Curiculum Principles For Polish Students Learning Abroad The document entitled Curriculum principles for Polish Students learning abroad constitutes the basis for developing local curricula for teaching Polish language, Poland's history, culture, and geography, as well as studies on contemporary Poland. It shall also be helpful in developing didactic materials for teaching the aforementioned subjects. Editors: Jadwiga Turlej, Joanna Woźnicka © Ministry of national Education, Warsaw 2010 Adapted by Bernadeta Kawa for Macarthur Polish Saturday School (2018) ISBN 978-83-62360-08-6 Typesetting: Stämpfli Polska Printed by: Sowadruk Sp. z o.o Linguistic competencies (4-9 years of age) B – medium level Competences Basic level (intermediate) C – Advanced level Listening Student: Student: Student: Identifies majority of sounds crucial for Identifies sounds of contemporary Polish Identifies sounds of contemporary Polish language, language except for the most difficult Polish language; Understands simple commands, ones; Understands extensive and Understands simple statements in Understands complex commands; complex commands; monologue and dialogue form if provided Understands simple statements in Understands complex statements in with additional explanations, monologue and dialogue form without monologue and dialogue form; Understands simple literary texts additional explanations; Understands literary texts (particularly illustrated with pictures, gestures, Understands simple literary texts those written in contemporary Polish) props, and other culture texts if (particularly those written in and other culture texts; provided with additional explanations; contemporary Polish) illustrated with pictures, gestures, props, and other culture texts; Speaking Utters learnt words in generally Utters learnt words in understandable way; Utters words and expressions correctly; understandable way; Effectively communicates in Speaks fluently; With teacher’s support, creates a short everyday life situations, using Describes, relates, give description of a statement built up with simple appropriate forms of book character; sentences; communication; Participates in conversation and Communicate in simple Participates in conversation, expresses easy discussion; Uses honorifics communication situations; in simple words his/her opinion; Recites poems, using pause and intonation; Uses basic honorifics; Formulates a statement built up with Reconstructs from memory ditties and few sentences, shares his/her own other short, simple texts experiences, describes people, objects, places and situations; Formulates wishes and invitation; Using simple vocabulary, tells the plot of a literary work and describes the characters and their mutual relations, as well as the world presented in the culture texts; Uses honorifics; Recite poems; Linguistic competencies (4-9 years of age) Reading Student: Student: Student: Knows all letters and corresponding Reading aloud, correctly accentuates the Reads aloud, correctly and expressively, sounds; words; short and simple texts (also the ones read for Divides words into syllables; Understands short application texts; the first time) Reads aloud and quietly simple, short texts; Identifies the applied forms, such as Understands literary works and other culture Understands simple, short invitations, wishes, announcements, texts; application texts; letter, simple instructions; Defines basic elements of the world Understands simple and short literary Understands short literary works and presented in a literary work or other culture works, supported with illustrative other culture texts; text; material, and other culture texts; In a literary text, marks selected excerpts, Understands both literal and figurative Uses pictorial dictionaries and defines time and place of action, identifies meaning of words used in a text; encyclopedias; main characters; Uses and looks up to dictionaries and Looks for needed information in the text; encyclopedias; Uses pictorial dictionaries and encyclopedias; Writing Writes small and capital letters, spots the Writes down short texts, Writes from memory (single sentences) and difference between a letter and sound; Writes from memory (few words) and by ear by ear (short texts) Writes down words and simple (simple, short texts); Builds up a short statement (dialogue, story, sentences; With teacher’s support, creates a short recipe); After having discussed the correct spelling statement built up with simple sentences writes short texts on familiar subjects (for with a teacher, writes from memory (single (description, personal letter, greetings, example related to his/her interests or words) and by ear (simple sentences), wishes); hobbies), With teacher’s support, creates a short Using a model, writes short texts on familiar Builds up a statement concerning the statement built up with simple sentences subjects (for example related to his/her internalized literary works and other culture (description, greetings, wishes); interests or hobbies); texts; Using a model, writes a short text about Writes simple texts concerning the Uses basic honorifics; himself/herself; internalized literary works and other culture Knows and generally follows the Uses basic honorifics; texts; orthography and punctuation rules; Takes care for correct graphics of Polish Uses basic honorifics; letters. In general, uses correct orthography and keeps to basics of punctuation. Linguistic competencies (10-13 years of age) Competences A – Basic Level B – Medium Level (Intermediate) C – Advanced Level Listening Student: Student: Student: Identifies majority of Polish sounds Identifies majority of Polish sounds Identifies all Polish sounds; (except of the most difficult ones); Understands complex commands, simple Understands complex commands, Understands commands, and simple instructions and monologue and dialogue simple instructions and monologue and monologue and dialogue statements, statements – including those transmitted via dialogue statements, including Understands short, contemporary audiovisuals; statements expressed in literary works supported with Understands literary texts (particularly those discussions; illustrations, gestures, objects and written in contemporary Polish) and other Understands literary works (coming from other culture texts ; culture texts; different époques) and other culture texts; Understands short statements of Understands statements of informative and Understands complex statements of informative and applied character; applied character; informative and applied character; Speaking Utters learnt words in generally Speaks in generally understandable way, using Pronounces words and sentences correctly; understandable way; sentence stress; Expresses in concise, fluent, and logical way; Builds up generally correct, few Spontaneously and relatively fluently Profiles, defines, and provides an accurate sentence-long statements, without communicates in everyday situations, using description of a literary character, gives correct forms of communication; assistance; the gist of events and comment on them, Shares his/her own experiences, describes people, Communicate in characteristic, typical Initiates discussion and participate in objects, places and situations; the discussion concerning the read communication situations; Formulates wishes, congratulations, invitations, Uses basic honorifics; culture texts; Reconstructs short texts from Formulates a relatively coherent utterance on familiar Uses diverse forms of honorifics; subjects (for example related to his/her interests or Recite literary works, using correct memory; hobbies), as well as on internalized literary works and intonation and voice inflection; other culture texts; Relates the plot of a given piece, characterizes its protagonists and their mutual relationships, as well as the world presented in the culture texts, including naming his/her reader's reactions and expresses his/her attitude towards protagonists; Participates in conversation, expresses and supports his/her own opinions; Uses diverse forms of honorifics; Recite literary pieces, taking care of correct accentuation and intonation; Linguistic competencies (10-13 years of age) Reading Knows all letters and corresponding Reads aloud, stressing the words properly Reads aloud, stressing the words properly sounds in Polish language; and using the sentence stress; and keeping sentence intonation; Reads aloud and quietly simple literary Understands longer, more complex With teacher’s help, reads selected literary and non-literary texts; informative and/or application texts; pieces (from different époques); Understands simple informative and Differentiates between the informative and Understands literary pieces, informative and application texts; argumentative texts application texts, and other culture texts; Understands simple literary works and Differentiates sentences informing about Differentiates between literary and non- other culture texts; facts from opinion expressing sentences; literary language; Indicates the key information in the text; Understands more complex literary works Finds and isolates all elements of the world Uses bilingual dictionaries and and other culture texts; presented in a literary text; encyclopedias. Identifies the sender and audience Uses information contained in encyclopedias, (receiver) within the literary text; monolingual and bilingual dictionaries;