Title: Polski jest cool A1 part II Student's Book and Workbook

Authors: Ewa Piotrowska-Rola, Marzena Porębska

Format: A4, printed

Recordings: MP3, details for uploading are inside the cover

ISBN: 9788394777982

Publisher: Studio tEMAt

Edition: first

Date of publication: 2023

The second part of the series for learning Polish as a foreign language at the A1 level for teenagers and adults

 

In the new edition of Polski jest cool, the material at the A1 level has been divided into two parts, and the student's book is combined in one volume with a workbook, which definitely makes it easier for both the teachers and the students to use the book.

Polski jest cool A1 part II Student's book and Workbook, which is the second part of the course at the A1 level, contains 12 lesson units, which consist of several subchapters, a dedicated lesson for Easter, a workbook with the key, grammar tables considering the material from both parts and MP3 recordings available online. The textbook also includes the second part of the Polish phonetics course with recordings.

 

Each lesson contains a variety of exercises to develop listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. They use authentic materials, such as diagrams, leaflets, timetables or tables of arrivals and departures, which allow to better understand the Polish reality. The texts in the student's book are based on actual texts, and the dialogues imitate communication situations from everyday life. The selection and sequence of introducing grammatical material have been subordinated to language practice, and grammar is never practiced in isolation from the vocabulary presented in a given lesson. Memorising grammar rules is facilitated by clear and logical tables placed at the end of the book.

 

Polski jest cool A1 Part II is a textbook intended for students continuing to learn Polish as a foreign language at the A1 level, especially those who have completed the first part of the course.

The course includes: "Student's Book and Workbook" parts I and II, "Teacher's Guide", containing the key, transcription of recordings and tests for both parts of the textbook and "Games and Activities" with photopiable materials. The course continues at A2 level.

 

The student's book is engaging, contemporary, touches on topics which are interesting for both a teenager and an adult, and while learning the language students learn to understand the specifics of Polish culture, customs and the reality of everyday life in Poland. Thanks to practical realistic examples, students learn not only how to communicate in Polish, but also how to do shopping, rent an apartment, book a plane ticket, ask a doctor for help or tell about themselves.

 

The textbook implements all the language skills needed to effectively learn how to communicate - interesting texts for learning to understand written Polish: professional, high-quality listening recordings, interesting and diverse ideas for speaking - both in pairs and in groups, and consistently introduced tasks of increasing difficulty for writing.

 

It must not be overlooked that Polski jest cool at the A1 level is the only book on the market encompassing the phonetic course for learning Polish, consistently implemented in each lesson.

The phonetics course, inspired by Barbara Karczmarczuk's excellent book Wymowa polska z ćwiczeniami, allows to become familiar with the sound of the Polish language, particularly more difficult sounds, practice their pronunciation, and finally use the acquired skills in natural communication situations.

Problems with pronunciation often thwart foreigners from making contact in Polish. The practical phonetic course implemented in Polski jest cool will aid in overcoming this barrier. With frequent, consistent pronunciation exercises and engaging speaking tasks, students quickly gain confidence and put their skills into practice.

The new vocabulary is introduced in its appropriate context and is immediately used in a variety of exercises to improve all language skills. The entire lessons are concentrated on both new and previously learnt vocabulary and structures, so students are not surprised by the tasks which exceed their lexical resources or current skills. Should there be a problem with completing a task, students can easily find the presented vocabulary, tables with grammatical rules or new structures.

 

Thanks to the clear, consistently conducted lessons, students feel confident, their tangible progress enhances a sense of success and they are happy to practice new skills.

 

Lexical and grammatical content

 

In the textbook for learning Polish for foreigners Polski jest cool A1 part II Student's book and Workbook students will find vocabulary and structures for the A1 level from the following thematic blocks:

• a person: personal data (age), appearance, apparel, features of character, feelings and emotions 
• family: members of the family 
• living space: types, location and size, types of rooms, fittings and homeware, renting 
• means of transportation 
• shopping and services: elementary units of weight and measure 
• health and personal hygiene: parts of the body, sickness, well-being 
• natural environment: seasons, months, the weather 
• Polish reality: famous Poles, biggest cities, monuments, travelling around Poland, polish holidays and customs - Easter 

 

The course of Polish as a foreign language Polski jest cool A1 part II Student's book and Workbook includes the program provided for the A1 level and assumes the introduction and consolidation of knowledge of structures from the catalogue of grammar and syntactic issues in the following areas:

• inflection of nouns, adjectives, personal pronouns in the singular (accusative, genitive, instrumental, locative, dative) and plural (instrumental, genitive, locative, dative)
• formation and syntactic functions of adverbs  
• past tense of perfective and imperfective verbs 
• future tense of perfective and imperfective verbs
• conjugation of the verbs of motion: go, walk, drive, ride 
• imperative mood: polite form please with infinitive 
• conditional (functionally): I would like to
• rection of a verb 
• subordinate sentences with the conjunction because 
• compound sentences with the conjunctions.

 

Reading materials in the second part of the course include: newspaper articles, recipes, comics, interviews, Wikipedia entries, regulations, leaflets and announcements, postcards, timetables and dialogues imitating communication situations from everyday life, i.e. lively, colloquial, everyday language used by the Polish people.

The situational dialogues appear in all types of language activities - both in recordings, texts, exercises to consolidate grammar rules or vocabulary, and also - above all - speaking tasks.

Encouraging students to speak and consistently equipping them with the necessary skills is the main task set by the authors of Polski jest cool, and situational dialogues remain an excellent tool - consistently used in the textbook and in the games and activities suggested in the methodological materials.

 

Encouraging students to speak and consistently equipping them with the necessary skills is the main task set by the authors of Polski jest cool, and situational dialogues remain an excellent tool - consistently used in the textbook and in the games and activities suggested in the methodological materials.

The sample dialogue, consolidating vocabulary from the category "health and well-being":