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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><I>Polish Language Course</I></H1>
<H2 ALIGN=CENTER>Welcome to studying Polish!</H2>
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Writing this page I intend to offer an opportunity to learn Polish
for those who want to learn it through the Web Pages.
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You are assumed to know nothing about the language
but if you speak a little (or more) Polish you may also find
these pages useful.
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The course is divided into three main parts:
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<LI><A HREF="intro1.htm">Introduction</A>
<LI><A HREF="infor1.htm">Basic information about the language</A>
<LI><A HREF="less0.htm">Lessons</A>
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In the first part there is some information about Poland,
geographical and statistical data etc., a few words about
Polish people and where the language is spoken.
Origin and relations with other languages are also
explained there. If you are not interested you can
skip this page.
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The second part contains some basic grammar of Polish
including alphabet and pronunciation.
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The lessons consist of grammar and vocabulary presented
in such a way that you will memorize it while reading the lessons (I hope).
Each lesson contains:
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<LI>short passages or dialogues presenting new grammatical facts
<LI>a dialogue or a few lines of text where you will find new vocabulary
<LI>a list of new words
<LI>grammatical notes
<LI>exercises (with answers)
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<P>I encourage you to go over the lesson and try to understand grammar
facts from the context before they are given in Grammar Sections. This will
speed up your memorization processes. You can read texts several time until
you are sure you pronounce all the words correctly. Rewriting is also recommended.
Normally, each text should be read 3-20 times depending on the personal ability
to subconsciously recognize and acquire grammatical structures. However,
I do not recommend learning the whole texts by heart.
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After finishing a lesson you should be able to do exercises.
(You will need to have a blank notebook/exercise-book to make notes, write new
vocabulary and exercises).
The exercises are divided into two parts. The first part (Exercises A) is to help
you memorize vocabulary and practise grammar, so you can go back to the lesson
and find the answer to any problem you have. This will be helpful because of course
you have no human teacher during the lesson with whom you can practise.
The other part of the exercises (Exercises B) will tell you if you learned
everything and if you should go to the next lesson. I suggest doing them on the
day after you complete Exercises A (or later).
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You can also have a look at the
<A HREF="new.htm">What's NEW!</A>, <A HREF="faq.htm">FAQ</A>,
<A HREF="links.htm">Links</A> and <A HREF="downld.htm">Download</A> pages.
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Thank you for visiting this page.
If you have any suggestions, comments or just want to say that you have been here,
<A HREF="mailto:
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Now you can go on to the...
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<P><STRONG>NOTE:</STRONG>
If you have found a mistake or anything that does not work properly please
<A HREF="mailto:
[email protected]">send me an e-mail</A>.</P>
<ADDRESS>Piotr Pikuta</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS><A HREF="mailto:
[email protected]">
[email protected]</A></ADDRESS>
<P><I>Last updated: May 13th, 2001</I>
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