Polish
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Year 12 |
Year 13 |
Did you know that Polish is the second most spoken language in England? Or that it was a Polish person who first discovered that the Earth rotates? Or that Marie Curie-Sklodowska, who was Polish, became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person – man or woman – to win the award twice! Or that the famous Hollywood actors and actresses such as Scarlet Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Pattison have Polish roots? There are a couple of other interesting things you will learn about in A Level Polish. This is a 2 year linear course assessed at the end of Year 13. Theme 1: Aspects of Polish-speaking society; past and current trends
Theme 2: Political and artistic culture in Poland past and present.
Theme 3: Aspects of political life in Poland past and present.
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Assessment: Paper 1: Reading and writing (2 hours 30 minutes) – 42.5% of A level
Research Topics:
● Translation into English
Paper 2: Writing (2 hours) – 20% of A Level Two essays based on set literary texts and/or films
Paper 3: Listening, reading, and writing (2 hours) – 37.5% of A level ● Listening, reading and translation into Polish
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Links Well With: Polish links well with Travel and Tourism, Translation, and Interpreting. |
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Progression Routes: The course aims to provide a suitable foundation for those who wish to study further and obtain a qualification in Polish Language studies and can also be a passport to a Translator’s or an Interpreter’s job in the future. Polish at undergraduate level is offered for example by Oxford University, The University of Cambridge, The University of Birmingham, and The University of Sheffield. BA and MA in Translation and interpreting are offered by London Metropolitan University. Polish A Level is accepted by a number of Universities in the UK. Poland’s economic, political, and cultural strength offers exciting and promising opportunities to graduates with a degree in Polish. As Polish is the 2nd most common language in the UK this formal qualification can be useful in the wider world of work. |
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Entry Requirements: GCSE Grade 6 Polish. The course is also designed for students who are advanced in spoken and written Polish but did not have opportunities to take Polish GCSE. |