers and reflects the interest of applicants and the needs of the labour market. Study programmes are prepared in accordance with the formalised quality assurance processes of the CPU and the Faculty that determine responsibilities for each quality management process: The availability of teaching resources for the implementation of study programmes is ensured by the Faculty in cooperation with its departments and institutes by means of purchases of professional literature, editorial work of the Faculty, as well as establishing e-learning educational courses. The achievement of the expected learning outcomes, as set out in the course information sheets, is evaluated through student assessment questionnaires, in periodic evaluation reports on educational activities and in statistics of success in state exams, as well as analysis of evaluations recorded in AIS. Regular evaluation and review of study programmes is carried out by the person responsible for the study programme, department staff, through student assessment questionnaires and quality assurance bodies at the faculty and university level.

Teachers involved in the implementation of the study programme regularly update the content of their subjects with the knowledge acquired from participating in scientific research projects. They publish the results of their scientific research activities in indexed periodicals, monographs and teaching texts, which serve as study literature for students of the study programme. The results of their scientific research and publication activities are also presented and promoted by creative workers in scientific and professional events for both the professional community and students. Feedback on the success of graduates’ employability is collected by the Faculty from employers via contacts with graduates and surveys carried out and initiated by the Faculty management and its departments/institutes.

The study plan of the programme, together with all required information and course information sheets are available in the AIS, in the section Study programmes, in Summary reports for study programmes (VSST178) at

https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web after specifying the criteria for displaying a specific study programme.

Study plan composition

Study section

Compulsory courses Lingua-didactics (Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Methodology of Linguistic Research I: Qualitative Research, Methodology of Linguistic Research II: Quantitative Research, Methodological Conceptions of Language Teaching, Theory and Practice of Current Education, Higher Education Pedagogy)

Compulsory optional courses (Methodology of Pedagogical Research, Application of ICT in Research, Selected Chapters on Intercultural Communication, Sociolinguistics and Pragmatic Linguistics, Statistics, Interpreting Literary Texts, Academic Skills)

Educational activities section

Educational activities (Teaching 1-4, Other Pedagogical Activity or Consultation 1 & 2)

Research section

Project activities (UGA Project, Participation in Domestic Project, Participation in International Project)

publication, presentation and organisation activities (Active Participation in Domestic Academic Event, Active Participation in Academic Event Abroad, Other Publications, Organisation of Academic Event, Publication in Web of Science or Scopus Database, Scientific and Research Articles in Non-Reviewed Publications, Scientific and Research Articles in Reviewed Publications, International Internships (A), International Internships (B))

Other activities

Lingua-didactics - initial chapters of dissertation (Minimal thesis work for the dissertation exam)

State examination

Responsibilities related to concluding of study (Dissertation and its defence, Defence of the written work for the dissertation exam, Lingua-didactics, Methodology of Linguistic Research)

The study plan of the study programme is composed of several blocks. The first is a block of theoretical courses that contribute to the extension of the student's theoretical knowledge in the field of lingua-didactics, methodology of pedagogical research and processing of research results. On the basis of lectures, professional consultations and independent study of the latest scientific literature, the student will acquire additional theoretical knowledge in the field of study, as well as practical skills of applying this knowledge to their own research, its preparation, implementation, processing and presentation of its results. They will become theoretically equipped to lead a professional discussion on the researched topic, critically evaluate the acquired theoretical and empirical knowledge, and defend their research results and attitudes to the acquired knowledge. The second block of courses is connected with the student's pedagogical activity, during which the student acquires practical skills in language teaching and literary disciplines of a foreign language and verifies their ability to supervise professional (ŠVUOČ) and final (bachelor's) theses of lower-level students and assess them professionally. The third block is focused on the student's scientific activities, which include project, publishing, presentation and organizational activities. The student must prove capability to independently develop a simpler research project (at the level of a university grant agency - UGA), submit an application for its funding and carry the project out. Together with their supervisor, they can also be involved in other, larger projects of a national or international nature. They must also be able to present the results of their research in their publishing activities and at scientific events of various kinds, which they must also learn to organise. The study plan also includes courses related to the doctoral examination and the defence of the dissertation thesis at the end of the study.

The courses are classified in the study plan as compulsory, compulsory optional and optional, with the following selected as profile courses:

Methodology of Linguistic Research I: Qualitative Research

Methodology of Linguistic Research II: Quantitative Research

Methodological Conceptions of Language Teaching

Theory and Practice of Current Education

Selected Chapters on Intercultural Communication

Statistics

In total, the student must obtain at least 180 credits, of which 52 are awarded for the study section, 20 for educational activities, 57 for research, 13 for the initial chapters of dissertation and 38 for the obligations arising from the completion of studies. 

Each course of the study plan has in its course information sheet precisely specified content and learning outcomes, method of its implementation - relevant methods by which educational and other professional activities are carried out, criteria and rules of its evaluation and conditions for obtaining credits so as to achieve maximum quality of the specified output of the study programme. The information available to students includes recommended literature related to the subject. The information sheet also contains the name of the teacher, or several teachers providing delivery and evaluation of the required outputs of the course.

- number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: 40 C

- number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: “compulsory optional courses” section at least 12 C, “educational activities” section at least 20 C

- number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: “publication, presentation and organisation activities” section: at least 47 C, “project activities” section: at least 10 C   

- number of credits required for the completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for the common foundations and for the relevant specialization, in the case of a teaching combination study programme it is not a teaching combination study programme

- number of credits for the final thesis and the defence of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies: 30

- number of credits for professional practice required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies: -

The study programme has clearly defined and transparent rules, criteria and methods for the assessment of learning outcomes in the course information sheets of individual courses. Course information sheets are available via AIS to all students. Students also get feedback in the form of continuous assessment. The results of the continuous and final assessment of subjects are recorded in the AIS and archived in accordance with legislation in force.

Internal Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in § 5 Studying, Teaching and student-oriented evaluation defines all structure policies and procedures applied in verification of learning outcomes and student assessment, and governs the possibilities of appealing against assessment.

The rules for verification of learning outcomes, students assessment and the possibilities of appealing against the assessment are governed by the Study regulations of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf).

Conditions for recognition of studies or a part of studies in case of a change in study programme, enrolment of a student from a different institution and mobility participants is governed by the Study regulations of CPU

(https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf) and the Procedure for submitting applications for recognition of examinations https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/denne_studium/formulare/postup_uznavanie_skusok.pdf.

Final thesis topics published in the study programme within the last two academic years:

prof. PaedDr. Eva Stranovská, PhD. 

Extent and level of understanding of foreign-language texts with respect to the type of texts (2020/2021)

Interventions and strategies for developing reading comprehension in a foreign language (2020/2021)

Tolerance of ambiguity and acquisition of foreign language (2021/2022)

School and university podcasts in foreign language acquisition process and tolerance for ambiguity (2021/2022)

doc. PaedDr. Mária Horníčková (Lalinská), PhD.

Support of Distance Education of the French Language in Slovak University Environment (2021/2022)

French Teacher’s Professional Competences in Slovak Educational Context - support, development and evaluation (2021/2022)

Contemporary French-speaking Countries Literature as a Tool of Reading Literacy Development in Slovak Educational Environment (2021/2022)

doc. PhDr. Eva Švarbová, PhD.

