22256 - Polish B - 1

Learning outcomes

The course is intended to deepen the knowledge of grammatical structures of the Polish language and to develop the competences in oral and written communication. CEFR Level of Language Competences to be achieved: A2.

Course contents

1) Morphology. A) Verb. Verbal aspect: formation and use of imperfective and perfective verbs. Past tense and future tense (further notions). Formation and use of the imperative. Conditional. Gerund. Participial clauses. Verbs of motion with prefixes. B) Declination of nouns (supplement). C) The comparative and superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs. D) Declination and use of pronouns (supplement) E) Cardinal numbers (supplement) and ordinal numbers: declination and use.

2) Syntax: impersonal clauses; dependent clauses (supplement);  prepositions and adverbs (supplement).

Readings/Bibliography

. Burkat, A. Jasińska, Hurra!!! Po polsku 2, Prolog, Kraków 2007, 2 voll.: Podręcznik studenta + Zeszyt

ćwiczeń.

B. Bartnicka, W. Jekiel et al., Impariamo il polacco. Manuale per principianti , 2 voll., Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa 1991.

J. Kucharczyk, Juz mowie po polsku , Wing, Lodz 1999.

T. Iglikowska, Cwiczenia gramatyczno-leksykalne na lektoraty jezyka polskiego dla cudzoziemców , Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 1995.

Some other material will be given during the lessons.

For Polish mothertongue students, who are not going to attend the lessons:

S. Baranczak, Ocalone w tlumaczeniu, a5, Krakòw 2004 or Z. Klemensiewicz, Historia jezyka polskiego , PWN, Warszawa (first part: doba staropolska, selected parts agreed on with the teacher )

Teaching methods

Classroom-based lessons, tutoring sessions.

Assessment methods

All students (including Polish mothertongue) are required to take the written exam and the oral exam.

Passing the written exam, consisting in a grammar test, a comprehension test and a translation test (4 hours), is preliminary to the oral exam, consisting in: 1) reading and grammatical analysis of a Polish text in order to assess the theoretical competence of the student; 2) a conversation on a topic treated during the lessons.

The final mark will be the mean of the marks of the written exam and the oral exams with the teacher and the tutor.

Teaching tools

W. Meisels, Dizionario pratico polacco-italiano. Podręczny słownik polsko-włoski , 2 voll., Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa 1993;

W. Meisels, Dizionario pratico italiano-polacco. Podręczny słownik włosko-polski , 2 voll., Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa 1989.

A. Zieliński, G. Bertone, Grammatica polacca: grammatica essenziale , Vallardi, Milano 1996.

B. Bartnicka, H. Satkiewicz, Gramatyka języka polskiego dla cudzoziemców, Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa 1990.

Various audio and video materials.

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Ceccherelli