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Lecturer(s)
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Starzyńska Aleksandra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Jeništa Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Basic geographical information about Poland. Poland's watersheds and mountain ranges. National parks. Aspects of political geography: neighbours, borders, administrative divisions of Poland, Poland in the EU 2. National symbols of Poland. Polish political system and state organisation 3. Basic information about the Polish economy. Labor market 4. Demographic information about Poland. Regions of Poland and basic indicators of regional identity. National and ethnic minorities 5. Daily life. Leisure activities 6. Contemporary Polish calendar. Polish holidays, celebrations, traditions and customs, and social conventions. 7. Important Polish personalities 8. Polish contemporary emigration. Polish diaspora (Polonia) and Polish in the world (as an ethnic and foreign language) 9. Education system of Poland. Science. Institutions established for the dissemination of culture and science. Student life 10. Polish cities. Monuments, tourist attractions, places of memory, places of cult. Polish UNESCO sites 11. Made in Poland. Typical Polish products 12. Course summary
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Analyzing and producing audiovisual content
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Learning outcomes
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The course is intended for students of all Polish philology programmes and is also open to non-Polish-philology students with basic/passive knowledge of Polish. The aim of the course is to introduce students to basic information about the Republic of Poland, and Polish realities, including providing essential information of the geographical, historic, demographic, economic, political and cultural character. In addition to traditional specialist texts, the course will include modern didactic materials (multimedia presentations, audio and video recordings, interactive websites, virtual tours, digitized visual material, for example). The course is based on the teacher's explanations supported by a multimedia presentation (with rich visual material). Students will acquire not only facts about Poland but will enrich their vocabulary as well. The content of the course will be complemented by related thematic areas, on which the learners work independently (their choice is to some extent arbitrary, according to their interests and focus), the information is then presented in a group, and synthesis occurs together. The aim of the course is to equip students with the knowledge necessary for scientific and professional practice, but also for everyday encounters with Polish culture and effective intercultural communication, whether in meetings with Poles as friends or business partners. The content presented takes into account socio-cultural issues as well as contemporary Polish-Czech relations and contacts.
The students will acquire all competences as stated in the syllabus.
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Prerequisites
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Standard knowledge of social sciences at the high school level.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Written exam
- compulsory attendance at 80% of classes, active participation in class; - three times during the semester preparation of a presentation on a topic (of their own choice) complementing the defined period- presentation of the topic in the Polish or Czech language in the scope of 15 min. will be held during the follow-up course Polish Life and Institutions 2; - independent study of basic sources and, if desired, supplementary materials; - systematic preparation for the exam in Polish Life and Institutions, which is the end of the follow-up course Polish Life and Institutions 2; - successful completion of the credit test, which will take the form of a knowledge quiz.
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Recommended literature
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Bischoff Katarzyna (ed.). (2003). Ilustrowany atlas Polski. nakl. Pascal.
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Bisko Agata. (2014). Polska dla średnio zaawansowanych. Współczesna polskość codzienna. Kraków.
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Butcher Anna, Guziuk-Świca Barbara, Laskowska-Mańko Alina. (2003). Bliżej Polski. Wiedza o Polsce i jej kulturze, cz. 1. Lublin.
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Bziukiewicz Laura Maria, Dombrowska Kamila, Grochowska Ewa et al. (2020). Folklor polski: sztuka ludowa, tradycje, obrzędy. Warszawa.
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Cudak Romuald, Tambor Jolanta (ed.). (2002). Kultura polska. Silva rerum. Katowice.
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Czerniewicz-Umer Teresa, Omilanowska-Kiljańczyk Małgorzata, Majewski Jerzy S.. (2005). Polsko. Praha.
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Domachowski Roman, Kwiatek Jerzy, Wilczyńska-Wołoszyn Maria. (2018). Szkolny atlas Polski: geografia, historia, regiony. Polska w XXI wieku z historią w tle. Warszawa.
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Guziuk-Świca Barbara, Butcher Anna. (2013). Bliżej Polski: wiedza o Polsce i jej kulturze, cz. II. Lublin.
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Chmiel Sylwia. (2019). Polskie tradycje i obyczaje. Bielsko-Biała.
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Jannasz Marek, Popiołek Ryszard (ed.). (2017). Polska. Encyklopedia wizualna. Warszawa.
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kol. autorů. (2018). Atlas statystyczny Polski / Statistical atlas of Poland. Warszawa.
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kol. autorů. (2015). Polska niezwykła: XXL. Przewodnik + atlas. Warszawa.
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kol. autorů. (2021). Poznajemy. Atlas Polski. Geografia. Historia. Regiony. Warszawa.
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Ogrodowska Barbara. (2012). Tradycje polskiego stołu. Warszawa.
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Parma Christian, Parma Bogdan. (2006). Polsko. Marki.
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Pilich Maria, Pilich Przemysław. (2004). Polska: ilustrowany przewodnik, wyd. 4, zaktualizowane i uzupełnione. Warszawa.
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Sapała Marta, Olej-Kobus Anna, Kobus Krzysztof. (2012). Super Polska. Vademecum rekordów i ciekawostek. Kraków.
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Żywczak Krzysztof. (2014). Made in Poland. Kultura. Design. Miejsca. Warszawa.
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