Polish Beginners Level 1: Course Outline

According to group goals, the teacher may do more or less than this, and may not need to cover everything in the list below!

Introductions (informal and formal)
Pointing to common and useful objects, naming them
Small talk and “breaking the ice” – e.g. What is your name? ( Jak masz na imię?), Where do you live (Gdzie mieszkasz?)
Talking about self & others, inc. family – key personal info incl. How old are you? (Ile masz lat?), What is your occupation? (Jaki jest twój zawód?)
Polish sounds and letters. The alphabet, pronunciation and accent
Adjectives describing people and wellbeing
Nationalities
Professions
Family tree and relationships
Asking about age
Hobbies and interests

Formal / Informal mode in Polish
Verbs and conjugation – introduction
Present Tense
Nouns: genders in Polish
Numbers 1-100
Adjectives following nouns: masculine, feminine and neutral forms
Pronouns – subject, object, possessive
Cases in Polish – Nominative (Mianownik), Instrumental (Narzędnik) and Accusative (Biernik)
Word order – sentence, question, negative
Questions – yes/no (tak/nie), Is this…? Yes, it is… / No, it isn’t. (Czy to jest..Tak, to jest…/Nie, to nie jest…) Where is…? Who is it? Whose… it is? (Gdzie to jest…? Kto to jest…? Czyje to jest…?)
Giving instructions (imperatives)
Key prepositions: in, on, at, etc.
Key adjectives and adverbs – size, shape, personal opinion, colours
Key linking words (and, or, but, so)
To be interested in + Instrumental (interesować się), to like + Infinitive (lubić), to like + Accusative
Adverbs describing frequency – sometimes (czasami) , often (często) etc.

A wide range of topics based around students’ own interests, could include topics of general interest: global issues, popular science, environment, media and advertising; culture and entertainment; beliefs and religions, etc.
Materials used to spark conversation will include articles, DVD, video, internet extracts.