Course detail
Polish Language for foreign students
FA-PLF-ZEAcad. year: 2025/2026
Not applicable.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
5
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Department
Aims
- Listening
Students should:- understand simple questions about personal information;
- understand short messages related to situations at the university, in the dormitory, at the store, at the doctor's, at the restaurant, etc.; and
- understand the main information contained in a listening speech;
- understand words learned during the course;
- be able to apply basic strategies leading to text comprehension.
- Reading
Students should:- understand short messages and information from the lexical fields learned during the course
- Understand the general content of simple dialogues in the communication situations learned during the course
- Understand the content of a presentation/autopresentation
- be able to search for specific information in simple applied texts (bulletin boards, timetables, class schedules, menu cards, etc.)
- Speaking
The student should:- be able to initiate and conclude a simple conversation;
- be able to briefly introduce him/herself;
- use the official and unofficial variety of Polish according to the situation;
- be able to ask simple questions;
- be able to answer simple questions from the subject areas learned in the language course;
- be able to use simple strategies leading to sustaining a conversation (e.g., excuse me, I don't understand, please repeat, I already understand).
- Writing
Students should:- be able to write simple single sentences and phrases;
- fill out a form with personal information (UrbanCard application, Internet in the dormitory);
- be able to write a simple text about themselves (self-presentation).
- Lexicon
The student should:- have the vocabulary included in the curriculum
- use appropriate vocabulary to convey relevant information
- Grammatical correctness
Students should:- know and use grammatically correct language forms, including the conjugation of verbs: to be, to live, to study, and the recursion of verbs: to study, to ask;
- be able to construct simple affirmative, negative and question sentences.
- Phonological correctness
Studens should:- know and apply the rules of pronunciation, accentuation and intonation to the extent that the content of speech can be understood;
- be able to read a short, simple text correctly.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
- Individual test (75%, at the end of the course)
- Class participation (25%, at the end of the course)
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Anna Majewska-Tworek, Szura, szumi, szeleści. Wrocław 2010; (PL)
Ewa Kołaczek, Survival Polish. Crash course. Kraków 2013; (EN)
Iwona Stempek i inne, Polski. Krok po kroku A1. Kraków 2011 (PL)
Justyna Krztoń, Słownictwo 1. Kraków 2011; (PL)
Kamila Dembińska, Agnieszka Małyska, Start 1. Warszawa 2010; (PL)
Teresa Pelc, Teraz polski. Gry i ćwiczenia komunikacyjne. Łódź 1997; (PL)
Ewa Kołaczek, Survival Polish. Crash course. Kraków 2013; (EN)
Iwona Stempek i inne, Polski. Krok po kroku A1. Kraków 2011 (PL)
Justyna Krztoń, Słownictwo 1. Kraków 2011; (PL)
Kamila Dembińska, Agnieszka Małyska, Start 1. Warszawa 2010; (PL)
Teresa Pelc, Teraz polski. Gry i ćwiczenia komunikacyjne. Łódź 1997; (PL)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NE_INUS Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Exercise
60 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer