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Polish - Beginners

Course code: LSXV031P

Subject area: Languages

Study level: Part Time

Course level: U

Course details

Course time:

19:00 - 21:00

Days of week:

Wednesday

Course date:

23rd Apr 2025 - 2nd Jul 2025

Course location:

Cheney School

Contact details

Phone:

01235 555 585

The course includes all four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. The aim of the course is to enable you to function in simple everyday situations by increasing your knowledge in basic areas. You will start to become more confident in your own ability. In order to avoid disappointment, it is advisable to enrol at least 2½ weeks prior to the course starting. We will confirm course information two weeks prior to the start date.
You will start to show your improved understanding of how Polish functions in everyday situations through

Main topics:

describing how one feels

describing people

describing environment: classroom, home and city

discussing hobbies, activities, and preferences

describing daily routines

ordering food in a restaurant or café

buying food

booking a taxi and ordering things

numbers, days, months, and dates; simple time expressions

You will expand your repertoire by looking expressly at

Functions:

giving polite orders

making requests

expressing likes and dislikes

describing skills, wishes and plans

giving polite orders

You will start to grasp more complex

Grammar:

conjugation of verbs

cases - introduction

personal, possessive and demonstrative pronouns

negation, questions and word order

agreement patterns

adjectives and comparison of adjectives

No refreshments available, please bring your own.Free parking onsite

Please note there will be no class on 28/05/2025.

Abingdon and Witney College is subject to Ofsted regulation and is required to work with all its students to make sure they understand Government initiatives around Safeguarding, Prevent and Fundamental British Values. Information on these matters will be shared with you during your course.

You will also be asked to complete monitoring paperwork, which helps us to deliver course content to the highest quality.

What next?
Polish Beginners C - Oxfordshire Adult Learning offer a wide range of similar workshops and courses, please check our website for further information.
Entry criteria
Those who have completed a Polish Beginners A course or those with minimal knowledge of Polish.

Courses can fill fast, so please enrol early to avoid disappointment. Decisions on whether a course is to run are made two weeks prior to the start date - an email will be sent to you should there be changes to your course or if it is cancelled. Please check your inbox leading up to your course, including the junk folders. For anyone without an email account, our Admissions team will phone you instead.

For the first week of the course you will need to bring a valid form of identification; this includes passport, driving licence, debit/credit card, Birth Certificate or National Insurance card.

Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2024 prior to starting the course.

Fee information
A text book is used to accompany the course but it is optional to buy this (average cost £20 - £25). The text book will support your learning for at least 1 year. You may also like to buy a small dictionary. Your tutor will be able to advise you at the first session.

Courses offered by the college are fully or partly funded by the Government and the published fee takes account of this funding.

Before starting a course, the College is required to check you meet conditions relating to that funding, e.g. age, residency status within the UK/EEA, prior qualification level and employment status. In some circumstances (such as with online enrolments), these checks can only be completed after you have enrolled and paid.

If you are unable to pay in full for this course at the time of enrolment, and the course tuition fee is £300 or more, an instalment plan is available. If this is your preference, please do not enrol online but rather call the Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to enrol.

Once enrolled, Admissions will take the first instalment payment from you and pass on your details to the Finance team who will email you to set-up your payment plan. Please return a fully completed instalment plan to Finance as failure to do so could result in being withdrawn from your course.

The rules on fee reduction are complicated, we would encourage you to talk to our Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to discuss these options. You can find more information on our Fees and Bursaries page - search "Fees and Bursaries" at the top of the page.

Course fees

19+ Fee:

Tuition Fee: £192.00

Exam Fee: £0.00

Books: £25.00

Total Cost: £217.00

19+ Reduced Fee:

Tuition Fee: £96.00

Exam Fee: £0.00

Books: £25.00

Total Cost: £121.00

Qualifications received
As this is a non-accredited course, there is no formal qualification. However, you will be asked to complete activities that demonstrate how you are progressing on your course.
Learning & method assessment
Regular checks on learning during the lessons, plus homework to consolidate learning. Role plays to facilitate speaking practise, quizzes, gap fill exercises, listening comprehensions, video clips. Each lesson will start with revision of the previous week’s work and general recap of vocabulary. To track your progress and achievement you will be required to complete a short document.