USESZJ021 Polish Language for CES I

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge of language which is due to its historical and social roots very close to Czech. The teaching is conceived in order so that the fundamentals of language theory which will be extended during the course and verified in a form of practical exercise, following not only given grammar topic but also extending word-stock of students with focus on prepositional phrases and phraseology will be managed. Besides grammatical and lexical meaning system of Polish, the emphasis will be put also on development and functioning of current language focusing explanation of differences between language of fiction, scientific, political, administrative language etc. Given phenomenon is significant for other European countries too. The work with scientific and supplementary texts from various fields of social life will highlight specific character of Polish language and its differences compared to Czech. After managing introductory texts, the teaching will focus on specialized material which are more difficult from language point of view and students should manage them during the second part of course. Some of the selected texts will be added by explanations and translations of idioms or other peculiarities of Polish. Supplementary materials will enrich word-stock and adoption of phrases reflecting specific character of each national language.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to study of Polish
    2. From history of Polish language
    3. Grammatical composition, language development
    4. Phonetics - highlighting of peculiarities of literary Polish
    5. Rules of Polish spelling
    6. Nouns - formation, meaning
    7. Nouns - inflection
    8. Some deviations from regular inflection of nouns
    9. Adjectives - the most important suffixes, inflection paradigms
    10. Adjectives - grammatical gender, gradation
    11. Pronouns
    12. Pronouns - innovation in pronoun inflection
Literature
    required literature
  • BEŠTA, T. Polština pro Čechy. Praha. info
  • Foland-Kugler, M. Zwięzła gramatyka polska dla cudzoziemców. Warszawa: Ex Libris, 2006. info
  • GIS, A. Język polski. Warszawa, 1994. info
  • GRAJEWSKA, K. Język polski. T. 1 - 4. Warszawa, 1994. info
  • Język polski. Zeszyty ćwiczeń. Warszawa, 1992. info
  • BARTNICKA, B. Uczymy się polskiego. Warszawa, 1990. - 1.Teksty . 2. Ćwiczenia, 1990. info
  • BARTOŠ, O. Úvod do studia polonistiky. Praha, 1973. info
    recommended literature
  • RZETELSKA-FELESZKO, E. Zmiany cywilizacyjne a zmiany nazewnicze. Najnowsze przemiany nazewnicze. Warszawa, 1998. info
  • DUBISZ, S. Rozwój współczesnej polszczyzny, "Przegląd Humanistyczny". 1995. info
  • Tarajło-Lipovska, Z. Mówię po polsku. Warszawa, 1994. info
  • DAMBORSKÝ, J., LOTKO, E. Studie o współczesnym języku polskim. Olomouc, 1993. info
  • LOTKO, E. Zrádná slova v polštině a češtině. (Lexikologický pohled a slovník). Olomouc: Votobia, 1992. info
  • ZARĘBA, A. Główne tendencje zmian językowych we współczesnej polszczyźnie a dále týž, Pisma polonistyczne i slawistyczne. Warszawa - Kraków, 1983. info
  • BEŠTA, T. Podstawy dialektologii polskiej. Praha, 1954. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
Test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The active participation in tutorials, fulfilling assigned tasks and passing grammatical test are basic requirements to be given the pre-exam credit.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015.
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