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QueenSide   
6 Dec 2011
Language / Polish language immersion, time, fluency [14]

Hi Everyone.

1. this is my first post-- go me! Happy happy, joy joy.

Ahem, now...
Im a native speaker of English who is moving to Poland for two years. I have a background in Russian from my university degree, but only elementary level; been studying that about a year and a half (4 semesters). During my time in Poland, two years, what level of fluency should I aim to obtain? Is ability to read a newspaper speedily with little dictionary use too much? Easily understand a movie? Does anyone have any experience with language immersion in Polish, Id love to hear your experience.

My goal is before I leave (next year), to have familiarity with the grammatical mechanics (case endings, a use of common verbs), and maybe a vocabulary of around 500 words?

That was around the amount of words I knew in Russian after one semester, and there is some overlap so I don't think it should be too ambitious.

Thanks
QueenSide   
7 Dec 2011
Language / Polish language immersion, time, fluency [14]

Ten years to read a newspaper? I'm sorry, but that must be hyperbole right? One year of Russian and I can read a newspaper with a dictionary in a reasonable amount of time. Writing, speaking, and other active uses of language of course take longer. But understanding and reading should come with less time, no?
QueenSide   
10 Dec 2011
Language / Polish language immersion, time, fluency [14]

Wulkan: QueenSide:
and maybe a vocabulary of around 500 words?

500 words in 2 years? is this supposed to be a language immersion?

500 words from a university-run Russian course is not little if you consider how divergent Russian is from English - how many classes do you think she had a week - 10? i bet it was just 2 a week - which is definitely not an intensive teaching

Sorry for there to be so much misunderstanding. My goal of 500 words was BEFORE I leave to live in Poland. I want to have a foundation before I leave. From that point, I would be in immersion setting, where I was wondering at what rate my proficiency would improve, and to what degree.

500 words +grammatical cases was about the amount I had after 1 course of Russian at university level (in America), classes five days a week for 15 weeks. I have since taken 5 courses.

Thanks for the direction to the youtube videos, those were interesting and helpful.