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Elementary Polish (108-1-1)

Instructors

Michal Janusz Wilczewski
1880 Campus Drive

Meeting Info

University Library 3622: Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

This course is the first in a three-quarter sequence introducing students to Polish language and contemporary culture. We will learn the fundamentals of Polish grammar, and students progress in speaking, listening, writing, and reading through a variety of communicative, content-based activities, games, and projects in a proficiency-orientated curriculum. Emphasis is placed on practical communication so that students should be able to function at a basic level in several authentic situations by the end of the year. This course will use Chicago as a laboratory for understanding Polish American spaces and offer students an opportunity to experience and use their Polish skills in real life.

Learning Objectives

This course is the first in a three-quarter sequence introducing students to Polish language and contemporary culture. By the end of the first quarter, students will be able to function in several authentic situations in Polish. They will learn the instrumental and accusative cases, and be able to talk about themselves and their families.

Class Materials (Required)

"Małgorzata Małolepsza and Aneta Szymkiewicz, Hurra!!! Po Polsku 1, workbook, 2020, ISBN: 978-83-60229-39-2

Małgorzata Małolepsza and Aneta Szymkiewicz, Hurra!!! Po Polsku 1, textbook, 2020, ISBN: 978-83-60229-38-5"