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(pl) From a greetings card to an essay. Writing course

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Course ID: 3004-PD-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: (pl) From a greetings card to an essay. Writing course
Name in Polish: (pl) Piszę doskonale - od życzeń do eseju
Organizational unit: Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners "Polonicum"
Course groups: General university courses
General university courses (ONLY FOR FOREIGNERS!)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Type of course:

general courses

Prerequisites (description):

ONLINE (because of COVID-19) in the 2nd semestr 2020/2021


The course addressed to students with the command of Polish at B2 or C level.

On entrance a student should submit the result of the usos placement test.

The lessons will be conducted in Polish only.

Mode:

Blended learning

Short description:

The workshop for students at B 2 or C level fluency in Polish. This is a writing course that provides samples of various kinds of texts and combines theoretical description with practical training. For more detailed description, please, switch to the Polish language.

Full description:

List of Texts:

1. The stages of writing an essay.

2. Private and formal letters.

3. Letters of request or thanks.

4. Greetings, congratulations.

5. Announcements, invitations.

6. Classified ads.

7. Notes, summaries

8. Conference presentations.

9. Applications.

10. CV

11. Covering letters for employment.

12. Reportage

B. Language Topics

1.Participles

2. Passive Voice

3. Constructions without an explicite doer

4. Declination and syntax of numerals

5. Simple clauses

6. Compound sentences

7. Syntax synonimy

8. Word order

9. Derivation

10. Stylistics

11. Spelling and punctuation.

Bibliography:

E. Lipińska, E.G. Dąmbska, Pisać jak z nut, Universitas, Kraków 2016.

M. Kuziak, S. Rzepczyński, Jak pisać?, Wydawnictwo Szkolne PWN, Warszawa-Bielsko-Biała 2008,

E. Lipińska, Nie ma róży bez kolców, wyd. II, Universitas 2009.

E. Zarych, Ortografia polska w ćwiczeniach dla obcokrajowców, Prolog 2016.

Learning outcomes:

A student should improve her/his writing skills.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

2 written projects (midterm and final) - 50%

short weekly homework- 20%

active participation in online classes - 30%

One should get points in each category of assessment

This course is not currently offered.
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