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Ukrainian resources

Postby Chung » Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:30 am

This list will be updated periodically as new resources emerge. For a summary of the language that’s oriented for prospective learners including comments on learning material, please see “Proposed Ukrainian Profile

DESGINATED LEARNING MATERIAL

Courses
- “Assimil – L’Ukrainien” (intermediary language is French)
- “Beginner’s Ukrainian with Interactive Online Workbook
- “Colloquial Ukrainian
- “Easy Ukrainian Book
- “Modern Ukrainian
- “Rozmovliaimo! (Let’s Talk!)
- “Teach Yourself Complete Ukrainian
- Series by Yuliya Pozniak
- “Yabluko” series (CEFR A2-C1):
- “Ukrainian for Speakers of English
- “Ukrainian Through its Living Culture
- “Lehrbuch der ukrainischen Sprache” (intermediary language is German)
- “Ukrainisch für Anfänger” (intermediary language is German)
- “Ukrainisch für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene” (intermediary language is German)
- “Ukrainisch – Einführendes Lehrbuch” (intermediary language is German)
- Series of Ukrainian textbooks issued by the Polish publishing house Petrus
- Podorozhi UA downloadable textbook and audio for beginners attending classes (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- e-mova series of online courses for high school students in Canada hosted by the “Ukrainian Education Virtual Resources Portal”
- Series of Ukrainian lessons issued by the University of Arizona and now under license to Language Canvas as online courses
- Ukrainian: Language Competencies for Peace Corps Volunteers in Ukraine hosted at ERIC
- Learning resources by Prof. Marta Jenkala of University College London
- Ukrainian reading and listening assessments/assignments hosted by NFLC (free registration required)
- Peace Corps Ukrainian Language Lessons
- Ukrainian Lessons Podcast by Anna Ohoiko
- SpeakUkrainian courtesy the “National Platform for Studying the Ukrainian Language for English-Speaking People” (CEFR A1-B2 - free registration required)
- Доброго дня, Україно! (downloadable monolingual textbook for beginners taking Ukrainian classes)
- Українська мова (Практичний курс для іноземців) (downloadable monolingual textbook for foreigners studying in Ukraine)

- “In Days Gone By: A Reader
- “In Days Gone By: A Reader – Activity Book
- “Conflict: A Reader – Collage 1
- “Conflict: A Reader – Activity Book
- “Courage: A Reader
- “Courage: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book
- “Decisions: A Reader – Collage 1
- “Decisions: A Reader – Activity Book
- “Deeds and Doers: A Reader – Collage 1
- “Deeds and Doers: A Reader – Activity Book
- “Fascination with the Unknown: A Reader
- “Fascination with the Unknown: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book
- “Human Nature: A Reader
- “Human Nature: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book
- “It’s Interesting: A Reader – Collage 3
- “It’s Interesting: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book
- “Just Imagine: A Reader – Collage 3
- “Just Imagine: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book
- “Laughter and Tears: A Reader – Collage 3
- “Laughter and Tears: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book
- “Relationships: A Reader
- “Relationships: A Reader – Activity Book
- “Two Paths: A Reader – Collage 3
- “Two Paths: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book

- Online lessons at the YouTube channel “Speak Ukrainian
- Online lessons at the YouTube channel “Ukrainian Language with Ira
- Online lessons at Olga Reznikova’s YouTube channel

Grammar
- Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar
- Praktische Kurzgrammatik der ukrainischen Sprache (intermediary language is German)
- Online summary of grammar with exercises “Добра форма” offered by the Open Language Resource Center of the University of Kansas

Reference material
- Bilingual dictionaries published by the publishing house, Школа
- “Ukrainian-English Dictionary” published by University of Toronto Press
- “Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary” published by Hippocrene Books
- “Ukrainian Phrasebook & Dictionary” published by Lonely Planet
- “Ukrainisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch” (Ukrainian to German only)

- Online English-Ukrainian/Ukrainian-English dictionaries hosted by CyberMova
- Online English-Ukrainian/Ukrainian-English dictionary hosted by dict.com
- Online Academic Descriptive Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (monolingual)
- Словники України online (online monolingual inflectional dictionary with information about placement of stress in addition to the word’s inflection)
- Interviews with Ukrainians from YouTube channel “Easy Languages”

Corpora
- Corpus of the Ukrainian Language
- General Regional Annotated Corpus of the Ukrainian Language

Testing
- Practice tests for Ukrainian ("Ukrán") – ELTE Origó (intermediary language is Hungarian)
- Practice tests for military personnel offered by the University of Public Service (Hungary – instructions are in Hungarian)
- Information about the Ukrainian proficiency exam for citizenship or work (in Ukrainian)

AUDIO-VISUALS

Video
- Суспільне ТБ (formerly: UA: Перший) (national public broadcaster)
- 1+1 (private TV channel)
- ICTV (private TV channel)
- ІНТЕР (private TV channel)
- НТН (private TV channel)

- List of Ukrainian videos with optional subtitles in Ukrainian courtesy Ukrainian Lessons

Cinema
- Playlist of Ukrainian movies on YouTube

N.B. Other Ukrainian movies can be found for purchase or online viewing on YouTube either by typing a specific movie’s name, “український фільм” or similar.

Podcasts
- Подкастер

N.B. Other podcasts in Ukrainian can be found by running a search in Google using a specific podcast’s name, “український подкаст” or similar

Radio
- Громадске радіо
- Українське радіо
- РАДІО.ЄС
- Radio Skovoroda
- Urban Space Radio

Audiobooks
- Слухай. Бібліотека аудіокниг українською мовою

N.B. Other audiobooks in Ukrainian can be found by running a search in Google using a specific audiobook’s name, “українська аудіокнига” or similar.

Pronunciation/Listening
- Ukrainian alphabet

READING

Newspapers and tabloids
- Експрес
- Gazeta
- Уніан
- Урядовий Кур’єр
- Високий Замок
- ZN
- Zbruč

Literature
- Electronic library of Ukrainian literature
- Українська література
- Collection of fiction and non-fiction at Український Центр
- Collection of fairy- and folktales at kazky.org.ua
- Collection of children’s stories at Казка.укр

N.B. Examples of Ukrainian prose and poetry can be found online for reading or purchase by running a search in Google using a specific writer’s name, a title, “українська література” or similar.

Forums
- r/ukrainian

N.B. Forums in Ukrainian on various topics/interests can be found online by running a search in Google using “українська мова форум” or the Ukrainian term of the topic combined with “вебфорум”.

Comics and humor
- Assorted panels at ua.reactor.cc
- Ціанід та щастя (“Cyanide and Happiness” in Ukrainian)
- xkcd українською (“xkcd” in Ukrainian)

N.B. Comic books in Ukrainian are available for purchase through Ukrainian bookstores. Run a search on Google using “український комікс” or similar.

LISTS OF LINKS

- Collection of resources for learners including offline and online courses (in Ukrainian)
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Re: Ukrainian resources

Postby rowanexer » Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:16 am

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/language ... iption-tab

Here's is a free course - Introduction to Ukrainian, from the Open University.

And also this selection of graded readers. There are English versions as well that you can compare them to.
https://www.readinga-z.com/worldlanguag ... rZICa8Na4g
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