Group C
Thursday 5.45pm-7.15pm
commences - 17 June 2010
Group D
Tuesday 7.15pm-8.45pm
commences - 20 July 2010
Course Duration
12 weeks
Course Content
The students after this course will know how to express in Polish the following notions and functions:
See programme for A0 - Beginners and A1 - Upper-Beginners plus;-
talking about present, past and future;
talking about health, appearance;
talking about space relations;
talking about free time and sport;
talking about Polish traditions and comparing them to those of student’s culture;
talking about job and problems at the workplace;
asking for help and giving advice in the job environment;
creating short formal speeches;
writing short formal letters.
expressing wishes;
asking for and giving directions;
expressing spatial relations;
giving one's opinion and explaining the reasons for it;
asking for and giving information;
expressing likes and dislikes;
The set of notions and functions will be taught and practiced within the following subjects:
Plans – geography - weather – cities – sightseeing and monuments – holidays - health – shops - means of transport - house and furniture - renting a house - months and seasons of the year - biography
The students will learn and revise the following aspects of Polish grammar:
cases: Locative;
adverbs v. adjectives
prepositions;
structures like: ‘boli mnie’;
imperfective and perfective verbs in present, past and future tense;
Course objectives
Polish for Improvers is predicted for those who have some previous knowledge of Polish (after around 45 hrs of a course).
It covers the basic grammar structures and introduces basic vocabulary necessary in everyday situations. It also presents a summarised introduction to Polish culture, traditions and Poland as it is today.
The course is based on the textbook "Po polsku 1" by M. Malolepsza & A. Szymkiewicz and includes a wide range of vocabulary and a thorough study of grammar, as well as some useful information on Poland and its culture.
