Module Code
Module Name
PLF100
POLISH FOR BEGINNERS
Module Short
Title
ECTS 10
weighting
Semester/term
taught
Contact Hours 3 hours per week
Module
Personnel
Learning
Outcomes
Module The course aims to give students a basic knowledge of the Polish language, culture and
Learning Aims contemporary Polish society.
Module This is a practical language module for ab initio learners of Polish
Content
Recommended Małgorzata Małolepsza and Aneta Szymkiewicz, Po polsku 1 (Kraków: Prolog, 2011).
Reading List
Module Pre
Requisite
Module Co
Requisite
Assessment
Details Continuous assessment 20%
15 minute oral exam 20%
Three-hour written examination 60%
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Module Code
Module Name
PLF104
POLISH LANGUAGE 1
Module Short
Title
ECTS 10
weighting
Semester/term
taught
Contact Hours 6 hours per week
Module
Personnel
Learning
Outcomes
Module The module aims to
Learning Aims
a) enable students to use spoken and written Polish inside and outside the classroom;
b) develop students' understanding of how the Polish language works;
c) develop students as autonomous and independent learners;
d) foster in students the language skills necessary to pursue their interests through the medium
of Polish
e) foster an interest in and awareness of Polish society and culture.
Module This is an intensive practical language module for ab initio learners of Polish
Content
Recommended Małgorzata Małolepsza and Aneta Szymkiewicz, Po polsku 1 (Kraków: Prolog, 2011).
Reading List
Module Pre
Requisite
Module Co
Requisite
Assessment
Details • End-of-year three-hour written examination (50%), • Two-hour Listening comprehension
examination (15%), • 15-minute oral (15%), • Continous assessment 20%
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Module Code
Module Name
PLF200
LOWER INTERMEDIATE POLISH
Module Short
Title
ECTS 10
weighting
Semester/term
taught
Contact Hours 3 hours per week
Module
Personnel
Learning
Outcomes
Module The module aims to further develop students’ knowledge of Polish language and culture, as
Learning Aims well as reading and communication skills.
Module This course consolidates grammatical and syntactical structures of the Polish language.
Content
Recommended Małgorzata Małolepsza and Aneta Szymkiewicz, Po polsku 1 (Kraków: Prolog, 2011).
Reading List
Module Pre
Requisite
Module Co
Requisite
Assessment Continuous assessment (20%), 15 min oral examination (20%) and 3 hour written examination
Details (60%).
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Module Code PLF207
Module Name
POLISH LANGUAGE 2
Module Short NOT RUNNING 2012/2013
Title
ECTS 10
weighting
Semester/term
taught
Contact Hours 5 hours per week (4 hours per week -Polish Language and Polish Oral Proficiency 2; 1 hour
per week Business Polish Intermediate)
Module
Personnel
Learning
Outcomes
Module Polish Language and Polish Oral Proficiency 2. The module aims to
Learning Aims
1) enable students to use spoken and written Polish inside and outside the classroom;
2) develop students' understanding of how the Polish language works;
3) develop students as autonomous and independent learners;
4) foster in students the language skills necessary to pursue their interests through the medium
of Polish;
5) foster an interest in and awareness of Polish society and culture. Business Polish
Intermediate. The module aims to 1) consolidate the existing level of language proficiency in
both oral and written Polish;
2) develop oral and written business communication skills acquire a working vocabulary of
2500 words and expressions for business purposes;
3) develop an understanding of the current Polish business environment and social and
economic development in Poland;
4) analyse critically and independently, in Polish and English, a variety of business related texts
and documents.
Module This module is designed to continue to consolidate the four language skills (listening, speaking,
Content reading and writing) with the continued emphasis on the grammatical structures. Students
continue their study of Polish language specialising in Business Polish, understanding of Polish
economy and doing business in Poland.
Recommended Agnieszka Burkat and Agnieszka Jasińska, Po polsku 2 (Kraków: Prolog, 2011). Additional
Reading List materials for Business Polish Intermediate are provided by the Department of Russian and
Slavonic Studies.
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Module Code PLF703
Module Name
POLISH AREA STUDIES 2
Module Short
Title
ECTS 10
weighting
Semester/term
taught
Contact Hours 2 hours per week (one lecture, one seminar)
Module
Personnel
Learning
Outcomes
Module The module aims to familiarize students with aspects of contemporary Polish society.
Learning Aims
Module Introduction to aspects of contemporary Polish society.
Content
Recommended Leonard A. Polakiewicz, Intermediate Polish. A Cultural Reader with Exercises (Lublin:
Reading List Wydawnictwo UMCS, 1999).
Other materials are distributed by the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies.
Module Pre
Requisite
Module Co
Requisite
Assessment Course examined by continuous assessment only: two Polish presentation (20%) (10% each
Details presentation), two dossier (20%) (10% each), one 3000 word project (50%), participation
(10%).
Module
Website
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Module Code PLF707
Module Name
POLISH AREA STUDIES 2
Module Short
Title
ECTS 5
weighting
Semester/term
taught
Contact Hours 2 hours per week (one lecture, one seminar)
Module
Personnel
Learning
Outcomes
Module The module aims to familiarize students with aspects of contemporary Polish society.
Learning Aims
Module Introduction to aspects of contemporary Polish society.
Content
Recommended Leonard A. Polakiewicz, Intermediate Polish. A Cultural Reader with Exercises (Lublin:
Reading List Wydawnictwo UMCS, 1999).
Other materials are distributed by the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies.
Module Pre
Requisite
Module Co
Requisite
Assessment Course examined by continuous assessment only: one Polish presentation (15%), one dossier
Details (15%), one 3,000 word project (60%), participation (10%).
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