1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
3. winter term 2023/2024
4. computer science and econometrics - First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree
5. Polish Language in Practice

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Polish Language in Practice - course description

Aim of the course

The main goal of the course is to familiarize students with the principles of linguistic correctness in contemporary Polish, develop the ability to build correct linguistic messages in speech and writing and use language counselling and correctness dictionaries, develop awareness of increasing the level of language proficiency and the role of language skills in efficient communication.

Prerequisites

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Scope

1. Language culture as one of the basic components of personal and national culture.
2. The importance of language culture in social communication.
3. Principles of normative assessment. Criteria of linguistic correctness, their hierarchy and scope of application.
4. The most common problems with the linguistic correctness of contemporary Poles (pronunciation, inflexion, construction of statements, neologisms).
5. Colloquialization, democratization, and consumerism in language.
6. Foreign influences and words in Polish – how to deal with them?
7. Language fashion – and contemporary mass culture.
8. Language counselling in Poland: centres of conscious work on the culture of contemporary Polish, basic normative publications; the counselling in the media.
9. Dictionaries and culture. Dictionaries of modern Polish. Correct and specialized dictionaries.

Teaching methods

Conversational lecture; analysis of press and Internet texts, scientific works, radio and television statements; discussion, carrying out tasks using a text editor.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Preparation for classes and active participation in them; presentation of partial and final projects.

Recommended reading

1. JADACKA J., Kultura języka polskiego. Fleksja, słowotwórstwo, składnia, Warszawa 2005.
2. JĘZYK W MEDIACH ELEKTRONICZNYCH, red. J. Podracki, E. Wolańska, Semper, Warszawa 2008.
3. MARKOWSKI A., Kultura języka polskiego. Teoria. Zagadnienia leksykalne, Warszawa 2005.
4. MIODEK J., Kultura języka w teorii i praktyce, Wrocław 1983.
5. POLSZCZYZNA W KOMUNIKOWANIU PUBLICZNYM, red. W. Gruszczyński, J. Bralczyk, G. Majkowska, Warszawa 1999.

Further reading

1. KOŁODZIEJEK E., Walczymy z bykami, Warszawa 2010.
2. BRALCZYK J., Mówi się. Porady językowe profesora Bralczyka, Warszawa 2008.
3. JAK PISAĆ? Razem czy osobno? Poradnik ze słownikiem, pod red. E. Polańskiego, A. Skudrzykowa, Warszawa 2011.
4. MÓWIMY UPRZEJMIE. Poradnik językowego savoir-vivre'u, pod red. M. Marcjanik, Warszawa 2010.
5. PISZEMY POPRAWNIE. Poradnik językowy PWN, pod red. A. Kubiak-Sokół, Warszawa 2012.
6. POPRAWNIE PO POLSKU. Poradnik językowy PWN, pod red. A. Kubiak-Sokół, Warszawa 2007.

Notes

The course is also offered in semester V.

Modified by dr Ewa Synówka (last modification: 10-04-2024 19:23)