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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.
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 21 September 2012.
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 Czech-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
The course book is continued from the previous
level (Czech for beginners) + teacher’s
materials.
Time and place
Wednesdays, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m., in room
5051, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences on
Wednesday, 3 October 2012 and ends on
Wednesday, 12 December 2012. Teaching in
Hilary term commences on Wednesday, 16
January 2013 and ends on Wednesday, 3 April
2013. There is a one week break in each term
(5-9 November 2012 and 25 February-1 March
2013) when no classes will take place.
Further information
See introductory paragraph under Slavonic
languages on page 38.
Polish − Polish for Beginners
This course gives students a basic knowledge
of Polish language, culture and contemporary
Polish society. By the end of the year students
are expected to have a reasonably good level of
spoken Polish in a number of real-life situations
and to be able to read and write simple texts.
The class consists of two one and a half hour
sessions per week of grammar, reading and
listening comprehension and conversation. The
total number of contact hours is sixty-three
(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, lower intermediate Polish.
This course will normally run if there is a
minimum of twelve students enrolled for the
year. Groups will normally be closed when
twenty students have enrolled.