how do you prefer to learn?
Smart or slow?
Quick and specific, or more careful and analytical.
SMART
- You start learning Polish from the beginning (you will be working with our A Dlaczego? textbook)
- You are curiosity-driven or you have to learn Polish
- You don’t have much time: just a week, a month, three months, half a year
- You want to learn as much as possible in a short time
- You focus on practical skills
- You just want to talk
- You want to learn the necessary forms to be able to communicate: transport, food and restaurant, etc.
- You want to use grammar to communicate
- Intuition and deduction in learning grammar
- You want the instant effect
- You don’t take yourself too seriously
- You are practical
- You communicate using the basic vocabulary, you are able to use other means of communication such as body language
- Polish doesn’t scare you
SLOW
- You start learning Polish, you are from a Slavic country
- You want to learn the language because you live here, work here, and you want to stay for a longer period of time
- You have a lot of time: a year or even several years, you plan to stay in Poland for a longer period of time
- Slowly but surely, you are not in a hurry
- You focus on practical skills, but grammar included
- You want to develop skills in speaking, reading, and writing
- You want to learn not only the language, but also the realities of living in Poland
- You want to focus on grammar to achieve accuracy
- Intuition and deduction in learning grammar
- You understand that learning is a process
- You learn by taking your time to do it
- You want to compare Polish to other languages, you play with words, contexts
- You take your time in learning to communicate
- You understand that Polish might not be as easy as English or Spanish and you know there will be challenges along the way
