Polish IV

Catalog description

This course is the second in a series of second-year courses, continuation of Polish III. The course will continue strengthening and expanding students' competence in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding contemporary Polish and increasing active and passive vocabulary on a variety of topics. We will continue the exploration of Polish culture through exciting authentic materials, including Polish films, history and contemporary affairs. Class work emphasizes development of communicative competence in real-life situations, spontaneous interactions, pair and group work and is conducted almost entirely in Polish. By the end of the course, you will be able to engage in increasingly complex conversations in Polish on many topics in informal and formal contexts concerning your daily life, significant personal and cultural events, attitudes and perspectives. You will be able to write longer messages in a variety of informal and formal contexts. Satisfies Penn Language Requirement.