Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Andrew Siedlecki
Contact via andrew.siedlecki@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
PLH220
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is offered online and is intended for students, who have completed PLH220 or for those who have equivalent knowledge of Polish at this level. It is a continuation of PLH220 and includes further survey of the grammatical categories and syntactic structures of contemporary Polish with relevant exercises, as well as practice in reading and listening comprehension, conversation, and writing. This unit uses a variety of delivery modes such as printed materials, a recorded CD, and computer-mediated communication.
A voluntary on-campus session will be held where you will have the opportunity to meet your lecturer and fellow students, to revise material before the exam, and to practice your speaking skills and pronunciation. Interstate students will have an opportunity to revise the material in their online unit.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Assignment 1 | 20% | 5 September |
Assignment 2 | 20% | 7 November |
Oral Test | 10% | 5-6-7 Nov |
Exam | 50% | TBA |
Due: 5 September
Weighting: 20%
Due: 7 November
Weighting: 20%
Due: 5-6-7 Nov
Weighting: 10%
Oral Test will be based on the texts included in Course Notes for PLH220/221 from lesson 11.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 50%
The course notes prescribed for PLH221 are INTERMEDIATE POLISH FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS by Edmund A. Ronowicz, i.e., the same course notes you used in PLH 220. The course notes are in your unit on line and are also available from the Co-op Bookshop, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 (www.coop-bookshp.com.au). In order to obtain it in time for the beginning of the course, you should go personally or contact the Co-op Bookshop by phone: (02)-8986-4000), fax: (02) 8986-4099 or e-mail: macquarie@coop-bookshop.com.au immediately. The Centre for Open Education will send the CD of lessons recorded in class and in the studio to the students, as a substitute for live participation in class. You also can access to recorded lesson in your unit on line. Apart from the above course notes, we recommend that each student should have two other books, also available from The University Co-op Bookshop, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109 : 1. PWN Oxford Polish-English, English-Polish Dictionary (smaller dictionaries are also available) 2. 301 Polish Verbs by K. Janecki
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An on-line component includes: The Study Guide, Assignments 1-2, Residential School and Polish Educational Scholarship Forms, audio-lessons, the Placement Tests and other informations. Access to the online unit is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/ Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
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Detailed Timetable of work is included in you non line unit.
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
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Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
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Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
The unit aims at fostering language skills to level B1, described as follows in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR): Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
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10/07/2014 | Benchmarking statement added. Updated section for accessing online unit. |