POLISH 0040 - Intermediate Polish II - Spring 2011 – “W labiryncie” Course meets: MWF, 10:00-10:50, 1432 Cathedral of Learning.
Instructor: Oscar Swan, 1417 Cathedral of Learning (Slavic Languages Department), 624-5707. Office hours MTW 4:00 or by appointment.
You are encouraged to communicate with the instructor by e-mail: [email protected].
Course Description: This course is a continuation of Polish 0030. It is a traditional four-skills course (speaking, reading, writing, listening), with emphasis on speaking and learning how to recognize and produce correct grammatical forms. There will an increased emphasis on vocabulary building, discursive writing, and on visual and listening comprehension. Required Materials:
• W labiryncie 1-20 by Oscar Swan and Wies aw Oleksy, texts only, downloadable from the folder: http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/other/labirynt/. The video installments to W labiryncie are also downloadable from, or viewable online at, the same location.
• Pytania to W labiryncie 1-20, also available at http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/other/labirynt/
• Labirynt Sock Puppet Script, also available at
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/other/labirynt/
• Polish Verbs and Essential of Grammar (buy this in book center or at Amazon) • Computer drills to Polish Grammar in a Nutshell, downloadable from:
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/firstyear/drills/Polish30-40.dbk.zip
• A Student’s Dictionary of Polish, free and on line at:
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/~swan/beta
You May Also Find Interesting the “W labiryncie” fan club website at http://adoloran.pl
Order of Presentation of Material:
We will complete systematically installments 1- 18 of W labiryncie, and view the remaining installments at the end of the term. Along the way we will study certain grammatical topics raised by our work on W labiryncie in greater depth by using both Polish Verbs and Essential of
Grammar and the computer drills that accompany it.
Parallel to reading and viewing the serial, we will be memorizing the condensed dialogue versions of selected scenes contained in the file Labirynt Puppets, and possibly working toward presenting a sock-puppet version of the serial toward the end of the semester.
Assignments: Assignments will be given on assignment sheets covering more or less two weeks at a time. Assignments are due on or before the date listed. Written homework assignments should be done on a computer and printed out. PLEASE DOUBLE SPACE ALL ASSIGNMENTS, AND SUBMIT THEM IN ELECTRONIC COPY.
Class Attendance: You are responsible for all material presented in class, including announce-ments about course procedures. Remember that in a language class, all students benefit from and depend on the attendance of others. More than three unexcused absences will affect the grade. More than seven unexcused absences will be considered grounds for course failure. Class discussions will be conducted in Polish, Grammatical questions may be asked in English.
otherwise mention, homework includes reading, at least for content, all scenes in W labiryncie, whether or not they are specifically mentioned in the syllabus.
• Examinations. Quizzes will usually be held on Friday. Makeups only by prior arrangement, with legitimate excuse. In addition, there will be a Midterm and a Final.
• Quizzes on W labiryncie will generally be of the "picture" variety. That is, you will be required to comment (sometimes orally, sometims in writing) on the people, situations, and
relationships depicted in the stills taken from the videos. The stills (snapshots) are the ones contained in the Labirynth script. Quizzes may also involve your writing assigned dialogues from memory.
The Course Grade will be determined as follows:
Cumulative quiz grade and class performance before Midterm: 25% Cumulative quiz grade and class performance after Midterm: 25%
Midterm: 25%
Final: 25%
The final examination grade will be weighed most heavily in borderline cases.
Total: 100%
• Your work must be your own. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WILL RESULT IN COURSE FAILURE.
General Proficiency Evaluation:
By enrolling in this course you agree to participate in periodic assessments of your Polish, whether by computer or by telephone, and whether by the instructor or by an outside evaluator. Any such tests will be announced.
