Polish Language

Speak Polish confidently — cases, pronunciation, everyday conversations, and Polish culture.

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What you'll learn

Sounds and Letters

Decode and pronounce any written Polish word correctly using knowledge of the Polish alphabet, digraphs, nasal vowels, and penultimate stress.

First Words

Understand and use at least 40 high-frequency nouns and phrases covering everyday objects, numbers, and basic courtesy expressions.

Meeting People

Introduce yourself and others in Polish, stating your name, nationality, age, and where you are from.

Family and People

Describe your family members and talk about other people using possessives, plural forms of 'być', and basic adjectives.

Daily Routines

Talk about everyday activities and times using regular -ać and -ić/-yć verbs in the present tense.

Places and Directions

Ask for and understand basic directions in Polish and name common places in a town.

Food and Café

Order food and drink in a Polish café or restaurant using basic Accusative forms and polite requests.

Shopping and Transport

Handle a simple shopping transaction and buy a transport ticket in Polish using numbers, prices, and Accusative forms.

Home and Hobbies

Describe your home and talk about what you like to do in your free time using verb 'mieć', room vocabulary, and hobby verbs.

Health and Emergencies

Communicate basic health problems, ask for help, and understand essential emergency phrases in Polish.

A1 Capstone

Produce a coherent spoken or written self-portrait using all A1 grammar and vocabulary learned across the course.

Past Tense Actions

Describe what you did yesterday using past tense verbs with correct gender endings.

Verbal Aspect Pairs

Distinguish perfective from imperfective verbs to express whether an action was completed or ongoing.

Genitive Case Expanded

Use the genitive case to express possession, quantity, absence, and origin in real conversations.

Instrumental Case

Use the instrumental case to describe professions, accompaniment, and tools in everyday Polish.

Verbs of Motion

Use determinate and indeterminate motion verbs correctly to describe how and where you travel.

Future Tense Plans

Express future plans and intentions using both compound and simple future tense forms.

Describing People

Describe people's appearance, personality, and background in connected Polish sentences.

At Work and School

Talk about your work or study situation, daily schedule, and tasks in Polish.

Invitations and Social Life

Invite people to events and respond to invitations confidently in Polish.

Talking About Feelings

Express emotions, opinions, and reactions in Polish using appropriate verb and case structures.

znać vs wiedzieć

Use znać and wiedzieć correctly to avoid one of the most common mistakes in Polish.

Talking About Weather

Describe weather conditions, seasons, and how weather affects your plans in Polish.

A2 Capstone

Demonstrate full A2 competence across cases, tenses, aspect, and social communication in a connected real-world scenario.

Dative Case Unlocked

Use the dative case to express giving, helping, and personal reactions in everyday Polish situations.

Vocative and Address

Use the vocative case to address people directly in polite, formal, and friendly Polish contexts.

Plural Case Mastery

Produce correct plural noun and adjective forms across all seven cases to describe groups and quantities accurately.

Conditional and Wishes

Express hypothetical situations, wishes, and polite requests using the Polish conditional mood.

Reported Speech

Report what others said, asked, or thought using Polish indirect speech structures.

Complex Subordinate Clauses

Build multi-clause Polish sentences using a range of subordinating conjunctions for time, reason, purpose, and contrast.

Relative Clauses Expanded

Use który and other relative pronouns in all cases to build precise, fluent descriptions.

Formal Writing Skills

Produce correct formal written Polish for letters, emails, announcements, and structured paragraphs.

2026 Orthography Reform

Apply the new 2026 Polish spelling rules correctly in your own writing.

Extended Vocabulary Fields

Use B1-level thematic vocabulary actively in conversation and writing about media, technology, travel, and civic life.

Fluent Conversation Skills

Sustain a natural Polish conversation by managing turn-taking, expressing opinions, and repairing misunderstandings.

B1 Capstone

Demonstrate integrated B1 Polish competence across cases, tenses, registers, and vocabulary in authentic multi-skill tasks.

Case Fluency

Produce spontaneous sentences using all seven Polish cases accurately in professional and social contexts.

Aspect at B2

Deploy perfective and imperfective aspect to express nuanced meaning in narratives and arguments.

