/Polish Beginners Level 2: Course Outline
Polish Beginners Level 2: Course Outline 2017-12-13T23:35:15+00:00

Polish Beginners Level 2 – 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!

Topics & Vocabulary:

  • Revision of the most important subjects covered in the previous course
  • Describing things (colours, size, features, etc)
  • Asking for directions
  • Eating & drinking. Ordering food and drinks in restaurant / cafe. Names of popular food
  • Shopping. Have you got…? (Czy masz…?) How much is…? (Ile kosztuje…?) How much do I pay? (Ile placę?)
  • Asking for time and questions about time
  • Days of the week
  • Daily life – routines, free time. Going places
  • Inviting and responding to invitations (how to accept and how to decline)
  • Meetings and social gatherings
  • Describing past activities – What did you do last week?
  • Party and Leisure Time. Talking about leisure interests
  • Saying what you like, dislike, want or prefer
  • Describing weather.
  • Money and Shopping

Grammar:

  • Review & practice previous level grammar topics
  • Singular vs. Plural nouns
  • Cases in Polish – Genitive (Dopełniacz), Locative (Miejscownik)
  • Imperatives (colloquial and polite forms)
  • Declension of nouns and adjectives
  • Past Tense Imperfective
  • New verbs and verbs conjugation in the past
  • Adverbs – cont.
  • Possessive forms
  • “There is”: Jest – “There isn’t”: Nie ma
  • • Double negatives: I have nothing (Nic nie mam) I never drink milk (Nigdy nie piję mleka) etc.
  • ‘Want to + infinitive’
  • Prepositions + Cases
  • Revision of numbers: 100-10000.

Cultural Content:

  • Polish cuisine, the most popular Polish dishes
  • Polish cultural life – cinemas, theatres, fashion etc.
  • Traveling in Poland – at the train/bus station, hotels, etc.

Skills Work:

  • Lots of speaking – inc. situational exercises & interaction
  • Revisiting pronunciation rules and numbers
  • Plenty of listening activities
  • Writing practice – e.g. notes in diary, describing people and clothes, simple CV