Francophone literary texts as resource and instrument in teaching French language linguistic disciplines (2020/2021, 2021/2022)

Contextualisation of grammatical phenomena in French language (2020/2021, 2021/2022)

doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD.

Metaphor as mechanism of change and expansion of Spanish vocabulary (2020/2021)

doc. Dr. Mirko Lampis, PhD. (extraordinary professor)

The vocabulary and phraseology of Eros. Study of the metaphorical and euphemistic expressions in a select corpus of contemporary texts (2021/2022)

The Language of Advertising. Stylistic Analysis of the Banks’ Advertisements in the Press. (2020/2021, 2021/2022)

prof. Michelangelo Zaccarello, PhD.

The long journey of the Italian language, from the literary model to the overcoming of regional varieties (2020/2021)

doc. Mgr. Elena Ciprianová, PhD.

Cognitive linguistic approaches to teaching English idioms (2020/2021, 2021/2022)

doc. Mgr. Edita Hornáčková Klapicová, PhD

The influence of teaching methods on foreign language acquisition in very young learners (2020/2021, 2021/2022)

doc. PhDr. Marie Fenclová, CSc.

Characteristic features of the professional French language in comparison with the Slovak language (2021/2022)

Strategies of learning French pronunciation (2021/2022)

Spoken French / Written French - Linguistic Problems / Didactic Problems (2021/2022)

doc. PhDr. Katarína Chovancová, PhD.

Lingvodidactic communication in the conditions of electronic tools (2020/2021)

Pluralistic approaches to teaching a French language as a second foreign language (2021/2022)

doc. PhDr. Miluše Vítečková, PhD.

Dropout of beginning English teachers (2020/2021, 2021/2022)

Mechanisms of introduction of English language teachers into pedagogical practice (2020/2021, 2021/2022)

Needs of English Language Teachers and Their Saturation in LLL Conditions (Possible Comparison of Czech and Slovak Republics) (2020/2021, 2021/2022

Links:

https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/doktorandske_studium/Temy_dizerta%C4%8Dnych_prac_doktorandskeho_%C5%A1tudia_2021_2022_maj.pdf

https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/doktorandske_studium/Temy_dizerta%C4%8Dnych_prac_doktorandskeho_%C5%A1tudia_2020_2021.pdf

-      rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defence and evaluation of final theses in the study programme:

The rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defence and evaluation of final theses in the study programme are governed by the Study regulations of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,

Internal Regulation no. 13/2020 on final, rigorous and habilitation theses (https://www.ukf.sk/73-moja-ukf/3794-13-2020-smernica-o-zaverecnych-rigoroznych-a-habilitacnych-pracach?highlight=WyJzbWVybmljYSIsIm8iLCJvJ2JyaWVuIiwielx1MDBlMXZlcmVcdTAxMGRuXHUwMGZkY2giLCJwclx1MDBlMWNhY2giLCJzbWVybmljYSBvIiwic21lcm5pY2EgbyB6XHUwMGUxdmVyZVx1MDEwZG5cdTAwZmRjaCIsIm8gelx1MDBlMXZlcmVcdTAxMGRuXHUwMGZkY2giLCJ6XHUwMGUxdmVyZVx1MDEwZG5cdTAwZmRjaCBwclx1MDBlMWNhY2giXQ==)

-      opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobility:

Opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobilities are governed by Study regulations of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,

Directive 12/2021 on the implementation of mobilities within the Erasmus+, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements:  https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy/73-moja-ukf/4514-12-2021-smernica-o-realizacii-mobilit-v-ramci-programu-erasmus-inych-stipendijnych-programov-a-bilateralnych-dohod

-       rules for adherence to academic ethics and rules for drawing consequences:

The requirement of adherence to scientific integrity and academic ethics, as well as the rules for drawing consequences of failing to fulfil this requirement, are, in accordance with §3 point 2.6e of the Internal Quality Assurance System, provided by the Status of the CPU in Nitra (https://www.ukf.sk/ochrana-osobnych-udajov/14-univerzita/2194-statut-ukf), Study regulations (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf), Code of Ethics of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex), and Disciplinary Rules of Faculty of Arts students (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-disciplinarny-poriadok-ff.pdf).

-      procedures applicable to students with special needs:

The area of procedures applicable to students with special needs is governed by the Internal Regulation no. 28/2015 on providing generally accessible academic workplace for students with special needs (IR 28/2015); the Faculty cooperates in this area with the University Centre for support of students with special needs

(https://www.ukf.sk/sc/poradenstvo-a-podpora-pre-studentov-so-specifickymi-potrebami?highlight=WyJzbyIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSIsInBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNvIFx1MDE2MXBlY2lmaWNrXHUwMGZkbWkiLCJzbyBcdTAxNjFwZWNpZmlja1x1MDBmZG1pIHBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSBwb3RyZWJhbWkiXQ==).

-      procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students.

The University ensures the fulfilment of principles in pedagogical activities (as defined by the Code of Ethics of CPU in Article 2, https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex), which guarantee just application of evaluation criteria to all students (as specified in course information sheets) – in accordance with the Internal Regulation 8/2018 Principles of evaluation of teaching and teachers by students, students provide feedback on evaluation methods via questionnaires. As a part of this procedure, they have an option to voice dissatisfaction with a specific course or teacher.

Procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students are governed by the Act no. 9/2010 coll. on Complaints and its amendment no. 94/2017 Coll. :https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2010/9/and the recommended procedure provided at the webpage of the Faculty in the Study section (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/interne-formy-studia).

The procedures for submitting and reviewing complaints and suggestions are governed by the Internal Regulation 12/2007 on complaints and petitions at CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/100-vnutorne-predpisy-2017/3072-vnutorne-predpisy-2017), with the reviewing of any suggestions and appeals of students and applicants carried out by the control office of the rector.

Tuition appeals are governed by the Internal Regulation 32/2019: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/vysokoskolske-studium/skolne-a-poplatky?highlight=WyJcdTAxNjFrb2xuXHUwMGU5Il0=.

Course information sheets are available in the AIS in form set out in Decree no. 614/2002 Coll, in the section Study programmes, in Summary reports for study programmes (VSST178) at https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web after specifying the criteria for displaying a specific study programme.

Academic year plan: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/organizacia-studia/harmonogram-akademickeho-roka.

Current schedule of the study programme is available in AIS via pathway Schedule – Summary reports for schedule – VSRH009 Schedule for... (Link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.rh.VSRH009App&kodAplikacie=VSRH009&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after specifying academic year, semester, study programme (and other parameters if necessary).

Prof. PaedDr. Zdenka Gadušová, CSc., function: professor, contact: zgadusova@ukf.sk

Prof. PaedDr. Zdenka Gadušová, CSc., contact: zgadusova@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree):

Methodological Conceptions of Language Teaching

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10286

Prof. PaedDr. Eva Stranovská, PhD., contact: estranovska@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Methodology of Linguistic Research I: Qualitative Research

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10784

Doc. PaedDr. Mária Horníčková, PhD., contact: mhornickova@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Statistics

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8009

Doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD., contact: mstur@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Selected Chapters on Intercultural Communication

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10317

Doc. Mgr. Silvia Hvozdíková, PhD., contact: shvozdikova@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Interpreting Literary Texts, Selected Chapters on Intercultural Communication

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20473

Academic profiles of teachers are available in AIS for logged in users with appropriate permissions in the Human resources section, in Human resources overviews – LZ020 Overview of employees and working conditions (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie=LZ020&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after specifying department and person parameters.

