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PLSH2210 – C Polish Studies 5
2020 – Session 2, Fully online/virtual
Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Kamila Walker
Contact via 02 9850 7014
Room B444, Level 4, 25B Wally's Walk
Friday 12:00pm to 13:00pm
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
PLSH1220
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
Connect with Polish language and culture through encounters with authentic written and spoken discourses. This online unit is designed to equip students with advanced level language skills to read and write about Polish short literary texts and newspaper articles. A small collection of short stories on different topics are used to enhance students' competence in Polish, and to further develop skills in critical reading and textual analysis. The unit explores the relationship between authors and their texts, by examining the way linguistic and literary features participate in communicating ideas and constructing meaning. The texts' themes include: patriotism, personal integrity, sense of duty, friendship, family relationships and sacrifice. Students will be equipped to flexibly navigate their way through the lexical and grammatical texture of the Polish language, broadly in alignment with B2+/C1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). |
Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Develop advanced level skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in the Polish language.
- ULO2: Identify, describe and evaluate nuanced aspects of Polish-speaking cultures and societies.
- ULO3: Identify, evaluate and deploy the grammatical structures of Polish at advanced level.
- ULO4: Apply relevant language conventions to create meaningful intercultural encounters.
- ULO5: Demonstrate a sophisticated awareness of language and language use, in both Polish and in English.
General Assessment Information
General Assessment Information
Please note that there are no on-campus sessions. There will be weekly Zoom tutorials every Wednesday at 11:30am for a maximum 90 minutes starting in Week 1 and running through to Week 13 excluding the mid-semester break.
Assignments 1 and 2 should be downloaded individually from the online unit, completed and submitted prior to the due date electronically for assessment through Turnitin. Instructions for submitting Turnitin assignments can be found in the online unit.
To complete all assessment tasks, students must have access to Polish fonts on their computer.
Please note that all assessment due dates and times are based on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
The Oral Presentation will be conducted online via Zoom.
Specific instructions, detailed grading standards (such as rubrics) and indicative examples of assessment tasks are provided in the iLearn unit.
Electronic submission
Unless otherwise approved, all text-based assessment tasks will be submitted electronically using the University’s electronic learning management system.
Use of plagiarism detection software
Text-based work submitted by students for assessment will be subject to plagiarism detection software, such as Turnitin or similar approved software, unless otherwise approved.
Plagiarism detection methods are to be used on a routine basis to check student work or when plagiarism is suspected.
Late Assessment Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Special Consideration Policy
All assessment tasks are compulsory and must be submitted on time. Students unable to meet due dates must apply for 'Special Consideration' via ask.mq.edu.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | 25% | No | Week 5, Friday 5pm |
| Assignment 2 | 25% | No | Week 10, Friday 5pm |
| Oral performance | 20% | No | Week 11, Wednesday |
| Final test | 30% | No | Week 13, Thursday 9am - 9pm |
Assignment 1
Assessment Type 1: Non-academic writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 13 hours
Due: Week 5, Friday 5pm
Weighting: 25%
Writing in the target language (grammar and vocabulary), submitted electronically via Turnitin.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Develop advanced level skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in the Polish language.
- Identify, describe and evaluate nuanced aspects of Polish-speaking cultures and societies.
- Identify, evaluate and deploy the grammatical structures of Polish at advanced level.
- Apply relevant language conventions to create meaningful intercultural encounters.
- Demonstrate a sophisticated awareness of language and language use, in both Polish and in English.
Assignment 2
Assessment Type 1: Non-academic writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 13 hours
Due: Week 10, Friday 5pm
Weighting: 25%
Writing in the target language (grammar and vocabulary), submitted electronically via Turnitin.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Develop advanced level skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in the Polish language.
- Identify, describe and evaluate nuanced aspects of Polish-speaking cultures and societies.
- Identify, evaluate and deploy the grammatical structures of Polish at advanced level.
- Apply relevant language conventions to create meaningful intercultural encounters.
- Demonstrate a sophisticated awareness of language and language use, in both Polish and in English.
Oral performance
Assessment Type 1: Performance
Indicative Time on Task 2: 13 hours
Due: Week 11, Wednesday
Weighting: 20%
A long-turn presentation of Polish news and literary texts studied, performed online via Zoom.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Develop advanced level skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in the Polish language.
