FF:PJ_03 Polish for Beginners - Course Information

PJ_03 Polish for Beginners

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Natália Kováčová (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

PJ_03/A: Thu 16:00–17:40 L34, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11., N. Kováčová
PJ_03/B: Tue 10:00–11:40 B2.34, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11., M. Przybylski
PJ_03/C: Tue 18:00–19:40 B2.42, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11., M. Przybylski

Prerequisites

!NOWANY( PJ_07 Going to Erasmus in Poland )
The course is designed for absolute beginners – A0 language level.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 45/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (programme FF, N-SLAV_)
• Slavistics (programme FF, N-SLAV_) (2)
• Ukrainian Studies (programme FF, N-SLAV_)

Course objectives

Aim of the course is to provide the students with the basics of the Polish phonetics, orthography, morphology and basic conversation topics.
The course covers units 1-7 from "POLSKI krok po kroku 1"(Kraków 2010) textbook.
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Read and write the typical letters of Polish alphabet correctly;
- greet and react appropriately in basic social situations;
- ask a Polish native speaker for repeating or slowing down;
- present themselves, their family members and friends (occupation, hobbies, studies, character, how old am I, name, how am I, languages, favourite meal, free time – what, when, how often, daily routine) and talk about these basics;
- succesfuly handle communication in restaurants;
- answer the question “What is the time?”;
- use basic prepositions and conjunctions the right way;
- use numerals 0-10 000;
- understand easy Polish text.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course students will be able to:
• understand and explain grammatical structures adequate to the course level
• use information and lexis in communication with native speakers
• build correct grammatical structures
• interprete Polish texts
• read, write and speak in proper Polish
• know Polish orthography rules.

Syllabus

"POLSKI krok po kroku 1" textbook. Units 1-7.

Literature

required literature
• STEMPEK, Iwona, Anna STELMACH, Sylwia DAWIDEK a Aneta SZYMKIEWICZ. Polski: Krok po kroku A1. 1. vyd. Kraków: Glossa, 2010. ISBN 978-83-930731-0-8.

not specified
• OLIVA, Karel and Mieczysław BALOWSKI. Polsko-český slovník. 3., dopl. vyd., V nakladatel. Voznice: Leda, 2012, 1443 s. ISBN 9788073352844. info
• SIATKOWSKI, Janusz and Mieczysław BASAJ. Česko-polský slovník. Wyd. 2. zaktualiz. Warszawa: Wiedza powszechna, 2002, xvi, 1118. ISBN 8321412440. info

Teaching methods

Theoretical instruction combined with practical language exercises, homeworks.

Assessment methods

Active participation in lessons (two absences are allowed), obligatory homeworks, final written test (the student must get at least 60 % of points).

Language of instruction

Polish

Follow-Up Courses

• PJ_04 Polish for Low Advanced Students

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět není určen studentům Polských studií! Po zápisu předmětu je nutné se obratem zapsat do jedné ze seminárních skupin (do vyčerpání jejich limitu)! Volná místa v seminárních skupinách budou před zahájením výuky postupně nabízena dalším zájemcům.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• PJ_04 Polish for Low Advanced Students
  PJ_03 && !NOWANY(PJ_07)  
• PJ_07 Going to Erasmus in Poland: Polish Language Course for Beginners
  !NOWANY(PJ_03,PJ_04)  

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