Verb Constructions

Use reflexive, impersonal, and modal verb constructions fluently in conversation and writing.

Sophisticated Subordination

Construct multi-clause sentences with embedded subordinate clauses accurately in speech and writing.

Participles and Verbal Nouns

Use adjectival participles, adverbial participles, and verbal nouns to produce compact, formal Polish sentences.

Register and Style Shifts

Switch fluently between colloquial, standard, and formal registers in both speech and writing.

Lexical Depth and Collocations

Use high-frequency collocations and multi-word expressions accurately in professional and social contexts.

Academic and Analytical Writing

Write a structured analytical essay (rozprawka) with a clear thesis, supporting arguments, and a conclusion.

Cultural Literacy in Polish

Use cultural references from Polish history, literature, and mythology fluently to support arguments and deepen communication.

Professional Communication

Communicate effectively in professional Polish contexts including meetings, negotiations, and formal correspondence.

Fluency Under Pressure

Sustain spontaneous spoken Polish across unpredictable topics at natural speed with recovery strategies.

B2 Capstone

Demonstrate B2-level Polish across all skill domains in a multi-task integrated assessment scenario.

Sophisticated Register Control

Switch fluidly between formal, neutral, and colloquial registers in spoken and written Polish to suit any context.

C1 Case Precision

Deploy all seven cases with stylistic precision, including rare and archaic patterns, in demanding written and spoken contexts.

Aspect Mastery

Control verbal aspect in all tenses, moods, and subordinate clauses to convey precise nuances of completion, repetition, and narrative foreground.

Complex Syntax at C1

Construct multi-clause sentences with varied subordination and embedding typical of educated native Polish prose and speech.

C1 Lexical Precision

Command a wide vocabulary including near-synonyms, collocations, idioms, and word-formation patterns to express precise nuance in any domain.

C1 Writing: Argumentation

Produce a coherent, well-argued rozprawka or analytical essay that meets Matura C1 standards with a clear thesis, evidence, counter-argument, and conclusion.

Cultural Depth and Allusion

Interpret and deploy Polish cultural references, literary allusions, and national discourse frames fluently in both spoken and written contexts.

Spoken C1 Fluency

Speak with near-native fluency, deploying repair strategies, prosodic emphasis, and discourse management in extended monologue and debate.

C1 Orthography and Editing

Write and edit Polish to the 2026 orthographic standard, catching all categories of error including those introduced by the reform.

Matura and Certification Readiness

Perform at full C1 standard across all four skills in a timed, exam-like setting, meeting Matura 2026 and C1 certification requirements.

C2 Discourse Mastery

Deploy full-register discourse strategies — framing, hedging, and cohesion — in spontaneous spoken and written Polish at native-proximate level.

C2 Syntactic Sophistication

Construct and manipulate complex Polish sentences using ellipsis, inversion, apposition, and cleft structures for stylistic and rhetorical effect.

C2 Lexical Precision

Select among near-synonyms and collocations at C2 level to match stylistic register, connotation, and pragmatic intent precisely.

C2 Aspect and Mood Depth

Control verbal aspect and mood with full stylistic intentionality, including secondary imperfectives, modal nuance, and narrative perspective.

C2 Case Stylistic Control

Use Polish case endings with full stylistic awareness, choosing among alternants and archaic forms to achieve precision, register, and rhetorical effect.

C2 Writing Precision

Produce polished, error-free formal written Polish — essays, reports, and official letters — at native-speaker standard, complying with 2026 orthography.

C2 Cultural Competence

Reference and analyse Polish cultural, literary, and historical contexts to support complex arguments in speech and writing at native-speaker expectation level.

C2 Spoken Negotiation

Handle high-stakes spoken interactions — negotiations, debates, mediations — with native-level tactical language and prosodic control.

C2 Register and Irony

Recognise and produce irony, sarcasm, understatement, and register mismatch as deliberate rhetorical strategies in Polish.

C2 Matura Mastery

Achieve ceiling-level performance on the Polish Matura exam — extended essay, literary analysis, and spoken monologue — through timed, self-scored practice.