INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM
ONE-YEAR AND ONE-SEMESTER PREPARATORY COURSE FOR STUDYING IN POLAND
The Centre offers courses which help students prepare for studying in Poland in the following fields:
- SOCIAL SCIENCES (psychology, sociology, history)
- POLITICAL SCIENCES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT
- MEDICINE
The aim of the program is to help students prepare for their chosen field of studies, and to develop and improve:
- All language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing in Polish),
- grammatical and lexical competence,
- spelling and phonological competence,
- general linguistic competence,
- text-editing skills,
- skills for summarizing, discussing and analysing general and specialist texts,
- skills for public speaking and presenting opinion.
The program consists of 600-720 academic hours*. It includes:
General language course: 480 – 600 hours* (the number of hours depends on the language proficiency level of students),
Specialized language courses: 120 hours, including such subjects as: comprehension of specialized texts, composition and editing of specialized texts, and oral presentation of specialized topics.
Special topic classes: 120 hours; students may choose from such subjects as history, geography, and social studies.
The course is intended for stuents who possess competence in the Polish language at least at the A2/B1 level.
The Polish language course syllabus conforms to the fluency levels established in the Council of Europe's policy documents,common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR). The number of hours depends on the language proficiency level.
*According to the Polish system of education, one academic hour equals forty-five minutes.