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