Textbooks for Beginning Polish

[John C. DeSantis]

--- Svetlana Grenier wrote:
Could you please share with me your experience with textbooks of
Polish?  Which texts do you use/have you used, and what are the pros and
cons of them?  I would greatly appreciate any information and
recommendations (I am about to teach Beginning Polish, in the Fall)!
--- end of quote ---

  Svetlana--
It's been many years since I've been involved in teaching, but I can tell you that Alexander Schenker's _Beginning Polish_ is considered the classic.  I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for use in today's classroom, since it's rather dated, but the methodology used in it certainly warrants giving it a look.
  My personal favorite is Oscar Swan's _First Year Polish_.  Swan uses a fresh, original and even entertaining approach to language instruction, and has also produced a higher-level textbook called _Intermediate Polish_.  Experience has shown that students respond quite favourably to Swan's approach.  Best wishes!


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John DeSantis
Russian and Slavic Bibliographer
Dartmouth College Librray
Hanover, NH  03755
Voice-mail: (603) 646-0413
FAX:  (603) 646-3702
janusz at dartmouth.edu
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