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Polish – Advanced Polish
This course is aimed at students who have
completed about one hundred contact hours of
Polish. 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 is offered to learners who have a
good understanding and command of Polish
grammar and communicative competence and
fuency. The course aims to further develop
students’ knowledge of Polish language and
culture.
The class is held once a week for two hours.
The total number of contact hours is forty-two
(
twenty-one weeks). At the end of the course
students have an option of final written and oral
assessment.
This course will normally run if there is a
minimum of twelve students enrolled for the
year. Groups will normally be closed when
sixteen 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
€460 payable in advance. This fee is non-
refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€320) 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).
Time and place
Wednesdays, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., in room 4045,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences on
Wednesday, 2 October 2013 and ends on
Wednesday, 11 December 2013. Teaching in
Hilary term commences on Wednesday, 15
January 2014 and ends on Wednesday, 2 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.
