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Honours Advanced Subsidiary Polish will build on the work of the Honours Beginners and Intermediate Polish language classes. It will provide students with advanced Polish writing, translation, and oral skills (Level B2/C1 of the CEFRL). It will be taught jointly with the current Polish Level 3 (POLISH3002) course. 

The course comprises 3x1 hour classes weekly over both semesters as scheduled on MyCampus.

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into one of the SMLC Honours programmes, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation.

POLISH3002

Written Exam (2 hours) - 50%

Oral Exam (15 mins) - 25%

Assessed language exercises (Three assignments of up to 700 words each) - 25%

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course aims to:  

■ Further expand students' existing skills of the target language already acquired at Level 2.

■ Ensure students can understand, read, write and speak the language at post-intermediate level, which is broadly equivalent to B2/C1 within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

■ Ensure students can use the target language with ease in everyday situations and professional environments. 

By the end of this course students will be able to: 

■ Read, comprehend, analyse, and translate intermediate-level and some advanced-level texts of a variety of styles in the target language.

■ Speak with confidence and present ideas effectively in the target language on a range of topics reflecting work done on the course, using appropriate register, intonation, and a wide range of structures and idioms.

■  Respond accurately and with confidence to questions posed both orally and in writing, using advanced grammatical structures of the target language accurately and appropriately. 

■ Produce texts written in the target language that show an active command of vocabulary, grammar and idiom at an advanced level reflecting the work contained in the course materials. 

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.