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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

The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Written Exam (2 hours) - 50%

■ Oral Exam (15 mins) - 25%

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

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the written exam, but extra time and/or a separate room can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for examination adjustments).

■ Invigilated online oral exam as alternative to the oral exam.

■ There is no alternative to the assessed language exercises, but an extension to the deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor. 

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.