Curriculum - The Polish School Of Sydney

Adult courses curriculum

We currently offer courses at a beginner, elementary, intermediate, advanced and proficiency level. All levels are broken down into additional 3-4 proficiency sub-levels to suit anyone.

Each course offers 20 contact hours during which a basic introduction to the Polish language is provided, or with the more advanced courses, furthering of existing knowledge.

Our courses are delivered as interactive workshops during which active participation is encouraged. Selected courses may include the use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.

The Polish School of Sydney in Randwick is the only school providing the Polish language program in co-operation with the Centre for Continuing Education, the University of Sydney (CCE) and students can easily continue their studies at either of the educational providers as both deliver the course in the same manner.

Program structure

We make every effort to ensure that lesson topics are interesting and appropriate to the skill level and needs of specific proficiency groups. The table below shows topics introduced in particular levels.

Beginner (Level 1-4)

Polish Course 101

If you want to learn to speak Polish, our Polish classes are ideal for adult learners to enjoy a practical and social experience while you learn Polish language and culture. Learn Polish the smart way with Polish courses at the Polish School of Sydney, Randwick.
This is a beginners Polish course and no prior knowledge of the Polish language is required. This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

greetings and farewells,
introducing yourself – name, nationality, job etc.,
asking and answering questions about contact details such as email, address, telephone number,
describing one’s family.

Polish Course 102

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish Beginners course or who have completed 20 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

describing daily activities,
days of the week,
describing leisure activities,
shopping – naming products, requesting a particular product,
describing food preferences,
going out (restaurants, cafes).

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe daily and leisure activities,
make arrangements to go out,
hold simple conversations at a shop and at a restaurant,
cope in various everyday situations, for example when ordering food at a cafe.

Polish Course 103

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 102 or equivalent, or who have completed 45 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

travel (means of transport),
asking for and giving directions,
making travel arrangements including hotel booking,
using formal and informal ways of telling the time,
using modal verbs,
talking about popular tourist destinations in Poland.

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

identify different means of transport,
ask for and give directions to get from one place to another,
make travel arrangements,
request and give information related to travel.

Prerequisites

In order to participate effectively in this Polish course, participants should have knowledge of Polish pronouns, present tense of common verbs and should be able to form questions and negatives in Polish.

Polish Course 104

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 103 or equivalent, or who have completed 95 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

at the doctor’s (symptoms, diseases, treatments),
naming parts of the body,
accidents and urgent situations,
asking for help,
past tense of verbs,
modal verbs – must, should.

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

talk about events in the past tense,
have a conversation at the doctor’s – describe their ailments and understand the recommended treatment,
use sufficient language to communicate while experiencing different sorts of everyday problems or when being in urgent situations.

Prerequisites

Students interested in taking this Polish course should be familiar with conjugation of Polish verbs in the present tense, adjectives and their gender, personal and possessive pronouns, adverbs of frequency and cardinal numbers.

Elementary (Level 5-8)

Polish Course 201

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 104 or equivalent, or who have completed 120 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Free time activities,
Phone call conversations,
Eating habits,
Polish cuisine,
Emails,
Numbers 100 – 1,000,
Past tense and dates.

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe a variety of free time activities,
talk about their favourite ways of spending free time,
describe their daily diet,
order food in a cafe, restaurant, over the phone,
talk about food in their country and name typically Polish dishes,
write simple emails in Polish,
describe their activities in the past,
name months and provide dates.

Polish Course 202

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 201 or equivalent, or who have completed 145 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Future tense structures and time expressions,
New Year’s resolutions,
Revision of present, past and future tenses,
Buying a mobile phone,
Revision of daily activities,
Revision of means of transport.

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

express their future plans and hopes,
participate in transactions such as buying a mobile phone,
read the horoscope in Polish,
describe their daily activities with the use of time expressions,
ask and tell the time,
offer, accept or reject free time activities suggestions,
ask for information,
order a taxi.

Polish Course 203

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 202 or equivalent, or who have completed 145 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Grocery and clothes shopping
Plural genitive forms and expressing quantities
Sightseeing
Geographical names (Poland)
Directions (also parts of the world)
Buildings and places in the city
Holidays (camping, hotel, airport, travel agent’s)
Locative case
Prepositional phrases (with the use of Genitive, Instrumental and Locative cases)

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their clothing
pay compliments related to general appearance
handle transactional conversations
ask for directions and information
describe places in the city
talk about their holiday preferences
talk about holiday problems
book a hotel over the phone

Polish Course 204

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 203 or equivalent, or who have completed 170 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

The weather and seasons
Physical appearance and parts of the body
Adjectives and adverbs
Sport and related verbs
Famous sportspeople in Poland
Gerunds
Polish holidays (Christmas and Easter)
Polish food, traditions, wishes
Vocative case

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

understand the weather forecast
make a phone appointment booking
communicate about their health at the doctor’s
understand sports news
describe their sports activities
compare Polish traditions with their own
make wishes and write cards

