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levelA2.Asaresult,levelA1nowcomprisesthefollowinggrammatical
material:mostfrequentlyusedPolishcases(nominative,genitive,ac-
cusative,locativeandinstrumental),threetenses(present,pastand
futuretensesofimperfectiveverbs),aspectoftheverb,onemood(the
indicative),verbsofmotion,andsomelexicalproblems,e.g.themean-
inganduseoftheverbsznać,wiedzieć,umieć.Thecommunicativemate-
rialincludesidentifyingpeopleandobjects,greetingsandfarewells,
typesofinterpersonalcontactinPolish,introducingoneselfandothers;
describingthecommandofforeignlanguages;expressingsurpriseand
disappointment,certaintyanduncertainty;makingsuggestionsand
respondingtothem;invitingpeopleandacceptinginvitations;encourag-
ingpeopletoeatanddrinkinsocialsituations;drinkingtoasts;order-
ingandpurchasinggoods;and,finally,differentwaysofexpressing
time.
Sinceitisassumedthatthiscoursebookwillbeofassistancein
masteringgrammarandthefourlanguageskills(listening,speaking,
readingandwriting),communicative,readingandwritingactivities
havebeenconsiderablyexpanded(thelatterwerehardlypresentin
thepreviouseditionofthebook).Recordingsofmodeltexts(mostly
dialogs)areextendedtoincludenarrativetexts,whichprovidein-
formationabouthowactionchangesinthelesson,buttheydoitdiffer-
entlythandialoguesandpassagesintroducingthem.Listeningtothese
recordingsshouldendeachlessonunititwillthenbeaverygood
exerciseinunderstandingalisteningpassagenotfoundanywherewrit-
tenoutinthecoursebook.
Separatementionneedstobemadeofprojects,introducedin
thiscoursebookforthefirsttime.Theyareextendedcommunicative
andculturaltasks,whichrequiregreatereffortandgreaterthanusual
creativityonthepartofthestudent.Forexample,inordertocomple-
teaprojectonemigrationintheirfamily,thestudentwillhavetomake
additionalinterviewsandsearchforphotographsanddocumentsin
hisorherfamily.
Thecompletelynewelementistheculturalsyllabusaddedonto
thegrammaticalandcommunicativesyllabuses.Itconsistsofthesocio-
linguisticpart,alreadypresentinthepreviouseditionofthecourse-
book,andtheculturalpart,addedtothisedition.Thelatterpartcom-
prisesinformationaboutthelargestPolishcitiesandPolishregions,
someknowledgeofPolishemigrationintheworld,informationabout
Polishholidays(religiousandstateones)and,finally,someknowledge
ofcontemporarypublicfigures(politicians,writers,artists).Thanksto
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