The students after this course will know how to express in Polish the following notions and functions:
giving advice
asking about specific pieces of information
expressing admiration and paying compliments
expressing disappointment and discontent
encouraging and persuading others
describing and comparing people and objects
expressing necessity
asking about permission
giving one’s permission
making offers and promises
beginning conversations and expressing one’s opinions
relating past events
expressing certainty and uncertainty
expressing indifference and distance
expressing approval and disapproval
criticizing and reacting to criticism
The set of notions and functions will be taught and practised within the following subjects and situations:
education
strategies facilitating learning process
fashion, hairstyle and cosmetics
work and living conditions
cuisine, diets, recipes
Poles abroad and foreigners in Poland
bureaucracy, documents, offices
types of services
measurements and quantities
economy
Polish political scene
equal rights and discrimination
accidents
nature, climate and ecology
mass media and advertising
high-brow culture and popular culture
entertainment
religion and faith
The students will be acquainted with advanced aspects of Polish grammar:
imperative and conditional moods
modal verbs and impersonal verb forms
adverbials of manner
the syntax of numerals
the inflection of numerals in all the cases
time expressions
the adjectival inflection of the nouns and surnames
conditional sentences
the names of the countries in the Genitive case
reported speech
the Dative case in the singular and plural
the inflection of negative pronouns
the usage of the Locative case in prepositional phrases
the inflection of interrogative pronouns
Course objectives
Intermediate course is predicted for students who have taken at least 220 hours of polish language.
The course is based on the textbook "Hurra Po polsku 3" by A.Burkat, A.Jasinska, M.Malolepsza and A.Szymkiewicz and includes a wide range of vocabulary as well as some useful information about Poland and its culture.
The emphasis of this course is on speaking and listening skills.