Initial Assignments Wednesday, January 5
a. Go over course outline.
b.View first two installments of W labiryncie Friday, January 7
a. Memorize Puppets, scene 1.
b. Write answers to Labirynt 2, scenes 1 and 2. c. Be prepared to narrate the action thus far. d. View Labirynt 3
Monday, January 11
a. Memorize Puppets, scene 2 b. Read Labirynt 3
b. Answer questions to Labirynt 3, scenes 1 and 2. d. View Labirynt 4
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Wednesday, January 13
a. Memorize Puppets, scene 3, 4, 5 b. Read Labirynt 4, scenes 1, 2 c. Answer questions to scene 1 d. View Labirynt 5, scenes 1-3
Friday, January 15
a. Read and be prepared to translate in class assigned sections in Labirynt 4, scene 3 b. Answer questions to Labirynt 5, scenes 1-3.
c. Review formation of the imperative of the verb (Polish Verbs and Essentials of Grammar)). d. In class: Lektorek exercises on the imperative.
e. View Labirynt, scenes 4-5
Monday, January 18: Martin Luther King Day Wednesday, January 20
a. Review Puppets, 1-4.
b. Slow-view Labirynt, scene 1 (retelling as we go) c. View Labirynt 4, scenes 2-3
d. Answer questions to Labirynt 2-3 (Werner, NiezgodnoúÊ charakterów) e. Read and translate in class: Labirynt, scene 3.
Thursday, January 21 (NOTE NEW MEETING TIME: 1:00 IN 1432 CL
a. Before class: view Labirynt 5, W poprzednim odcinku + scenes 1-3. b. Write answers to scenes 1-3.
b. Slow-view Labirynt 5, scene 2 (Znowu ty?)
c. Before class: view and read Labirynt 5, scene 4-5 (Ewa i Adam spotykajπ siÍ), (Pawe≥ zaglπda do instytutu). Hopefully we’ll have to view them in class too.
d. Answer questions on Labirynt 4-5. Wednesday, January 27
a. Translate for handing in: Labirynt 6, W poprzednim odcinku b. Continue to work on Puppets, through scene 9.
c. In class: view Odcinek szósty, Bez zmian, sceny 1-4. If you can, also view them first at home.
d. In class: view and then slow-view Labirynt, scene 4 (Pawe≥ odwozi EwÍ do domu) Thursday, January 28.
a. Answers to Labirynt scenes 6.1-6.4. b. View Labirynt 6, scenes 5-6
c. Prepared to read aloud and translate in class: Scena 1, Jakoú siÍ u≥oøy. d. Picture quiz on Labirynt, 6.1-6.4
Monday, February 1
a. Bring puppets up through 11. We will go over them.
b. Translate for handing in: Labirynt 7, W poprzednim odcinku c. Before class and in class: view and read Labirynt 7, scenes 1-3. d. Slow-view Labirynt 7, scene 1 (Fachowe pisma)
Wednesday, February 3
a. Answers to Labirynt, 7.1-7.3.
b. View (at home and in class) Labirynt, scenes 4-5 c. Slow-view Labirynt 7.5 (Moøe byúmy przeszli na “ty”)
d. Assign portions of 7.6 for reading aloud and translation (orally, in class). Thursday, February 4
a. Answers to Labirynt 7.4-7.5. b. View Labirynt, scene 7.6.
b. Go over readings and oral translations of 7.6 c. Picture quiz on Labirynt 7.
Monday, February 8
a. Repeat Puppets through 11. We will go over them in class. b.Translate to hand in: Labirynt 8, W poprzednim odcinku
c. Before and in class: view Labirynt 8, scenes 1-2 d. Answers to Labirynt, 8.1-8.2
5 Monday, February 15
a. Before and in class: view Labirynt, 8.3-8.4 b. Answer questions to 8.3, 8.4
c. Assign the four scenes of 8 to four different people. For Thursday, be prepared to narrate what is going on in your scene, and to ask questions of the people responsible for the other scenes.
d. No puppet scenes are based on Labirynt 8, so keep working on the ones we have had. Wednesday, February 17
We will devote Wednesday to a dry run of the oral presentations and questions. Thursday, February 18
a. Oral presentation of scenes to Labirynt 8, 1-4. Monday, Febryary 22
a. Review puppet scenes.
b.Translate Labirynt, Odcinek 9, W poprzednim odcinku. Be preared to read and comment on the case uses of all nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
c. Before and in class: View 9.1, 9.2., 9.3, 9.4 d. Slow view Scenes 9.3-9.4
Wednesday, February 24
a. Anwers to questions to 9.1-9.4
b. Before and in class: View 9.5. 9.6., 9.7
c. Read carefully 9.6 Mam tego dosyÊ and be prepared to relate its contents. It contains important information.
