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 already have some knowledge of Polish grammar and some communicative competence in the language. The course is designed to extend learners’ knowledge of Polish language and culture, so as to enable them to read journalistic and literary texts and speak Polish with a reasonable degree of fluency.

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, which may be one of the entrance requirements in order to proceed to the next level, advanced Polish.

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 (http://www.tcd.ie/Russian/evening-courses). 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: slavonic@tcd.ie

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 4057, 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.