Course Description

Course title Polish Language Course (A1)

Course code ECTS* 5

Julia Wilczyńska, Ph.D.

Lecturer(s)
jwilczynska@up.krakow.pl

Department Institute of Modern Languages

Course objectives

You are wandering around Kraków not sure where a certain place/street is. How would you ask for directions
in Polish?
In this course the students will expand their vocabulary and learn new grammatical structures through real
life situations.

Prerequisites

Knowledge No special requirements

Skills No special requirements

Courses completed Intensive Polish Language Course (recommendation only)

Course organization

Form of classes W (Lecture) Group type

A (large K (small S P E
L (Lab)
group) group) (Seminar) (Project) (Exam)
Contact hours 45 X

Teaching methods:

The students will learn Polish through dialogue, communication activities, role-play, written and oral
comprehension tasks.

Assessment methods:
Didactic games

Group project

Written exam
Field classes

participation
E – learning

presentation

assignment
Laboratory

Discussion

Oral exam
Individual
Classes in

Student’s

Written
schools

(essay)
project

Other
tasks

X
 Assessment criteria Regular and active participation in class is required.

Group size: max. 15

Comments The course is offered both in winter and summer semesters. (In the summer semester it
continues under the name “Polish Language Course A1+”).

Course content (topic list)

Identifying people and objects; Number and gender; Question forms; Expressing surprise and
disappointment; Most frequently used Polish cases and tenses; Expressing time: days of the week, months,
telling the time; Ordering and purchasing goods.

Compulsory reading

Course books and teaching materials will be provided by the teacher.

Recommended reading