Thursday, Febryary 25
a. Answers to 9.5, 9.6, 9.7
b. Rehearse puppet scene 16 (Moøesz na mnie liczyÊ)
c. Translation quiz, English to Polish, based on 9.6. For example:
I would very much like to have the baby. Bardzo bym chcia≥a urodziÊ to dziecko. Monday, March 1
Midterm examination on Labirynt 1-8 Wednesday, March 3
a. Go over puppet scenes, especially the later ones.
b. Translate to hand in: Odcinek 10 W poprzednim odcinku. Be prepared to read and comment on the case uses of all nouns, pronoun, and adjectives.
c. Before and in class: View 10.1, 10.2 Thursday, March 4
a. Answers to Labirynt 10.1, 10.2
b. Before and in class: view 10.3, 10.4.
c. Assign for Thursday: Part from 10.4 (Reinkarnacja) to be read aloud in class and sight translated.
7 Monday after Spring Break, March 12:
a. Study, seriously, the complete declension of nouns, singular and plural, all genders. b. Answer the rest of the questions to Odcinek 10.
c. View 11.1 (To siÍ lecz) and 11.2. (Obóz kondycyjny) Wednesday, March 14
a. Orally: translate Odcinek jedenasty, W poprzednim odcinku b. Answer and hand in (email answers to 11.2 and 11.3.
c. Review Odcinek dziesiπty and assign scenes for oral presentation. d. View 11.3 (Ranne pantofle), 11.4 (Wróc´ póêniej), 11.5 (Taki màdry) Friday, March 16
a. Oral presentation of scenes from Odcinek dziesiàty b. Quiz on noun declension
c. Part of quiz: questions on 10.4 (Reinkarnacja) Monday, March 19
a. Answer questions to 11.3, 11.4, 11.5
b. Orally: translate Odcinek dwunasty, W poprzednim odcinku c. View 12.1 (Jezus Maria!), 12.2 (W dziesiàtym tygodniu?). Wednesday, March 21
a. Answer questions to 12.1 and 12.2
b. Translate and hand in (email): 12.3 (Wstydzi abyÊ si´)
c. View 12.4 (D u˝ej nie wytrzyman), 12.5 (Po staremu), 112.6 (Trzeba uwa˝aç) Friday, March 23
Miejsce: W parku
Postaci: Adam, Ewa
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Monday, April 5
a. /translate in class: 13,0 W poprzednim odcinku b. View and read 13.1. Kilka jab≥ek
c. Practice puppet scenes
d. Answer questions on 13.1 and hand in (either today or Wednesday) Wednesday, April 7
a. View and read 13.2 /co by≥o, nie da siÍ cofnπÊ, 3 Na górze, and 4 Jak zwykle. b. Answer questions on 13.2, 3, 4 and hand in.
c. Memorize puppet conversations 22-25
d. Assign parts for class translation from 13.5 Innym razem and 13.6 Øarty na bok Thursday, April 8
a. View before and in class 13.5. Innym razem b. Orally: prepare answers to questions to 13.5.
c. Class translation off the page of assigned parts of 13.5 and 13.6 (GRADED) d. View for amusement only: 13.7 Taki ma≥y
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Monday, April 12
a. Translate in class: Labirynt 14, W poprzednim odcinku b. View at home and in class 14.1 åwietny pomys
c. View at home and in class 14.2 Daj czo≥o d. Answer questions to 14.1 and email in. e. Go over puppet dialogues
Wednesday April 14
a. View and answer questions to: 14.2, 14.3 b. View and comment on in class; 14.4-14.7
c. Take your choice for translation to hand in on Thursday: 14.4, 14.6, 14.7
Thursday, April 15 Labirynth viewfest.
DUE BY WEDNESDAY OF EXAMINATION WEEK: ANSWERS TO SCENES 14.4-14.7.
SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK (INDIVIDUALMEEINTGS WITH ANIA): MONDAY:
WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY:
Monday, April 13
a. View at home and in class 14.5. Pami´tasz? and 14.6. Niebezpieczny dla otoczenia b. Write answers and email in to 14.5 and 14.6.
c. Look at number handout on indefinite and collective numbers, pp. 162-168 Wednesday, April 15
a. View at home and in class 14.7. Kiczowaty obrazek b. Write anwers and email in to 14.7.
c. Practice with collective numbers
d. Assign scenes from 14 for narration on Friday. Friday, April 17
10-15-minute individual orals, beginning with scene summary. You will be asked questions on any aspect of W labiryncie. possibly prompted by pictures.
