The course program is dependent on the participant’s level of language competence.

• Each participant will be accepted into a group (with a specific level of advancement) based on an online written placement test as well as an oral test held on the inauguration day of the course. Participants who do not know any Polish do not receive the link to the test and do not take the test.
• Participants enrolled in the one-year program are accepted into groups in the second semester on the basis of their exam results (written and oral) at the end of the first semester as well as the opinions of their language instructors.

All of the courses offered by the Institute of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners are conducted in accordance with the ECTS* grading system.
According to the requirements of the Institute, students who wish to obtain a diploma must:

• earn 30 ECTS** credit points in each semester,
• meet all of the course requirements,
• pass all of the exams.

Important: program participants receive one diploma after completing the one-semester or one-year program that they have selected.

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* European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System.
** The number of credit points corresponds to the course’s level of difficulty as well as the work that is required in order to pass the course.

BEGINNER LEVEL – A1 AND ELEMENTARY LEVEL – A2

At the A1 and A2 levels, language courses are organized in two blocks: Grammar and Communication (12 hours per week) and Fluency and Vocabulary (8 hours per week).* In total there are 20 hours of obligatory language courses per week. Within the language competence block, a student develops his/her listening comprehension, comprehension of written texts, and writing skills in Polish. Students earn 28 ECTS credit points through participation in the obligatory courses. The remaining 2 points can be earned by attending lectures or additional language classes.

After passing an exam (the mid-semester or final exam), students can gain the following number of ECTS points:

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - B1

At the B1 level, language courses are organised in the following blocks: Grammar and Communication (8 hours per week) and Fluency and Vocabulary (12 hours per week).* In total there are 20 obligatory hours of language classes per week. In the fluency block, students develop listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension and writing skills in Polish.
Attendance in the obligatory courses allows a student to earn 26 ECTS credit points. The remaining 4 credit points can be earned by attending lectures or additional language classes.

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* In groups in which there are students of Slavic heritage, we propose a greater number of teaching hours focused on vocabulary and productive fluency (speaking and writing) and fewer hours devoted to developing receptive fluency (listening and reading comprehension).

After passing an exam (the mid-semester or final exam) students can earn the following number of ECTS credit points:

UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - B2

At the B2 level, language courses consist of Grammar (4 hours per week), Vocabulary (2 hours per week) and language fluency: Listening Comprehension (2 hours per week), Communication and Conversation (4 hours per week), Reading Comprehension (4 hours per week) as well as Composition and Editing of Texts (4 hours per week). In total, there are 20 obligatory hours of language classes per week.

Through participation in the obligatory courses, students earn 26 ECTS credit points. The remaining 4 points can be earned by attending lectures or additional language classes. After passing an exam (the mid-semester or final exam) students can earn the following number of ECTS credit points:

ADVANCED LEVEL – C1

At the C1 level, the obligatory language courses are Grammar (4 hours per week), Vocabulary and Phraseology (2 hours per week) and language fluency: Listening Comprehension (2 hours per week), Communication and Conversation (2 hours per week), Reading Compre hension (3 hours per week) and Composition and Editing of Texts (3 hours per week). In total, there are 18 hours of obligatory language courses per week.

Through participation in the obligatory courses, students earn 24 ECTS credit points. The remaining points can be earned by attending lectures or additional language classes. After passing an exam (the mid-semester or final exam), students can earn the following number of ECTS credit points:

PROFICIENCY LEVEL - C2

At the C2 level, the obligatory language courses are Grammar (4 hours per week), Vocabulary and Phraseology (2 hours per week) and language fluency: Listening Comprehension (2 hours per week), Communication and Conversation (2 hours per week), Reading Comprehension (2 hours per week) and Composition and Editing of Texts (2 hours per week). In total, there are 14 hours of obligatory language classes per week.

Through participation in the obligatory courses, students earn 20 ECTS credit points. The remaining points can be earned by attending lectures or additional language classes. After passing an exam (the mid-semester or final exam), students can earn the following number of ECTS credit points:

LECTURES

ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE CLASSES

Level A:

• Grammar and/or Vocabulary 2 hours* 2 ECTS points
• Listening Comprehension and Communication 2 hours 2 ECTS points

Level B1:

• Communication and Conversation 2 hours 2 ECTS points
• Grammar Review 2 hours 2 ECTS points

Level B2:

• Grammar Review 2 hours 2 ECTS points
• Reading of Literary Texts 2 hours 2 ECTS points

Level C:

• Grammar Review 2 hours 2 ECTS points
• Reading of Literary Texts 2 hours 3 ECTS points

Specialized Language Courses:

• Medical Language 4 hours 4 ECTS points
• Economic Language 4 hours 4 ECTS points
• Political-Legal Language 4 hours 4 ECTS points