lisettek 14.04.06, 19:21 New trimester in Polinicums intensive course. I myself attended there for the first trimester and can only say good things! www.polonicum.uw.edu.pl/poden.php?id=kursy&kat=4_1 Odpowiedz Link czytaj wygodnie posty
usenetposts Pants on fire! 14.04.06, 21:24 But why did you go there to learn Polish when from your usage I can tell that Polish, not English, is your native language? Odpowiedz Link
lisettek Re: Pants on fire! 17.04.06, 15:38 ? Where on earth would you get the idea that im polish? I am definitely not, im Estonian Sorry Odpowiedz Link
usenetposts Re: Pants on fire! 17.04.06, 22:05 That's all right then, but your word order in English is either Polish, or Estonian suddenly became a West Slavonic language. Odpowiedz Link
sobieski010 Re: Pants on fire! 18.04.06, 08:24 I went myself for a couple of courses to IKO. The last course was not satisfactory at all.Our teacher Magda was very good, but the course itself was pretty sad. The previous courses however were ver useful. Odpowiedz Link
lisettek Re: Pants on fire! 19.04.06, 01:48 Well, pardon me then Indeed, Estonian couldn't be placed anywhere near Slavic languages. Word order however is not always necessarily dependant on persons native language (indeed it's the first factor, but there are many others as well) and deciding about someones origin only by this is kind of bollocks, imho. Thus I get the point why you asked but don't be so buggered now I merely wanted to share information about a good Polish course which (according to my experiences) is hard to find. Odpowiedz Link
usenetposts Re: Pants on fire! 20.04.06, 14:55 lisettek napisała: > Well, pardon me then > Indeed, Estonian couldn't be placed anywhere near Slavic languages. > Word order however is not always necessarily dependant on persons native > language (indeed it's the first factor, but there are many others as well) and > deciding about someones origin only by this is kind of bollocks, imho. > Thus I get the point why you asked but don't be so buggered now I merely > wanted to share information about a good Polish course which (according to my > experiences) is hard to find. OK. In that case I apologise for wrongly suspecting you of advertsing your own product as if it were a third party recommendation. This happens so much that I tend to get pissed and take put shots at it now and again, but unfortunately on this occasion I accept I may have incurred collateral damage. I offer my little finger. Odpowiedz Link
bengateau Re: Polish language course in Polonicum! 19.04.06, 13:25 lisettek, Can you tell us more about the methods they use, what kind of exercises ... Did you have homeworks? Are you able to speak Polish now? Cheers, Ben Odpowiedz Link
lisettek Re: Polish language course in Polonicum! 19.04.06, 18:20 Well, the course i took was an intensive course, hence we had lessons 3 times per week, from 17.15 to 19.45. The structure of each lesson was that in the beginning, like 30-50 minutes, we just practised our skills in basic communication, talking about things like what did we do earlier this day, what are the plans for evening, etc. After this we moved on to grammar and various exercises. Yes, we had homework on grammar and useage of cases, but in a suitable amount (as I have a job also) so it was good. Overall, as I understood, each teacher in Polonicum approaches the lessons individually, our teacher was putting very much effort into linking the grammar that we were learning at this point, to the discussions in the beginning of lessons. Now i'm able to understand Polish, also to use cases and speak at beginners level (it was only 3 months afterall); i am, however, taking another 3 months course from there and after this, i hope, i'm done with the hard part. Odpowiedz Link
sobieski010 Re: Polish language course in Polonicum! 21.04.06, 10:03 Did anybody on this forum went to IKO for Polish? What's your opinion about them? I think they are getting too big for their own good, standards are dropping. This mostly due to the management who compose idiot course books full of mistakes (!) Odpowiedz Link