- Identify, describe and evaluate nuanced aspects of Polish-speaking cultures and societies.
- Identify, evaluate and deploy the grammatical structures of Polish at advanced level.
- Apply relevant language conventions to create meaningful intercultural encounters.
- Demonstrate a sophisticated awareness of language and language use, in both Polish and in English.
Final test
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 16 hours
Due: Week 13, Thursday 9am - 9pm
Weighting: 30%
Final test submitted online
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Develop advanced level skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in the Polish language.
- Identify, describe and evaluate nuanced aspects of Polish-speaking cultures and societies.
- Identify, evaluate and deploy the grammatical structures of Polish at advanced level.
- Apply relevant language conventions to create meaningful intercultural encounters.
- Demonstrate a sophisticated awareness of language and language use, in both Polish and in English.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
- the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
- the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
Prescribed Texts
The short stories are:
1. Bolesław Prus, 'Katarynka' (1880)
2. Henryk Sienkiewicz, 'Latarnik' or 'The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall' (1881)
3. Jerzy Szaniawski, 'O trudzie daremnym' (1962)
4. Maria Konopnicka, 'Dym' (1893)
5. Adolf Rudnicki, 'Buty' (1966)
6. Miłka O. Malzahn, 'Piękne sny' (2014)
All short stories are available online in iLearn.
It is recommended that students acquire additional books that are also available to borrow from Macquarie Library or purchase online from Booktopia https://www.booktopia.com.au/coop
1. PWN Oxford Polish-English-English Polish Dictionary (2 vols.).
2. K. Janecki, 301 Polish Verbs: Fully Conjugated in all the Tenses in a New Easy-to-Learn Format, Alphabetically Arranged, 2nd ed. (Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2000).
3. D. Bielec, Polish: An Essential Grammar, 2nd ed. (London and New York: Routledge, 2012).
4. L. Madelska and G. Schwartz, Discovering Polish: A Learner’s Grammar (Kraków: Prolog, 2010).
5. Czesław Miłosz, The History of Polish Literature, 2nd ed. (1969; repr. Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983).
6. Edward J. Czerwiński, ed. Dictionary of Polish Literature (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1994).
7. Henryk Markiewicz, Pozytywizm (Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2015).
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
Online Unit
Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
Is my unit in iLearn?: http://help.ilearn.mq.edu.au/unitsonline/ to check when your online unit will become available.
Technology
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
- For central technical support go to: http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/information_technology/help/
- For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/tools-and-resources/ilearn/ilearn-quick-guides-for-students
Unit Schedule
It is important that students work regularly at home using the Course Notes and Audio Lectures in order to cope with the unit workload. There are no on-campus sessions. Whilst it is quite possible to complete the whole unit externally without any interaction with the tutor, as has been demonstrated by a number of students in the past, those students who have regular face-to-face contact with the tutor and/or other students have proved to have higher academic achievements.
| Week | Dates | Weekly Activity | Course Activities |
| 1 | 27/07 - 02/08 | Part 1: Study Material | |
| 2 | 03/08 - 09/08 | Katarynka | |
| 3 | 10/08 - 16/08 | Latarnik | |
| 4 | 17/08 - 23/08 | O trudzie daremnym (audio) | |
| 5 | 24/08 - 30/08 | Revision of texts | Assignment 1 due 28/08 |
| 6 | 31/08 - 06/09 | Part 2: Study Material | |
| 7 | 07/09 - 13/09 | Dym | |
| Mid-Semester Break | 14/09 - 20/09 | ||
| 21/09 - 27/09 | |||
| 8 | 28/09 - 04/10 | Buty (audio) | |
| 9 | 05/10 - 11/10 | Piękne sny | |
| 10 | 12/10 - 18/10 | Part 3: Study Material | Assignment 2 due 16/10 |
| 11 | 19/10 - 25/10 | Oral presentation 21/10 | |
| 12 | 26/10 - 01/11 | Revision | |
| 13 | 02/11 - 08/11 | Revision | Online quiz 05/11 |
Policies and Procedures
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
- Academic Appeals Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progression Policy
- Assessment Policy
- Fitness to Practice Procedure
- Grade Appeal Policy
- Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public
- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Student Code of Conduct
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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