Added: 12/04/2005 |
A good opportunity to learn PolishThe Polish language is the official language of the Republic of Poland, and it is spoken as a first language of the vast majority of its 39 million people. Over 3 million people living abroad also speak Polish, mostly in the United States and Canada.
The Polish language (along with Slovak and Czech) belongs to the West Slavic group of the Slavic subfamily of Indo-European languages. Linguists believe that the Slavic languages have retained the features of the original Proto-Indo-European language to a much greater degree than have the Germanic and Romance languages. The spoken Slavic languages also show more similarity among themselves than do the Germanic or the Romance languages.
Polish is written in the Latin alphabet, with the addition of diacritical marks over some of the letters. As you learn Polish, you will notice that some Polish vocabulary words resemble English. But don't assume that a Polish vocabulary word always means what you think it does!
Today you have the opportunity to learn Polish in the heart of central Europe with language schools in Poland and study abroad programs such as the the program offered by the Cracovia Academy of Polish Language and Culture.
This language school offers Polish language and culture courses in the UNESCO protected city of Krakow (Cracow), the most historic and culturally magnificent city of Poland and one of the best preserved medieval centres of all Europe. In addition to the Polish language and culture courses, they also provide accommodation in Krakow and custom tours for individuals and groups.
Polish language and culture courses include a wide variety of additional accommodation and tourist options. You may choose from homestays with Polish families, summer hotels or executive quality suites and apartments in Krakow's medieval town centre. You may also customize your tourist options to include additional day trips to the Martyrdom museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the socialist realist inspired city of Nowa Huta and the world-famous UNESCO protected Wieliczka Salt Mines. The more adventurous at heart can also experience hot-air ballooning, sky-diving and glider-flights over Southern Poland!
It must be interesting and cognitive to learn Polish in Poland.With the Cracovia Academy you could learn Polish and and immerse in culture programs taught by expert academic lecturers with extensive experience. The Polish language courses include daily classroom instruction and are supplemented with an extensive Krakow tourist and social program.
Fully guided tours of museums and historic sites within the old town of Krakow such as Wawel Castle, St. Florian's gate, the Sukiennice Cloth Hall, the Barbakan fortifications, the Mariacki Church and the old Jewish quarter of Kazimierz. The tourist program also includes excursions to various cultural events and concerts within old Krakow, as well as a trip to Zakopane and the Tatra mountains. The courses not only make you learn Polish, they also give the students the opportunity to experience and explore first hand, the cultural heart of Poland.
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