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Polish – Lower Intermediate
Polish
This course is aimed at students who have
completed a beginners course in Polish of sixty
to eighty contact hours. In other cases students’
placement in this course may be based on an
entrance test (written and oral). Dates and times
of the test will be advised on the course
application form.
This course aims to further develop students’
knowledge of Polish language and culture, as
well as their reading and communication skills.
The class is held twice a week for one and a half
hours. The total number of contact hours is
sixty-three (twenty-one weeks). At the end of the
course students have an option of final written
and oral assessment, which may be one of the
entrance requirements in order to proceed to the
next level.
This course will normally run if there is a
minimum of twelve students enrolled for the
year. Groups will normally be closed when
eighteen students have enrolled.
How to apply
Application forms are available from the
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
either in hard copy or electronic form
.
The completed application form accompanied by
payment in the form of a personal cheque,
postal money order or bank draft, payable to
Trinity College no. 1 account, should be returned
by 20 September 2013.
Contact information: The Executive Officer,
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
room 5045, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
2.
Phone: 01 896 1896, email:
Fee
€690 payable in advance. This fee is non-
refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€480) is available to Trinity
College Dublin undergraduate students who are
not taking this course for ECTS credits, to Trinity
College Dublin postgraduate students with a
letter from their head of department or
supervisor indicating that they are required to
develop their Polish-language skills, and those
in receipt of a social welfare pension. If you are
unemployed or in receipt of a social welfare
payment, contact the facilitator in your local
social welfare office. You may be entitled to
certain assistance in funding. The number of
concession rate places in any given class is
restricted to twenty per cent. Payment must
accompany applications.
Course materials
Students are expected to obtain a course book
(
approximate cost is €20) during the year.
Time and place
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.,
in room 4057, Arts Building, Trinity College,
Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences
on Tuesday, 1 October 2013 and ends on
Thursday, 12 December 2013. Teaching in
Hilary term commences on Tuesday,
14
January 2014 and ends on Thursday, 3 April
2014.
There is a one week break in each term
(4-8
November 2013 and 24-28 February 2014)
when no classes will take place.
Further information
See introductory paragraph under Slavonic
languages on page 50.
