Can anyone tell me if the courses given by the Polish Cultural Institute (London) are any good, or would you advice private lessons which are more expensive. Want to give myself a challenge to listen/speak Polish. It seems so difficult don't know where to start.
forget about expensive courses or private lessons.find a polish friend (preferably girlfriend:) ) who doesn't speak english or doesn't speak much.u will learn very quickly.my friend from new zealand(born in poland but rised in new zealand-didn't speak polish when he came to the uk last year) meet his polish girlfriend 8 months ago and now is fluent in polish(she still doesn't speak english:)and....they r getting married next week
A friend certainly helps a great amount, good for explaining and the parts of language you'll never get from any book and just have to be around. But so does self-study to supplement. Books or the website for the U Pittsburgh program are incredibly well done.
But be careful what your Polish friend teaches you. Besides laughing her head off when you say Polish tounge twisters, make sure what she tells you is what it actually is.
I had two polish girlfriends in the last 8 year and know that's the the best way to learn the language, have been over to your country many times and learned some words/frases, sadly last relation is in the fridge at the moment for a reason I dunno, maybe sometimes man never understand women and the same the other way round:) Back to the subject, I wanna learn the language so!!!!!
polish.slavic.pitt.edu looks promising to start together with the books from Barbara Bartnicka and this website if you want to help me out so now and then:) :)
IMHO the best way to learn Polish is to start learning a languageis to go to Poland, preferably Krakow and enroll on a course. That's what I did last year – it was a 2-week stay where they teach you Polish (check out varia-course.com). It was very motivating when they take you on different trips, show you strange and beautiful places in the city, organize lessons in pubs etc. It's not only about learning the language but more about getting to know the culture, really – that's why it was such fun and encouragement for further study. I think that during those 2 weeks I learnt a lot more than a person studying for, say, 2 months in a regular course. It was, like I said, because of the culture but I also owe a lot to my Polish host – a nice Polish student (even though he wasn't free :( )...
Yep, sledz... And that's a shame :( Finding a pen pal is a good solution if you can't go to Poland... When you're advanced enough to have a conversation (even about the weather) it is great fun when you can chat in Polish on the internet. It's best to have someone who'll learn your language so you both can benefit. Having a Polish-speaking pen pal is a great motivation and might also provie an opportunity to go to Poland someday.
Can anyone tell me where I could learn Polish for free ? I'm 1/4 Polish and I'm really interested in learning the Polish language. My friends think I'm really weird but I don't think so!!
The Hyman Pinckus school of proper polish it taking applications for the winter semester. Whew my polish wife has told me a lot of the spellings and wordings leave much to be desired (but all poked in fun). Who you ask am I to comment on such a terribly important situtation? I am Polish through injection!!!! Nas droWOWie!!! (and if it is spelled wrong- have another drink!!!!!!!!).
Jan 18, 10, 21:54 - Thread attached on merging: What are some ways to become a better Polish speaker and fluent?
I live in Milwaukee, WI and I would like to learn Polish. Not much of my family knows the Polish language anymore so I can't go to the family, what are some ways?
There is a lot of information on learning Polish on this site. Use the search box in the top right hand of this page to search through the site, using key words, to find what you are looking for.
This should help to get you started : polishforums.com/language-17/collection-learning-resources-31442/ Good luck!
Hi, i would take private lessons as learning from listening to someone & conversations are the best. i am a scottish woman & my husband is polish, after a yr of listening to conversations using polish 101 on youtube i can now isolate some conversation & know what it means unfortunately i do not speak much polish but im still learning little amounts by watching favourite films with polish subs or with lektor which is a bit hard but its all coming along nicely. hope this helps
Hi, I have a long term Polish girlfriend and am looking for recommended ways to learn the Polish language so I can interact with her family who speak very little English.
We've tried for her to teach me, but it's not working. I tend to get hung up on the pronunciation (or my inability to get my tongue around the words correctly), and then she starts laughing and I end up embarrassed and giving up. So I've decided I need to find another way. Are there any recommended tools for learning such as online training courses or would you recommend a course or private lessons. I'm based near Watford in North London.
I'm learning English by watching youtubers. I choose things that interest me much as cars, electronics, what guarantee not boring me after 5 minutes.
It took months for me to remember how to pronounce awesome and unavailable ;) I think the only way is to repeat after native speaker zillion times per day until you unlock your tongue.
This guy recommends listening to the radio and reading aloud: ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/the-most-efficient-ways-learn-english
