Lithuanian Language and Culture Summer and Winter Course

Each summer (July-August) and winter (January), Vytautas Magnus University offers an intensive (1 month) Lithuanian Language and Culture Course for people of all ages who want to learn the Lithuanian language or improve their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Lithuanian. During the course students are offered a comprehensive programme consisting of Lithuanian language classes, lectures, workshops, discussions, movie evenings, sightseeing tours and excursions to learn the language and deepen the knowledge about Lithuanian lifestyle and culture. Qualified teachers and professors head the programme.

This year the SUMMER course will take place from 08.07.2023 to 06.08.2023 at Vytautas Magnus University (in Vilnius and in Kaunas).

Registration for the summer course will be open in late February.

Target Audience

You are interested in Lithuania and the Lithuanian language;
You are a student coming to study in Lithuania;
You have studied in Lithuania;
You or your family member are of Lithuanian descent;
You value the experience of highly qualified professionals and enjoy creative work;
You are interested in meeting people from different countries;
You would like to spend a wonderful summer month in Kaunas – the most Lithuanian city in Lithuania – and see the places of interest in Lithuania.

Course content

The total number of hours per Lithuanian Language and Culture Winter Course is 120 (6 ECTS).
The course programme consists of teaching in the class, afternoon lectures, conversation practice, student working hours, homework, language laboratory.

Lectures (The system of the Lithuanian language and the Lithuanian Language Practice)

A1, A2, B1 and B2 level language classes are available.

80 hours

Afternoon lectures (For instance, Lithuanian Art, Politics and Society in Today’s Lithuania, Modern Lithuanian Identity, The Features of Lithuanian Literature in the Era of Changes, Image of Lithuania or Lithuanian Traditional Culture)

20 hours

Other (student working hours, homework, language laboratory, etc.)

60 hours

The course is based on communicative teaching directives, all four linguistic activities are combined (speaking, listening, reading and writing). Elements of various teaching methods (transmission, supply, debate, support, etc.) are combined for successful teaching. In class, students are involved in the following activities to practice and develop their communicative skills:

listening to various short texts, and dialogues;
reading various short texts;
creating and improvising various communicational situations;
simulations of role-plays;
playing games;
drilling grammar in role-plays;
writing messages and short essays;
completing grammar exercises;
learning short poems or proverbs by heart;
watching TV news and films;
listening and singing Lithuanian songs.

Afternoon lectures taught in English provide the students with an opportunity to acquire knowledge and gain insight into the political, social and cultural situation in Lithuania.
During the four weeks of the summer course, students also visit Vilnius, Trakai, Anykščiai and Klaipėda and have a guided tours of Kaunas.

Placement test

Fees

Application

Registration for the summer course will be open in late February.

Lithuanian Language and Culture Course is one of the courses of Baltic Summer University (BSU).

Contact person for the summer course: