Learning rooms · C2

Nuances and style

Intention, irony and subtle differences

Examples and language material remain in Polish because Polish is the target language of the course.

Can-do outcome

I can precisely read implicature, irony and tone and reproduce the meaning in a different register.

01

Grammar in use

epistemic and pragmatic modality; particles; ellipse and marked word order

02

Pronunciation and prosody

micro intonation of irony, distance and commitment

03

Communicative functions

reading implicature • tone calibration • register transposition

04

Social and cultural context

pragmatics of Polish conversation and the risk of over-interpretation

Six lessons

Active vocabulary

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Expected skills · C2

reading

virtually every text, including ambiguous and stylistically complex ones

listening

any tempo, variations and pragmatic subtleties

writing

refined text with purposeful architecture and style

speaking

precise, spontaneous expression with full control of the register

mediation

responsible transfer of meaning between discourses

accuracy

full, flexible control with the possibility of intentionally violating the stylistic norm

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