Persons responsible for profile courses: Prof. PaedDr. Zdenka Gadušová, CSc., Prof. PaedDr. Eva Stranovská, PhD. PaedDr. Mária Horníčková, PhD., Doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD., Doc. Mgr. Silvia Hvozdíková, PhD.

Prof. PaedDr. Zdenka Gadušová, CSc., contact: zgadusova@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree):

Methodological Conceptions of Language Teaching, Methodology of Pedagogical Research

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10286

Prof. PaedDr. Eva Stranovská, PhD., contact: estranovska@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Methodology of Linguistic Research I: Qualitative Research, Sociolinguistics and Pragmatic Linguistics

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10784

Doc. PaedDr. Mária Horníčková, PhD., contact: mhornickova@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Statistics

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8009

Doc. Mgr. Martin Štúr, PhD., contact: mstur@ukf.sk

-      profile courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Selected Chapters on Intercultural Communication

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10317

Doc. Mgr. Silvia Hvozdíková, PhD., contact: shvozdikova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Interpreting Literary Texts, Selected Chapters on Intercultural Communication

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20473

Prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomašková, CSc., contact: stomaskova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803

Doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD., contact: jmaximova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Research Ethics and Academic Integrity

-       CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666

Prof. RNDr. Daša Munková, PhD., contact: dmunkova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Methodology of Linguistic Research II: Quantitative Research, Application of ICT in Research 

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10633

Prof. PhDr. Viera Kurincová, CSc. contact: vkurincova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Theory and Practice of Current Education

-       CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10534

Prof. PhDr. Gabriela Petrová, CSc., contact: gpetrova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Higher Education Pedagogy

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10529

PhDr. Natália Rusnáková, PhD., contact: nrusnakova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Interpreting Literary Texts

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10701 

Prof. Mgr. Katarína Fichnová, PhD., contact: kfichnova@ukf.sk

-      courses of the study programme Lingua-didactics (doctoral degree): Academic Skills

-      CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10381

Currently supervised topics

Prof. PaedDr. Zdenka Gadušová, CSc., contact: zgadusova@ukf.sk

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation as tools increasing the effectiveness of foreign language teaching (Student: PaedDr. Andrea Dawson)

Implementation of reading comprehension language predictors into foreign language teaching.

(Student: Mgr. Zuzana Vogelová)

Implementation of reading comprehension language predictors into foreign language teaching (Student: Mgr. Csilla Šafranko, M. A.)

Prof. PaedDr. Eva Stranovská, PhD., contact: estranovska@ukf.sk

Extent and level of understanding of foreign-language texts with respect to the type of texts (Student: Mgr. Augustín Sokol)

Promoting reading comprehension in teaching a foreign language through pragmatic typology (Student: Mgr. Erzsébet Szabó)

Development of reading comprehension in foreign language teaching (Student: Mgr. Romana Havettová)

doc. PaedDr. Mária Horníčková, PhD., contact: mhornickova@ukf.sk

Contextualisation of grammatical phenomena in French language (Student: Mgr. Linda Adlerová)

doc. Mgr. Mirko Lampis, PhD. contact: mlampis@ukf.sk

Currently supervised topics: The function of the literary text in the didactics of the Spanish language as a foreign language for Slovak native learners (Student: Cesar de Miguel Santos)

doc. PhDr. Katarína Chovancová, PhD., contact: katarina.chovancova@umb.sk

Lingvodidactic communication in the conditions of electronic tools (Student: Mgr. Natália Kubašová)

doc. Mgr. Elena Ciprianová, PhD., eciprianova@ukf.sk

Intervention and strategies for developing reading comprehension in a foreign language (Student: Mgr. Denisa Neuwirthová)

Academic profiles of teachers are available in AIS for logged in users with appropriate permissions in the Human resources section, in Human resources overviews – LZ020 Overview of employees and working conditions (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie=LZ020&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after specifying department and person parameters.

Mgr. Augustín Sokol, SP: Lingua-didactics, 2nd year, full-time, contact: augustin.sokol@ukf.sk

Mgr. Linda Adlerová, SP: Lingua-didactics, 1st year, full-time, contact: linda.adlerova@ukf.sk

Mgr. Zuzana Vogelová, SP: Lingua-didactics, 3rd year, full-time, contact: vogelovazuzana14@gmail.com

Study advisor of the study programme: doc. Martin Štúr, PhD., mstur@ukf.sk, http://www.krom.ff.ukf.sk/index.php/kontakt

vice-dean for science, research and post-graduate studies FA CPU: prof. PhDr. Martin Hetényi, PhD., mhetenyi@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/vedenie-fakulty

Other supporting staff of the study programme – assigned study officer, career counsellor, administration, accommodation department, etc. (with contact details).

- assigned study officer: Ing. Monika Václavová, mvaclavova@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/studium-na-fakulte/studijne-oddelenie

- department administrative personnel: Mgr. Janka Špacírová, jspacirova@ukf.sk, http://www.krom.ff.ukf.sk/index.php/kontakt

- accommodation officer - accommodation centre of halls of residence: RNDr. Katarína Baťová, PhD, kbatova@ukf.sk; Mgr. Simona Gutová, sgutova@ukf.sk,  https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy

The study programme in question is carried out in lecture and seminar rooms equipped with computers with installed relevant software and other didactic aids. By default, lecture rooms are equipped with a desktop computer with Internet connection and webcam, a data projector, a projector screen, a white and interactive boards and a lectern. In addition, large lecture rooms are also equipped with a sound system with fixed/wireless microphone, as well as a system for recording and broadcasting lectures. This technology, apart from promoting an e-learning form of teaching, increases the accessibility of content and increases possibilities for the promotion of specific educational activities among students and Faculty staff. For this reason, TV panels are installed in the common areas, displaying recorded individual lectures, leisure time events or live streams from lecture rooms. Seminar rooms are also equipped with a sound system, a desktop computer connected to the Internet, a web camera and a data projector. The maintenance and continuous upgrading and replacement of the material and technical equipment is financed mainly from structural funds and research projects. The delivery of the study programme is provided jointly by three departments: Department of Romance Languages, Department of English and American Studies, Department of German Studies.

A list and characteristics of study programme classrooms and their technical equipment:

Department of Romance Languages resides at the first floor and second floors of the FA CPU building at Hodžova ulica 1. Department secretariat and workers have at their disposal 6 offices, 3 tabletop computers, 28 laptops, 8 external hard drives, 1 data projector, 6 multifunction devices (printer, copier, scanner), 1 copy machine, 6 printers, 1 binding machine, 1 shredder, 1 tablet, 4 e-book readers, 1 calculator. All offices are connected to phone network and Internet, allowing internal and public communication at an appropriate level. Communication with students and general public is also carried out via Department’s webpage: http://www.krom.ff.ukf.sk/ and the Department’s social network fanpage (https://www.facebook.com/katedraromanistikyffukf/?ref=bookmarks and https://www.facebook.com/groups/228133347350352) and Instagram profile krom_ukf.