Intermediate (Level 9-12)

Polish Course 301

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 204 or equivalent, or who have completed 195 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Biography
Past tense (perfective and imperfective verb forms)
Studying Polish language
Revision of noun cases
Office appliances and computer related phrases
Foreign words in Polish language

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their life events in the past
converse using past tense
read biographies of famous Polish people
give advice on studying Polish
describe their language abilities
solving work related problems and asking for help
making a short speech

Polish Course 302

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 301 or equivalent, or who have completed 220 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

House and furniture
Renting an apartment
Prepositional phrases
Personality description
Plural masculine personal adjective forms
Using simple linking words

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their house
write a formal letter (e.g. to real estate agency)
read and respond to rental ads
express opinions about other people’s personality
write a personal letter
read short magazine articles

Polish Course 303

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 302 or equivalent, or who have completed 245 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Work and working conditions
Plural masculine personal noun forms (e.g. jobs)
Demonstrative and possessive pronouns
Dates and life stages revision
Past tense revision

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their job
express opinions about work and employment situation
understand short radio programmes
read short jobs ads
describe past events
use cardinal and ordinal numbers to provide dates
read texts about Polish Nobel Prize winners

Polish Course 304

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 303 or equivalent, or who have completed 270 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Education system in Poland
Describing school, qualifications, gaining news skills
Describing a range of positive and negative motions related to the future
Future tense revision (perfective and imperfective verb forms)
Modal verbs in the future
Time expressions revision
Conditional structures

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their education and qualifications
express feelings about the future such as hope, fear, worry etc.
talk about their future
understand fortune teller’s predictions
read longer texts about Poland

Advanced (Level 13-16)

Polish Course 401

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 304 or equivalent, or who have completed 270 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Places in the city, transport (revision)
Architecture, infrastructure, entertainment
Living in a city or a town
Forming and using adverbs (revision)
Comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs
Locative case revision
Places in the countryside
Nature animals, plants, ecology

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their city and living environment preferences
understand texts about Polish cities
compare different cities using a variety of criteria
discuss positive and negative aspects of living in the country
discuss simple environmental topics

Polish Course 402

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 401 or equivalent, or who have completed 295 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Relationships (family, marriage, friendship)
Describing feelings, emotions, family obligations
Complex sentences and linking words
Conditional sentences
Dative case

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe relationships and related problems
understand dating ads
describe their friendships and opinions about other people
express wishes, guesses, offers and asking for favours
describe their location

Polish Course 403

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 402 or equivalent, or who have completed 320 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Describing functions of home appliances
Describing apartment, house (revision)
Comparing the past with the future
Forming gerunds (revision)
Using impersonal verb forms in the present and past
Describing discoveries and inventions
Passive voice (introduction)

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their homes and the appliances they use
encourage purchase or advertise home appliances
ask for information and help
read long texts in Polish
describe their opinion about technology in their lives
make complaints and ask for a refund

Polish Course 404

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 403 or equivalent, or who have completed 345 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Health, wellbeing, healthy lifestyle
Asking for advice and giving advice
Imperative forms (positive and negative)
Tourism and travelling
Free time activities (revision)
Preposition phrases

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

ask about someone’s wellbeing
describe their health and lifestyle
express positive and negative feelings
ask and give advice
understand television programmes
describe own travelling experience
encourage and discourage different ways of spending free time
contact travel agent’s about their offers
write a personal letter

Proficiency (Level 17-24)

Polish Course 501

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 404 or equivalent, or who have completed 370 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Holidays (public and religious)
Expressing a range of feelings (regret, sadness, empathy, joy)
Complex sentences
Internet
Interesting events
Verbal nouns, purpose of objects, question words (revision)

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe Polish and foreign holidays
make wishes and congratulate other in different occasions
present family relationships
discuss Internet option preferences
describe use of different devices
form complex sentences
write cards and short letters for different occasions

Polish Course 502

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 501 or equivalent, or who have completed 395 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Literature and press
Reviews
Complex sentences structures (continued)
Cinema and television
Free time activities (revision)
Reported speech

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

read and understand a variety of newspaper articles
express their opinions and opposing views
provide their opinions on different books
hold conversations on forms of spending free time
provide opinions on different types of films and TV programs
review a film
use very simple forms of indirect speech
form complex sentences

Polish Course 503

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 502 or equivalent, or who have completed 420 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Giving advice
Exams and education
Imperative forms, conditional mood, impersonal verbs forms (revision)
Learning processes
Adverbial of manner (introduction)
Idiomatic phrases

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

discuss different exam types and their exam experience
maintain an informal conversation
ask for information (introduction)
provide advice on stress, exam and learning strategies
use imperatives, conditional mood, impersonal verb forms, adverbs
complete a language course application form
understand exam instructions
use grammar terminology in Polish
show reading and listening comprehension of complex texts

