E-learning Polish Course A2 continuation asynchronous online (platform based without scheduled video classes) 3004-POLA2K-ZAS

At this level a student understands the most commonly used vocabulary and expressions concerning his/her closest areas of life (eg. information about himself/herself, family, work, health and appearance, shopping, food, environment). S/he captures the main point of expression in short and clear communications. S/he can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material such as advertisements, menus, timetables, private letters and simple e-mails. S/he can communicate in a routine communication situation requiring direct exchange of information on familiar topics. S/he can cope with simple social situations, even if s/he does not understand everything. S/he can make a short, simple note and take a message regarding matters related to emergency needs. S/he knows how to write a personal letter, e-mail and text message.
Topic areas
1. Man: personal data, appearance, character, mood;
2. Daily routines, food, shopping, services;
3. Free time: entertainment, sport;
4. House and close environment;
5. Travelling and means of transport;
6. Work;
7. Education;
8. Health and hygiene;
9. Nature and environment.
Grammatical issues
The course gives an opportunity to revise and develop the knowledge of grammatical issues learned before. The new syntactic and semantic functions of cases and verb forms are being thought. This concerns first of all the declension of pronouns, the verb moods, the comparison of adjectives and adverbs and the syntax of numerals.
Categories of communication function
1. Greetings and other phrases necessary in social contacts.
2. Eliciting information, language mediation.
3. Acting by words: suggestions, commands, requests and answers to them.
4. Modality: certainty, possibility, necessity.
5. Expressing assessment: opinions, preferences, agreeing and disagreeing.
6. General categories: time, location, quantity, quality.
Skills
1. Listening and reading comprehension of simple texts in Polish.
2. Participating in simple conversations on topics concerning everyday life.
3. Writing simple texts on familiar topics, eg. personal letters.

* due to the COVID-19 regulations of the UW administration, the syllabi could have been accordingly adjusted. The lecturers provided you with the information via the USOSmail.