Department of English and American Studies resides at the first floor of the FA CPU building at Štefánikova ulica 67. The department staff and secretariat have at their disposal 5 offices equipped with 13 tabletop computers, 23 laptops, 11 external hard drives, 3 data projectors, 12 multifunction printers, 2 printers, 1 scanner, 2 voice recorders, 1 large screen monitor, 1 copy machine, and 1 DVD player. For scientific work, department is equipped with: 1 interactive robotic communication head, 1 recording equipment set, 12 headphones, 6 microphones, audio device, standalone recording equipment, portable recorder, digital recorder, 2 tablets, camera, video camera and a speaker. All offices are connected to phone network and Internet, allowing internal and public communication at an appropriate level. Communication with students and general public is also carried out via Department’s webpage: (https://www.kaa.ff.ukf.sk/en/welcome/) and the Department’s social network fanpage (https://www.facebook.com/ Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky FF UKF v Nitre).

Department of German Studies resides at the first floor of the FA CPU building at Štefánikova ulica 67. The department staff and secretariat have at their disposal 5 offices equipped with 8 tabletop computers, 7 laptops, 3 external hard drives, 1 data projector, 5 multifunction devices (printer, copier, scanner), 2 printers, 1 scanner, 2 binding machines, 1 laminator, 1 e-book reader, and 4 tablets. All offices are connected to phone network and Internet, allowing internal and public communication at an appropriate level. Communication with students and general public is also carried out via Department’s webpage in Slovak and German: http://www.kger.ff.ukf.sk, and http://www.kger.ff.ukf.sk/de/lehrstuhl/, as well as Facebook group (Katedra germanistiky FF UKF v Nitre).

Study programme Lingua-didactics is carried out mostly in the lecture halls and seminar rooms at Hodžova ulica 1, Štefánikova ulica 67 and Trieda A. Hlinku 1 in Nitra. Lectures at the Trieda Andreja Hlinku are delivered in lecture rooms P6 and P9 (room P6 has a capacity of 200 seats with fixed desks, folding seats, area of 174 m²; room P9 has a capacity of 60 seats with fixed desks, folding seats, area of 102 m²). All lecture rooms are equipped with computer-connected data projectors and sound systems. Seminars are carried out in seminar rooms at Hodžova ulica 1 (room HO00218 / second floor / capacity 15 seats/ desks and chairs/ area of 17,04 m2, room HO00106/first floor/ capacity 26 seats/ desks and chairs/ area of 36,9 m2, room HO00140 / first floor / capacity 26 seats / desks and chairs/ area of 36,9 m2), at Štefánikova ulica 67 (room ST00129 / first floor/ capacity 54 seats / chairs with writing pads/ area of 41,03 m2, room ST00115/ first floor / capacity 30 seats / desks and chairs / area of 35, 88 m2, room ST00S38 / basement floor / capacity 22 seats / chairs with writing pads / area of 21,03 m2, room ST00115 / first floor / capacity 30 seats / chairs / area of 36,74 m2, – room is equipped with computer, data projector and a blackboard; room ST00128 / first floor / capacity 24 seats / desks and chairs / area of 29,64 m2, room ST00211 / second floor / capacity 32 seats / desks and chairs / area of 40,64 m2, room ST00114 / first floor / capacity 22 seats / desks and chairs / area of 30,44 m² ; room ST00118 / first floor / capacity 24 seats / desks and chairs / area of 32,13 m²) and at Trieda Andreja Hlinku 1 (room THA0122 / first floor / capacity 25 seats / chairs with writing pads / area of 31,55 m²). All rooms are equipped with computers with Internet access, data projectors, sound systems and writing boards. The distance between the buildings at Hodžova and Štefánikova streets is 250 m, between Hodžova and Andreja Hlinku 950 m. The distance between the building at Štefánikova and the rector’s office and lecture rooms at Trieda Andreja Hlinku is 0.8 km.

Students of the study programme have access to the CPU University Library at Drážovská cesta 4, open Mondays through Fridays 9 AM to 8 PM, Saturdays 8 AM to 1 PM. University library focuses primarily on free access to information available via all channel types, meting cultural, information, scientific and educational needs of its clients, supporting lifelong learning and spiritual development. The university library provides librarian services (interlibrary, consultation, referential, bibliographical and research services) to CPU teachers and researchers, students and general public. In addition, it archives and bibliographically registers the qualification theses of university's students, research and pedagogical staff, and their publishing and artistic activities. Three study rooms are also a part of the Library, situated at Drážovská cesta 4, Hodžova ulica 1 and Kraskova ulica 1. Compulsory literature, which is freely available, is available in these study rooms. Users are informed about the Library's services and activities via the Library's website www.uk.ukf.sk. The fund is managed by means of the DAWINCI system, with the information accessible via an online catalogue. The Library provides Internet access and sells publications issued by CPU. The Library premises have full wireless Internet connection coverage.

As of October 28, 2020, the CPU Library collections comprised 323,751 items. In 2020, the CPU Library subscribed to 195 periodicals, out of which 72 were foreign titles. The University Library has 285,199 library units at disposal for its readers, of which 61,812 are final and qualification theses (https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/kniznicny-fond).

Remote access to electronic information resources results from the CPU long-term plan. Pursuant to priority axis IV-2.1, the role of the library is to provide remote access for its readers, so the library services (access to domestic and foreign databases and electronic periodicals) are accessible from off-campus.

List of resources (https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/e-zdroje):

Discovery Service, Summon, Databases of NISPEZ project, Gale Virtual Reference Library: Art Knovel Library, ProQuest Central + ebrary education collection, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, SpringerLink, Web of Knowledge – Current Contents Connect, Web of Knowledge – Essential Science Indicators, Web of Knowledge – Journal Citation Reports, Web of Knowledge – MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge – Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, EBSCO Publishing

The National license of Electronic Information Resources (NL EIR) is intended for all academic, public, scientific and special libraries in Slovakia. It includes the Gale publishing databases: Academic One File, General One File, InfoTrac Custom Journal

The InfoTrac database provides more than 31,800 titles from various disciplines. For easier orientation, the entire database is divided into sub-databases: AcademicOneFile database with more than 18,000 titles - intended for academic and scientific libraries, GeneralOneFile database with more than 14,000 titles - intended for public and other libraries.

Prepaid databases of NISPEZ 4: Springer eBooks, SpringerLink, WoS – Core Collection, WoS – Journal and Highly Cited Data, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Proquest Central, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Springer Nature, Web of Science Citation Connection, WoS – Current Contents Connect, Wiley Online Library (HSS Collection)

Overview of library services is available at the Library website:

https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/sluzby

https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/studovne

In addition to the library collection of the University Library, the Departments of Romance Languages, English and American Studies, and German Studies have a study room at Hodžova ulica 1, which is part of the CPU University Library. Each department also has its own sub-library. These contain more than 500 titles each, and are regularly supplemented at the suggestion of the department's staff, so as to enable students to follow the latest information and trends in the field. Funds for the purchase of books are obtained mainly from grants. Students have access to books of a scientific and professional nature, textbooks of English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, specialized magazines and literary works (fiction, poetry, plays in the relevant foreign languages), among others. There are also diploma and bachelor's theses, ŠVOUČ theses, as well as scientific theses and publications of department members (monographs, textbooks, coursebooks, proceedings, etc.), thanks to which the professional community and students can get acquainted with the current focus of educational and scientific activities of department staff and researchers from cooperating domestic and foreign workplaces.

