Retrospective view on teaching the Slovak language at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

The paper deals with teaching Slovak at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra with the emphasis on the period 2000 to 2016. It provides an analysis of this period in different areas - courses, teaching methods, teaching materials, an interest of students and their academic performance, the impact of research activities on the educational process and international relations - using archive materials of the Department of Foreign Languages, the Rectors office and the authors own materials. At the same time it points out the relations between these areas, their interaction as well as the tendencies and perspectives of the Slovak language.