Polish: Beginner Level 4 *In-Person*

This level is for students who have at least 35 hours of classroom time in Polish within the last 2 years, can read short texts, listen and generally understand familiar topics in Polish news, can communicate in routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics, and can use a series of phrases to discuss in simple terms areas of immediate personal relevance. Following the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference, students at this level will learn to handle short social exchanges, read short texts, write personal letters, and talk about past, present and future events. Instructor: Edward Mitukiewicz

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Ed Mitukiewicz is Polish by birth and American by choice. Ed is a mathematician and computer scientist by education, researcher and technology consultant by profession, and amateur cartographer and genealogist by coincidence. Ed has a particular weakness for old maps - rumor has it that Ed never met one he did not like. Ed worked as editor, translator and map consultant during the production of the 2015 “Raise the Roof” documentary film about reconstruction of the 18th century wooden synagogue of Gwozdziec. At recent genealogy conferences in Poland, Israel and United States Ed presented illustrative scenarios of using historical maps in genealogical research. Ed has been teaching Polish at CCAE since 2018.