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

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 18:00–19:40 A31, except Mon 20. 4. to Fri 24. 4., N. Kováčová
PJ_03/B: Wed 10:00–11:40 B2.34, except Mon 20. 4. to Fri 24. 4., M. Przybylski
PJ_03/C: Thu 16:00–17:40 B2.32, except Mon 20. 4. to Fri 24. 4., N. Kováčová

Prerequisites

!NOW( 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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 45/40, only registered: 4/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Abstract

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.

Key topics

"POLSKI krok po kroku 1" textbook. Units 1-8.

Study resources and 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

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

Theoretical instruction combined with practical language exercises, homeworks.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

Active participation in lessons (no more than three 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)

The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen úplným začátečníkům.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• PJV040 Film Adaptations of Polish Literature
  PJN102 || PJ_03 || PJ_04 || souhlas  
• PJ_04 Polish for Low Advanced Students
  PJ_03 && !NOWANY(PJ_07)  
• PJ_07 Going to Erasmus in Poland: Polish Language Course for Beginners
  (!PJ_03) && (!PJ_04) && (!PJ_05) && !NOW(PJ_03)  

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