Students also have access to professional linguistic and literary-scientific periodicals published by De Gruyter Poland: Topics in Linguistics (journal registered in the databases WoS, Scopus, EBSCO, ERIH Plus, etc.) and Ars Aeterna (journal registered in the databases Scopus, ERIH Plus, etc.). The editors-in-chief of the Topics in Linguistics are prof. Štefan Beňuš, PhD. and doc. Elena Ciprianová, PhD. The editor-in-chief of Ars Aeterna is doc. Simona Klimková, PhD. Both journals have a six-month periodicity and publish peer-reviewed papers on current knowledge and research results of various domestic and foreign experts in their respective fields.

Information technologies and systems

Eduroam WiFi network is available to students on all university premises. All information and installation guidelines are available at:

https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/wifi

Principles for the use of computer network

https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/zasady-pouzivania-pocitacovej-siete

Additionally, on the basis of an agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and Microsoft, all our students and faculty staff are entitled to a free account in Microsoft Office 365 Education.

https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/office-365-education

Information systems for communication: students and teachers communicate using university e-mail accounts:

https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/elektronicka-posta

    In accordance with strategic and operational goals, the CPU employs the following systems, including their value added for managing, storing and evaluating information:

1.    Academic Information System (AIS2) – is currently used to record complex information about the study programme (study plans, course information sheets, academic profiles of teachers and student records, including their admission procedure, studies, final theses and state exams). The CPU also uses the AIS to prepare academic schedules and conduct student evaluations of programmes, teachers and studies. Data from the AIS are uploaded to the Central Register of Students, the Central Register of Theses and Dissertations and the register of universities - PortalVS.sk.  At the management level, the AIS serves as a resource for reporting teaching activities and measuring the educational performance of departments/institutes and their offer of study programmes. The information collected in the AIS is the fundamental source of information for the accreditation and creation of the offer of study programmes.

2.    Document Management (DOC) - (document management system) serves as an authorized zone for employees and students at the university and, along with the intranet section of the website, provides access to current documents (internal regulations of the university and faculty, forms, decisions of the rector, deans, e.g., concerning scholarships, software (licensed and open-source), working materials of management units, etc).

3.    Education portal (EDU) - https://edu.ukf.sk/

4    Library Information System (KIS) - https://kis.ukf.sk/opacXE

5.    Registrature (REG) – https://uis.ukf.sk/

6.    Catering portal - https://www.stravovanie.ukf.sk/

7.    Order management system (OSYS) - https://osys.ukf.sk:4443/osys/users/login/?u=%2Fosys%2F

8.    Accommodation system (UIS)- https://uis.ukf.sk/

9.    Time and Attendance System (Watt) - https://watt.ukf.sk/

10. Employee Self-service Portal (ESS) - https://portal.ukf.sk/kvalita/index.php?r=site/login

11^th Web mail for employees and students- https://posta.ukf.sk/webmail/

12. University website – https://www.ukf.sk/

    All information systems communicate with the user through a secured channel. In order to simplify access and minimize the possibility of credential theft, a system of central authentication has been deployed. It stores the access data of employees and students via LDAP and enables their verification upon request from all information systems.

     The system is linked to the financial and personnel system (SOFIA), and thus upon termination of employment the employee’s access to the information systems and facilities of the university is automatically denied and, vice-versa, granted upon onboarding.

     Our participation in the Eduroam project represents a significant modernization, as this infrastructure enables students and academic staff to connect to a computer network at another academic institution without having to register or obtain additional credentials. Therefore, connecting to the network requires only the username and password that the user owns from the home institution. This network can be used by both university visitors and our students and staff. The main communication channel presenting and promoting the university is the university website.

     CPU has built and continues to innovate its own ICT infrastructure and information systems (IS) that are integrated parts of information support processes with a focus on research, education and management. Their implementation and operation are managed by the University CIKT (Centre for ICT), ensuring compliance with the University long-term intentions and strategic goals. Regarding their application, individual technologies and systems are used as follows: project and task management (IS Projects, SAP system, MIS Performance indicators); teaching and improvement activities support provided at the level of knowledge management (KIS, University library databases, some educational materials are provided by faculty staff via e-learning courses); didactic support and improvement activities (available computer classrooms in each faculty); Internet access (all facilities are almost completely covered by wireless connection and all fixed computers provide Internet connection).

     Interaction with students is ensured through AIS, e-mail communication, as well as web presentations of the university, its faculties and other organisational units. In selected periods, the University increasingly promotes its activities and study possibilities by means of print media, workshops and open days. Sharing and providing information at the level of educational content (e-learning, library services, and education management) is accessible nonstop through electronic services. All the university information systems are linked to the unified user management (LDAP) system, allowing access to all systems through the same credentials.

     An example of minimizing the environmental burden is the electronic monitoring of time and attendance, incapacity for work, business trips and overtime using contactless chip cards or the Time and Attendance Software (WATT). Another example of minimizing the environmental burden is the Order Management System (oSYS), designed for internal procurement of goods and services within CPU through mass collection of information from individual organisational units with the possibility of approving individual orders in accordance with the hierarchical structure of CPU. Employees may access payslip or other information regarding remuneration in the ESS system.

E-learning systems 

Education Portal (EDU) - https://edu.ukf.sk/

The CPU e-learning portal provides automatic access to published e-learning courses for all CPU students. Users can monitor the fulfilment of individual tasks and assignments and hold discussions in forums. Moreover, the system provides teachers with sophisticated online testing options.

Department of Romance Languages currently provides approximately 80 e-learning courses, available at: https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=5

Department of English and American Studies has prepared e-learning courses for all of its courses, available at https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=18.

E-learning user guidelines in the form of tutorial videos are published on the Faculty of Arts website at: https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=162

Video Conferencing System (meet) - https://meet.ukf.sk/ 

The system enables distance learning and student evaluation, as well as online state examinations and thesis defence at the time of controlled distance learning. Moreover, it provides online consultation sessions with students and other study and group activities. All communication via the CPU Meet application is fully encrypted.

MS Teams, an application from Office 365 package accessible to all teachers and students alike, is another suitable platform for distance learning.

The Department of Romance Languages actively cooperates with domestic and foreign academic institutions. From among domestic institutions, it is primarily the Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, but also with the National Institute for Education in Bratislava. In cooperation with the SAS, the department staff presents the latest research in the field of linguistics and literary science (e.g., the lecture “Pojem text v semiotickej a systémovej perspektíve”, June 20, 2018); collaborate on scientific research projects (APVV-20-0179 "Interactive hypertext lexicon of literary science with a corpus of key literary texts") and compile thematic issues of the Journal of the Institute of World Literature World Literature Studies (e.g., No. 3/2020 “The language of transcendent experience in literary-phenomenological interpretation”). In cooperation with the National Institute for Education, multiple lectures were delivered (e.g., a lecture within the Science and Technology Week 2019 entitled "State educational program, educational standards and principles of their implementation at the school level", November 4, 2019) and educational seminars focused on the field of measurement and evaluation of foreign language education intended for NIE staff (in the years 2017-18, led by doc. Horníčková). Other collaborating workplaces are the Department of Romance Studies, MBU in Banská Bystrica, the Department of Romance Languages, ZCU in Pilsen - colleagues from the above institutions (prof. Katarina Chovancová, doc. Marie Fenclová) are members of the Board of Specialists for doctoral studies for this study programme, as well as supervisors and opponents of doctoral students' dissertation theses.

