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Annia and Robert like to go to the sea

Date of Publication

10.01.2020

Target Group

Lecturers
Students

Domain Area

Tourism

Learning Scenario

Autonomous learning
Classroom Context

Target Language

Polish

Language of Instruction

Any language

CEFR level

A1

Type of Material

Activity/task
Audio

Linguistic Features

Vocabulary
Grammar

Skills

Listening
Speaking
Reading

Description

The website created by Małgorzata Januszewicz (an author with experience in teaching Polish as a foreign language and a PhD in the field) offers 23 free lessons for levels A1, A2. Each lesson includes:
a) a recording (50 seconds - 1, 20), which can be downloaded in Mp3 format
b) a transcript of the recording (can be read online and downloaded in pdf format)
c) handouts (pdf)
d) exercises (pdf)
The blog is also very interesting, for those who know Polish at an advanced level. The notes, observations, grammar, vocabulary and writing explanations are accompanied by videos with Polish subtitles. On the blog, the author also proposes lesson plans and materials, which can be very useful for students (for individual study) and teachers of Polish.
https://malgorzatajanuszewicz.pl/lekcje-audio/

Case study

Materials match with a CEFR difficulty level A1. The student has the opportunity to develop all language competences. The recording is clear, neither too fast nor too slow. Attention is drawn to an important grammatical issue, which is often difficult for foreigners, i.e. the use of appropriate prepositions and cases with static and dynamic verbs. The attached exercises are properly designed and interesting. The student can independently check the correctness of the exercises done. The lack of a dictionary may be a problem if the student works without the help of a teacher. All materials can be easily downloaded to your computer.

Guidelines

The teacher shows the students the website and all the sequences of the lesson.
Students listen to the audio material twice.
The teacher explains the vocabulary.
Students take turns reading the excerpt and completing the exercises.
Students read the material on verb conjugation and make sentences using the model provided.
Guided conversation:
a) What is your hobby?
c) Do you like travelling? Why?
Other activities
Students are invited to search the internet for photos illustrating travels and hobbies (two photos each) and describe them to their colleages using the vocabulary they have learned.

Review

Category
Rate
Comprehensive approach
Capacity to match the needs of lecturers and students

4

Added value
The provided tangible improvements

4

Motivation enhancement
The capacity to motivate students to improve their language skills

3

Innovation
Effectiveness in introducing innovative, creative and previously unknown approaches to LSP learning

3

Transferability
Measurement of the transferable potential and possibility to be a source of further capitalisation/application for other language projects in different countries

3

Skills assessment and validation
Availability of appropriate tools for lecturers to monitor students’ progress and for students to assess own progress and to reflect on learning

4

Adaptability
Flexibility of the contents and possibilities for the LSP lecturers to adapt the contents to their and to students’ need

4

Usability
Assess the technical usability from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

4

Accessibility
Assess the accessibility from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

4

Comments:
In this episode, for Polish A1+, the author proposes an audio recording about travel.
Students can learn some geographical terms and appropriate structures and expressions.
The lesson also includes fill-in-the-blank, exercises grammar exercises, verb conjugation (in pdf format, can be downloaded).
The pdf document (which can be downloaded and printed, cut out) is useful in class for exercises to reconstruct the text from the sequences.
The site is logically constructed, access to materials and transcripts is easy, from the main menu. Students can listen to and watch transcripts at the same time. The author's diction is good, the pace appropriate to the level of Polish language study.
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