You are assumed to know nothing about the language but if you speak a little (or more) Polish you may also find these pages useful.
The course is divided into three main parts:
In the first part there is some information about Poland, geographical and statistical data etc., a few words about Polish people and where the language is spoken. Origin and relations with other languages are also explained there. If you are not interested you can skip this page.The second part contains some basic grammar of Polish including alphabet and pronunciation.
The lessons consist of grammar and vocabulary presented in such a way that you will memorize it while reading the lessons (I hope). Each lesson contains:
I encourage you to go over the lesson and try to understand grammar facts from the context before they are given in Grammar Sections. This will speed up your memorization processes. You can read texts several time until you are sure you pronounce all the words correctly. Rewriting is also recommended. Normally, each text should be read 3-20 times depending on the personal ability to subconsciously recognize and acquire grammatical structures. However, I do not recommend learning the whole texts by heart.
After finishing a lesson you should be able to do exercises. (You will need to have a blank notebook/exercise-book to make notes, write new vocabulary and exercises). The exercises are divided into two parts. The first part (Exercises A) is to help you memorize vocabulary and practise grammar, so you can go back to the lesson and find the answer to any problem you have. This will be helpful because of course you have no human teacher during the lesson with whom you can practise. The other part of the exercises (Exercises B) will tell you if you learned everything and if you should go to the next lesson. I suggest doing them on the day after you complete Exercises A (or later).
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Piotr Pikuta [email protected]Last updated: May 13th, 2001