The Department is participating in significant scientific cooperation with the following universities: the Complutense University of Madrid, the Department of Hispanic Literatures and Bibliography, with which it organized an international virtual conference on "The Figurativeness of the Language of Mystical Experience" on February 29-30, 2021. The participation of some members of the department in the CORADE project (Corpus oral de aprendientes de español), implemented at the Department of Hispanic and Classical Philology of the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain, was a valuable collaboration for exchange and expansion of experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language. Within the Francophone section of the Department, cooperation with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie is highly beneficial, especially in the field of projects and student mobility, with the Slovak-French University Institute (IUFS) and the French Institute in Bratislava (IF). 

Within the Erasmus+ programme, the department cooperates with workplaces at several universities (see section 9f) also at the doctoral degree. Within the Erasmus+ KA107 program, the department cooperates with the Cuban University Universidad de la Habana.

Some employees of the Department of Romance Languages are members of the associations AESPE-SLAUŠ (Slovak Association of Spanish Language Teachers), FrancAvis (Association of University Francophone Teachers in Slovakia) and OZ Romanistica Nitriensia, which cooperates with the Department on both popular and scientific events, such as Days of Francophone Culture, Days of Hispanic Culture, Days with Romance Language, etc. In cooperation with the international youth organization Education@Internet, the department participated in the organization of the Lingvafest´ language festival at the University of Economics in Bratislava (September 28-29, 2018; September 26-27, 2019). Although the event did not take place in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, since 2020 it was transferred to Nitra and the next live event will be organized at CPU with the significant cooperation of the Department of Romance Languages.

The Department of English and American Studies actively cooperates with domestic and foreign academic institutions. Within the scope of domestic institutions, the department, represented by prof. PaedDr. Zdenka Gadušová, CSc. cooperates with The National Institute for Education in Bratislava, Slovak Academic Association for International Cooperation – Bratislava, Slovak Academic Information Agency – Bratislava, and with publishing houses Slovak Ventures s.r.o., Nitra, Macmillan Bratislava and Oxico Bratislava.

The cooperation with foreign institutions based in Slovakia - the British Council, the Fulbright Foundation and embassies in Slovakia (of Great Britain, Ireland, USA and Canada) significantly contributes to the quality and successful implementation of studies. Cooperation with the University of Economics in Bratislava and with partner companies connects studies with practice for the English Language for Professional Communication programme, with students working in teams on interdisciplinary project assignments for various partners from business practice. This cooperation is coordinated on behalf of the Department of English and American Studies by doc. Elena Ciprianová, Ph.D. 

In terms of international cooperation, the Department cooperates intensively with Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India, specifically with the Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies. This takes place on the basis of a memorandum of understanding, which specifies the various forms of cooperation, including the organization of online lectures, webinars, joint publications, projects and the preparation of online courses for students of both institutions.

Other foreign partner institutions of the Department are Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki (Finland), Columbia University (USA), Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary), University Torcuato Di Tella and University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), University Aix-Marseille (France), University of Madeira, Funchal (Portugal), Limerick University (Ireland), Middlesex University (Great Britain), University of Iceland in Reykjavik (Island), University of Mazandaran in Babolsar, (Iran), Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic), University of South Bohemia in České Budejovice (Czech Republic), University of Ostrava (Czech Republic), Prague University of Economics and Business (Czech Republic), Eszterházy Károly University of Applied Sciences in Eger (Hungary), University of Novi Sad (Serbia), University of Bielsko-Biala (Poland), Kazan Federal University (Russia), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages in Almaty (Kazakhstan), Tajik National University in Dushanbe and Khujand State University (Tajikistan), Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut (India), Karshi State University (Uzbekistan).

The Department of German Studies actively cooperates with domestic and foreign academic institutions. From among domestic institutions, it is primarily the National Institute for Education in Bratislava. Employees of the department are members of the Central Subject Committee for Foreign Languages of the National Institute for Education and actively participate in project activities (ESF project) and expert activities (assessment of German language textbooks). Together with other Germanist departments in Slovakia, the Department of German Studies also participates in preparation and the organization of scientific conferences of the Society of German Language Teachers and Germanists of Slovakia (SUNG), most recently in 2016 and 2018. The members of the department are members of the editorial board of the scientific journal SUNG "Slowakische Zeitschrift für Germanistik", to which they regularly contribute scientific papers presenting the results of their own scientific research and project activities.

Cooperation with institutions such as the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bratislava, the Goethe Institute in Bratislava, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Bratislava and the Austrian Institute in Bratislava includes the organization of numerous professional and popular events, author readings, lectures, exhibitions and excursions, which significantly contribute to improving language skills and intercultural competence of students (e.g., author's reading by Judith Hermann in 2019; Das Literarische Terzett 2018 and 2019; lecture and discussion with Dr. Joachim Bleicker, German Ambassador to Slovakia in 2017 and 2019; lecture on economic relations between Slovakia and Austria with representatives of the Austrian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce in Bratislava 2018; workshop "Art from Austria 1700-2000" in 2017; lecture “Am Zauberberg. Der österreichische Mathematiker Karl Menger auf der Suche nach der Dimension“ in 2017; discussion with translators and publishers of contemporary German literature "Revue svetovej literatúry - Sonderheft zeitgenössische deutsche Literatur" in 2016; among others. The Department of German Studies closely cooperates with the German minority magazine in Slovakia "Karpatenblatt" represented by Katrin Litschková, M.A. The cooperation is focused on the organization of joint workshops (workshop "Schreibwerkstatt - kreatives Schreiben und neue Medien" 2017; "Die neue Medienwerkstatt" 2018;) and events within KEGA (professional seminars "Von der Idee zur Unternehmensgründung" 2019; "Ohren auf für Podcasts “2020 and 2021) and others.

Foreign partners include the Fachhochschule Burgenland (Austria), with which the Department of German Studies cooperates in organizing the Austrian-Slovak Summer School (most recently in 2014, 2016, and 2019) within the project scheme Action Austria - Slovakia. There is a close and long-standing cooperation between the Department of German Studies and the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. One of the important aspects of this cooperation is the continued presence of qualified German lecturers at the department within the permanent DAAD lectorate, established in 1992. Thanks to the work of foreign (German and Austrian) lecturers from DAAD and OeAD, the department organizes for students of the study programme German language and literature (in combination) professional and scientific events, such as study trips (study trip DAAD in Germany in 2017, excursion to Vienna in 2016), workshops, professional seminars and lectures, which conceptually and innovatively complement and expand the educational content of bachelor's degree courses. Thanks to long-term cooperation with the DAAD, the Department of German Studies organized an international scientific conference "Synergien – 25 Jahre Germanistik und DAAD an der Philosoph-Konstantin Universität Nitra" in 2017.

