UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
BA Module Outline for 2013/14
Module Title:
Polish Language Level 2A: Comprehension A
Polish Language Level 2B: Production B
Module Coordinator: dr Urszula Chowaniec
Module Codes: SEEP2001/ SEEP2002
Course Prerequisites: Open to students who have successfully completed Polish Level 1 or who can demonstrate equivalent
competence.
Academic Level: Intermediate
Course Unit Value: 1 (2 half-course units, taught in conjunction). Runs in (2013/14) Terms 1 and 2
Weekly Contact Hours: 4
Compulsory for: Polish and East European Studies, Russian and Polish, Russian with Polish, Modern Languages combined degrees of
which Polish is a component.
Pass required for: Progression to Year Abroad/ Polish Level 3
Open to: All SSEES undergraduates, affiliate students, also UCL undergraduates, subject to timetable and resourcing constraints
Module Outline
This is a course for students who have successfully completed Polish Level 1, or who can demonstrate equivalent competence in Polish.
The course consists of two components: comprehension and production, each of which has the value of 0.5 of a course-unit (see Course
Details above). Both components are taught in conjunction.
At the end of the module you should have fulfilled the following aims and objectives
Aims:
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to build on the knowledge of Polish already acquired and to attain (in all language skills) a level of competence at which you can
function effectively in a wide range of situations
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to read texts in Polish in the next stage of your degree (in courses requiring reading of literary and other texts)
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to use Polish effectively during your year abroad
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to develop awareness of problems of translation
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to develop awareness of and interest in wider aspects of Poland and societies where Polish is spoken
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to gain a sound linguistic foundation for the Polish Level 3 Course.
Objectives:
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to understand a wide range of authentic spoken and written Polish from predictable topic areas; extract required information and
record it accurately and coherently in English
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to manipulate spoken and written Polish with appropriate and accurate use of lexis and grammatical structures in a variety of contexts
and registers; speak with confidence and accuracy appropriate to this level about many aspects of Poland, its life and culture

to demonstrate understanding of translation by discussing problems of specific translations from and into Polish; successfully
translate a range of texts from and into Polish
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to demonstrate knowledge and active use of more complex grammatical structures and a wide range of vocabulary in Polish.
Assessment Methods
Assessment Style: Examination
Polish Language Level 2A: Aural (45 minutes); written (3 hours); Polish Language Level 2B: Oral (20 minutes); written (3 hours)
Assessment Weighting: Oral (15%); aural (15%); written (70%)
Polish Language Level 2A: Aural (20%); written (80%); Polish Language Level 2B: Oral (20%); written (80%)
Feedback
Examination: Students will normally receive generic feedback on examination papers.
Preliminary Reading
Vacation reading may be set for students progressing from Language Level 1. Course materials will include resources authored by the
teacher, as well as textbooks, online resources and other materials, a selection of which is given below: Hurra! Po polsku 2 by M. Małolepsza
and A. Szymkiewicz. Coursebook and Workbook. (ISBN: 978-83-6022-918-7); Hurra! Po polsku 3 by A. Burkat, A. Jasińska, M. Małolepsza and A. Szymkiewicz.
Coursebook and Workbook. (ISBN: 978-83-60229-28-6); Lechowicz Jolanta, Podsiadły Joanna 2001 Ten, ta, to WING, Lódź; Bielec Dana 1998 Polish. An
Essential Grammar Routledge, London and New York; Jarecki Klara 2000 301 Polish Verbs Barron’s Educational Series, New York; Pyzik Józef 2003 Iść
czy jechać? Universitas, Kraków; CEELBAS Language Repository (Polish) open online resources.