Polish Course 504

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 503 or equivalent, or who have completed 445 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Fashion, style, personal hygiene, everyday objects
Expressing options on appearance and paying compliments
Genitive case with prepositions to determine use or function
Working conditions and lifestyle
Positive and negative emotions, disappointment (revision)
Numerals syntax

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe style and clothing and provide their option
describe their hairstyle and understand hairdressing ads
express use and function of everyday objects
describe their working conditions and lifestyle
understand street survey and present statistical information
express a range of feelings (pleased or disappointed)
show reading and listening comprehension of complex texts

Polish Course 601

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 504 or equivalent, or who have completed 470 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Food, meals, diets, recipes, different cuisines
Expressing a range of communicative structures (encouraging, convincing)
Idioms – niebo w gębie, zjeść konia z kopytami, palce lizać, obejść się smakiem, jak ten czas leci, upaść na głowę, coś się nie mieści w głowie, przyjąć kogoś z otwartymi ramionami, stanąć na własnych nogach
Living abroad
Informal letter writing
Genitive case in quantity structures, imperatives in negative sentences (revision), numerals case forms

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their diet and typical meals
express preferences for different dishes and cuisines
convince and encourage others in food related situations
describe their life using past structures
write an informal letter
use grammatical structures – Genitive, numerals, imperatives
use idiomatic structures in writing

Delivery

This course is delivered as a series of interactive workshops where active participation is encouraged.

Prescribed text

HURRA!!! PO POLSKU 3
Prepared by Agnieszka Burkat, Agnieszka Jasińska, Małgorzata Małolepsza and Aneta Szymkiewicz
Published by Prolog Szkoła Języków Obcych, Kraków Poland
Available for purchase online at Book Depository
Price of student book (approx.): $50
Price of workbook (approx.): $35

This textbook is used for Polish course levels 503 to 702.

Please note

Selected Language courses that teach spoken language may include use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.

Polish Course 602

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 601 or equivalent, or who have completed 495 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Government offices, documents
Expressing a range of communicative structures (necessity, requests, promises)
Idioms – mieć ręce pełne roboty, na wariackich papierach papierkowa robota, złota rączka, mieć coś w małym palcu, nie kiwnąć palcem, siedzieć z założonymi rękami
Different types of services
Notices, ads (revision)
Declensions of nouns such as chory, podróżny and names ending in –y, as well as surnames ending in –ski, -cki, -ska, -cka

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

name and understand functions of a government offices and documents
express their requests, promises and necessity
complete temporary stay application form
use idiomatic expressions dictionary
inquire about availability of certain services
offer help, thank for help
hold phone conversations
use idiomatic expressions in writing

Delivery

This course is delivered as a series of interactive workshops where active participation is encouraged.

Prescribed text

This textbook is used for Polish course levels 503 to 702.

Please note

Selected Language courses that teach spoken language may include use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.

Polish Course 603

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 602 or equivalent, or who have completed 520 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Measures, amounts, money, economy
Expressing a range of communicative structures (certainty, uncertainty, conditions, consequences)
Idioms – mieć węża w kieszeni, obiecywać złote góry, pieniądze leżą na ulicy, gorączka złota
Vocabulary groups
Conditional sentences (revision)
Declension of noun pieniądz

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

use measures and amounts especially when discussing statistical data
express certainty, uncertainty, conditions, consequences
initiate conversations
discuss expenses, money and economy related topics
express their opinions
understand news and interviews
use conditional sentences (revision)
summarise a text and write a commentary
use idiomatic expressions in writing

Delivery

This course is delivered as a series of interactive workshops where active participation is encouraged.

Prescribed text

HURRA!!! PO POLSKU 2
Prepared by Agnieszka Burkat, Agnieszka Jasińska, Małgorzata Małolepsza and Aneta Szymkiewicz
Published by Prolog Szkoła Języków Obcych, Kraków Poland
Available for purchase online at Book Depository
Price of student book (approx.): $50
Price of workbook (approx.): $35

This textbook is used for Polish course levels 503 to 702.

Please note

Selected Language courses that teach spoken language may include use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.

Polish Course 604

This Polish course applies communicative methods and is suitable for anyone interested in learning to speak and understand Polish language during both holidays and business travels. This course is suitable for those who have completed Polish 603 or equivalent, or who have completed 545 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Course content

This Polish course covers the following topics:

Politics, rights equality, discrimination
Expressing a range of communicative structures (importance, distance, indifference)
Expressing opinions
Political parties and their leaders
Equal rights of men and women
Countries names in Genitive case (revision)
Declension of noun rząd

Course outcomes

Upon completion of this Polish course, participants should be able to:

describe their opinion on politics, political parties and their leaders
describe importance, distance, indifference in relation to politics
describe the importance of politics and equality rights in their lives
start, lead and summarise discussions
name countries in Polish and use their case forms
show reading and listening comprehension of complex texts

Delivery

This course is delivered as a series of interactive workshops where active participation is encouraged.

Prescribed text

This textbook is used for Polish course levels 503 to 702.

Please note

Selected Language courses that teach spoken language may include use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.