Within the Erasmus+ programme, the department cooperates with partner departments at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich / Germany, Passau University / Germany, University of Bayreuth / Germany, University of Education Schwäbisch-Gmünd / Germany, Upper Austria Pedagogical University, Linz / Austria and Jagiellonian University in Kraków / Poland. Employees of the department have the opportunity to complete study and lecture stays, as well as internships at these universities. These are focused on direct teaching, project and publication cooperation and presentation of the results of scientific research activities of the Department of German Studies. Researchers and teachers of these partner universities and other educational institutions also have the opportunity to attend lectures and research stays at the Department of German Studies FA CPU in Nitra (Prof. em. Hans-Werner Eroms, University of Passau 2015, 2017; Dr. Monika Riedel, University of Dortmund 2015, 2017, and others). 

The international aspect of research activities of the Department of German Studies is supported by active cooperation with academic and research institutions abroad (Catholic University of Louvain / Belgium, Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich Linz / Austria, Masaryk University in Brno / Czech Republic, K. Esterházy University in Eger / Hungary, University of Novi Sad in Novi Sad / Serbia, University of Utrecht / Netherlands, etc.) within the research projects APVV (APVV-0451-10, APVV-14-0446, APVV-17-0071), multilateral project ERASMUS+ 2020-1-SK01-KA201-078250 (ZML-2020/1-669:191006). The Department of German Studies has collaborated on research tasks with the Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and with the Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology in Bratislava. The cooperation was based on research in the field of psycholinguistics and verification of research methods (standardization and adaptation of PNS and AACS research methods ) by research of factors that support and hinder foreign language acquisition, and verification of effects of intervention and its impact on foreign language competence. Cooperation within the framework of research projects with pedagogical and academic institutions is ongoing in form of verifying the reading comprehension intervention in the German language. The Department of German Studies cooperates with the following primary schools: Nábrežie Mládeže primary school in Nitra, Fatranská primary school in Nitra, Prince Pribina primary school in Nitra, Benkova primary school in Nitra, Veľký Kýr primary school, Levická primary school in Vráble, Lúčky primary school in Vráble, Majcichove primary school, Mojmírovce primary school and others. The Department of German Studies also cooperates with the following grammar schools and secondary vocational schools: Golianova Grammar School in Nitra, Párovská Grammar School in Nitra, Ján Kalazanský Grammar School in Nitra, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Grammar School in Nitra, Slančíkova Grammar School in Nitra, Hotel Academy in Nitra, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in Nitra, Secondary Vocational School of Electrical Engineering in Vráble, etc.

The Department of German Studies connects students' training with application training directly in educational practice. Students participate in the preparation and implementation of interactive workshops for primary and grammar school pupils (interactive presentations of works of German literature for children and youth). The result of these pedagogical activities is the establishment of closer cooperation with regional primary schools and grammar schools in the form of annual workshops for students at the Department of German Studies as part of Science and Technology Week, as well as workshops for foreign language teachers held directly in primary and secondary schools. 

Social security, sports, cultural, spiritual and social enjoyment of CPU students is a part of the CPU Long-Term Plan for 2019-2025 and the FA CPU Long-Term Plan for 2019-2022. To support the development of society and, in particular, the region in which the university operates, is the third main pillar of its mission. For this purpose, the university also uses feedback from its graduates and other participants in the social and cultural life of the region. CPU has its own grant scheme to support students' cultural and sporting events.

Student life

Constantine the Philosopher University promotes student cultural and sports activities. The student activities revolve also around the various University Associations and Clubs. Up-to-date information are available at https://www.ukf.sk/studium/studentsky-zivot.

Culture

The Hall of Residence CPU Nitra is home to the University Creative Studio. It is an integral cultural rendezvous point for the University students and their ensembles to rehearse and stage theatrical productions, various scenic projects and cultural events. The Creative Studio is also used for educational purposes (workshops, seminars, trainings) within the artistic and artistic-educational study programmes at the University.

Ponitran, the oldest folk ensemble at the University, focuses on traditional Slovak folklore with special interest in the Ponitrie Region. The mission of this ensemble is to evolve spare-time activities of the students, follow up on the traditional Slovak culture, interpret it artistically and collect the folklore material from various Slovak regions, but especially from the Nitra and Tekov Regions.

The VYDI Student Theatre was founded in 1992. During an academic year, student actors rehearse one production that is staged for a domestic audience in the University Creative Studio of the Faculty. They also take part in various regional shows or thematic festivals. The participation of students in this body is not limited only to theatrical productions, but a diverse range of variable activities also takes place: improligy (improvisation leagues), stand up performances, street parades, Santa's parties, majálesy (student rag in May), cabaret, matriculation, workshops, etc.

The civic association JA a MY organises cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, scientific conferences, seminars, discussion forums, round tables, debates, as well as alternative art projects in the national and international context, with an emphasis on supporting the region's all-round artistic development. The association supports budding artists, publicists and scholars of fine art in order to enable them to make a public presentation of their creative and scientific activities. The best-known event organised under the auspice of this association is The Petr Scherhaufer Festival.

The Hungarian CPU Choir successfully represents the University on domestic and foreign concert stages, choir festivals and competitions. At The Kodályové dni Festival in Galanta, the national qualification competition of choirs, our choir has repeatedly won the Zlaté pásmo award. The members organise regular concerts and its goal is to cultivate and further revive Kodály's traditions, as well as the dissemination of Hungarian choral culture, primarily among the university youth. The manager of the choir is currently the Faculty of Central European Studies, CPU.

Sport

In addition to individual sports, the sports activities of CPU students are focused especially on team sports. The following sports clubs represent the sport life at the CPU: Volley Project, BKM Youth Basketball Club, Taekwon-do and hockey team Philosophers Nitra.

CPU Student Parliament

https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/studentske-kluby-a-zdruzenia

It organises annual events – Nitrianske univerzitné dni (Nitra University Days), Dni nitrianskych univerzít (Days of Nitra Universities) with the participation of urgent healthcare students who, with the supervision of teachers, provide first aid (https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/aktuality/udalosti/4288-studentsky-parlament-chysta-online-podujatia).

As a part of ensuring quality studies and extracurricular life, CPU provides various services to its students (https://www.ukf.sk/studium/sluzby-studentom).

The University Pastoral Centre of Paul Strauss in Nitra (UPC) was founded in December 2008. Its main aim is to provide pastoral care and spiritual guidance to the students and staff of the Nitra universities, other institutions and university halls of residence. (www.upcnitra.sk).

The Student Centre (SC) offers advice, counselling and other services to support students’ extracurricular activities. This centralized consultancy unit includes spiritual, financial, career, psychological, legal, social and health counselling and support to the students with special educational needs. (https://www.ukf.sk/sc).

The possibilities and conditions of student participation in mobilities and internships are regulated by Directive 12/2021 on the implementation of mobilities within the Erasmus+, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements: https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy/73-moja-ukf/4514-12-2021-smernica-o-realizacii-mobilit-v-ramci-programu-erasmus-inych-stipendijnych-programov-a-bilateralnych-dohod.

Instructions for applicants’ registration are published on the university's website: www.ukf.sk. The rules for recognition of this education are governed by the Study regulations of CPU: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf.

The Faculty coordinator of the Erasmus+ programme, as well as the contact person for students of CPU for other mobilities and stays is the Vice-Dean for International Relations and Development prof. bgaraj@ukf.sk

The Department of Romance Languages fully supports domestic and international mobility and various student activities in accordance with the CPU Internationalisation Strategies in 2019 - 2025. Within the Erasmus+ programme, the department cooperates with partner departments at the following universities:

Spain:  UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS, UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE (Seville), UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA, UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA.

France: UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE-ALSACE, UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE, UNIVERSITÉ CHARLES DE GAULLE - LILLE 3, UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE - PARIS 3, UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG, INSTITUT DE MANAGEMENT ET DE COMMUNICATION INTERCULTURELS (Paris).

Italy:     UNIVERSITÀ PER STRANIERI DI PERUGIA, UNIVERSITÀ PER STRANIERI "DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Reggio Calabria), UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA, UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI UDINE.

Cyprus:       UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS (Nicosia)

Within the Erasmus+ KA107 programme, the department cooperates with the Cuban University Universidad de la Habana.

The department coordinator of the Erasmus+ programme is doc. Dr. Mirko Lampis, PhD. : mlampis@ukf.sk

The Department of English and American Studies fully supports domestic and international mobility and various student activities in accordance with the CPU Internationalisation Strategies in 2019 - 2025. Within the Erasmus+ programme, cooperation is taking place with universities in Great Britain (University of Wolverhampton, Middlesex University), Germany (Teacher Training College Carinthia, Chemnitz University of Technology), Spain (University of the Balearic Islands), Greece (Ionian University), Croatia (University of Zadar,), Belgium (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Poland (University of Opole), Turkey (Istanbul Gelisim University), Austria (Teacher Training College Carinthia) and the Czech Republic (Charles University, University of South Bohemia, University of Ostrava). The department coordinator of the Erasmus+ programme is Mgr. Zuzana Kozáčiková, PhD.: zkozacikova@ukf.sk

The Department of German Studies fully supports domestic and international mobility and various student activities in accordance with the CPU Internationalisation Strategies in 2019 - 2025. Within the Erasmus+ programme, the department cooperates with partner departments at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich / Germany, Passau University / Germany, University of Bayreuth / Germany, University of Education Schwäbisch-Gmünd / Germany, Upper Austria Pedagogical University, Linz / Austria and Jagiellonian University in Kraków / Poland. At the same time, students have the opportunity to take language courses as part of summer schools, organized and financially supported by the OeAD (Austrian Academic Exchange Service) and DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) foundations. The department coordinator of study stays and internships within Erasmus+ programme is doc. PaedDr. Oľga Wrede, PhD. : owrede@ukf.sk.

Criteria and requirements for applicants (pursuant to Section 57 (5) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on amendments to certain acts) are always published transparently on the Faculty's website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie and in a document on principles of admission procedure: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/zasady-prijimacieho-konania. 

The basic condition for admission to doctoral studies is successful completion of master's degree education.

Admission procedures are governed by the principles of the Faculty of Arts admission process and are published on the Faculty's website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/doktorandske-studium/prijimacie-skusky-na-doktorandske-studium. The applicant responds to the published study offer https://www.ff.ukf.sk/ponuka-studia/, which is updated annually on the website of the faculty and the university and on the Register of Universities after discussion with the dean's board of the Faculty of Arts. The applicants can find additional organizational instructions for submitting electronic or paper applications on the faculty's website https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/prihlaska-na-studium. Any questions regarding the admission procedure will be answered by the authorized persons (Vice-Dean for Education, Vice-Dean for International Relations) via e-mail prijimacky@ffukf.sk.

The results of the admission process over the last period are available in AIS: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/vysledky-prijimacej-konanie and are regularly published in the form of statistics in the annual report of the Faculty: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy

Monitoring and evaluation of study programmes by students is carried out each year through student assessment questionnaires. The procedures for monitoring and evaluating students' opinions on the study programme quality are regulated by the Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU. https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf

The results of student feedback are analysed at several levels of the faculty (Dean's Board, FA Scientific Council, FA Academic Senate, etc.), provided to stakeholders and published on the faculty's website, in the faculty's annual report

(https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy), and in the report from the evaluation of teaching and faculty teachers (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/hodnotenie-vyucby-a-pedagogov-studentmi). The results of the feedback are an important resource for refining the study programme.

Graduate feedback related to the evaluation of their studies is obtained by means of a questionnaire. The questionnaire contains 16 items and is intended for graduates of the Lingua-didactics study programme. Both the graduates of full-time and part-time form of study are provided the questionnaire. The aim of the questionnaire is to find out the opinions of former students on questions related to four key areas:

a) choice of study programme

b) the quality of the study programme

c) evaluation of teachers' approach to the programme

d) mobility and internships abroad

In connection with the first area, concerning the motivation for choosing the study programme in question, graduates notably state the fact that they want to "develop their education and skills in the field that interests them" and the possibility of "obtaining a PhD degree."

The criteria for admission to doctoral studies were currently assessed by 77% of respondents as reasonably demanding, requiring knowledge from a master's degree, 15% as very demanding and 8% as reasonably demanding, but also requiring special knowledge beyond the master's degree.

Respondents assess their readiness for doctoral studies on a scale of 1-5 in three areas: 1) in the field of theoretical knowledge (respondents' answers are mostly only in the range of 3-5), 2) in the field of study - the ability to study independently, to look up and implement information effectively, etc. (respondents' answers range from 4-5).

The determination of graduates' satisfaction is assessed in the following areas of their doctoral studies: own scientific-research activity, participation in research projects of the workplace, participation in the pedagogical process, possibilities of publishing own research, possibility of cooperation with practice, cooperation with supervisor. According to the respondents, the success of graduates in doctoral studies was most influenced by the supervisor, high motivation, their study prerequisites and characteristics, and, finally, models within workplace. The reason for failure in any of the areas of doctoral studies was mainly insufficient and erroneous time management by the doctoral students themselves, the complexity of the doctoral study and the complexity of reconciling the study with work duties (for part-time students). As many as 58.3% of respondents did not experience significant failures during the study. Most respondents consider the doctoral study of Lingua-didactics demanding to very demanding and evaluated it highly positively in terms of benefits. In context of the form of delivery of the programme courses, respondents would welcome more colloquia for doctoral students and higher frequency of individual consultations. Among the respondents, there were also those who were completely satisfied with the form of the study. All respondents expressed their satisfaction with the material provisions of the study programme (access to study literature, databases, information technologies, multimedia and teaching aids, etc.). Respondents also specified the names of teachers they consider important personalities (authorities) in the field - highlighting their professional and humane approach. After completing their doctoral studies, respondents applied to university positions as teachers and researchers, deliver courses in continual education for foreign language teachers, work in private and academic spheres, and increased their salary grade. It is surprising that only two addressed graduates (out of the current 7) completed a research or study stay abroad. The reasons cited included lack of funds, personal and family reasons, and a pandemic situation. The motivating factor to remedy this situation is the inclusion of two subjects supporting mobility at foreign institutions into the study programme, both in full-time and part-time forms.

The questionnaire is aimed directly at graduates. It is available at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTrpDIUByBwObxFzn_l-vXtS1Xo_lhsRthnmYRh5p5d5cnrQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

https://www.ff.ukf.sk/studium

ukf.sk/sc

https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/sprievodca-studiom

https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/poplatky-za-prijimacie-konanie

https://www.ukf.sk/studium/sluzby-studentom