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Complete:: Polish Language Course

The Polish FAST Course is designed as a survival language course. The emphasis is on developing the necessary language skills to handle the most frequent situations a visitor would meet with while traveling in Poland. This course is divided into 14 units with grammar exercises following unit 14. Topics covered are: exchanging greetings and introductions, looking for someone at the embassy, getting around on foot, using the telephone, eating out, staying at a hotel, shopping, social life / visiting with the neighbors, making appointments, giving a party, getting around by car, dealing with emergencies, and doing repairs and renovations. Learning activities in most units are: cultural notes, dialogues, exercises and drills, additional vocabulary, and language notes.

The Polish Familiarizaton and Short-term Training (FAST) Course has been developed by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) School of Language Studies Polish teaching staff, under the direction of Hedy A. St. Denis. The field test version was prepared in 1985 by Krystyna Stypulkowska-Smith. Grammar review exercises were written by Krystyna Sadlowska in 1988. Technical guidance during the early stages of development was provided by Martha Gowland. Hedy A. St. Denis and Michael S. Allen edited the text. Special contributions in proofreading, formatting, revising, and course design were made by the Polish teaching staff: Anna Budzinski, Izabella Cornwell, Grazyna Gerlach, Victor Litwinski, Ewa Paz, Katarzyna Szymariska, EWa Vorndran, and Krystyna Wolanczyk.

Polish

Level I

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4 Audio CDs w/ Printed Manual

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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

Zloty Slides as Polish Central Banker Says Ready to Intervene (Bloomberg)

Thu, Mar 11, 2010 06:15:26 CST
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The Polish zloty extended losses for a third day after Deputy Central Bank Governor Piotr Wiesiolek told PAP newswire that the bank is operationally ready to intervene on the foreign-exchange market if necessary.
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Polish mom wins battle for child's custody in Lahore; father faints in court (AsiaOne)

Thu, Mar 11, 2010 06:15:26 CST
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LAHORE - A Polish woman won a legal battle for the custody of her minor son from her former husband through order of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday.
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Triton College: 'Polish College Visit Day' March 13 (Oak Park Leaves)

Thu, Mar 11, 2010 06:15:26 CST
http%3A//www.pioneerlocal.com/
Triton College will host a "Polish College Visit Day" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 13 in the Triton College Student Center, Room B-204, located on the west side of Triton's main campus, 2000 Fifth Ave., River Grove.
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PM highlights Vietnamese ties with France, Poland (Nhan Dan)

Thu, Mar 11, 2010 06:15:26 CST
http%3A//www.nhandan.com.vn/
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung highlighted Vietnam's ties with France and Poland, while separately receiving the French and Polish ambassadors in Hanoi on March 10.
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IKEA wants own bank in Poland (Warsaw Business Journal)

Thu, Mar 11, 2010 06:15:26 CST
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Germany-based Ikano Bank, owned by the IKEA Group, has told the Financial Supervision Authority that it plans to set up a division in Poland. IKEA currently co-operates with Alior Bank in the Polish consumer finance market.
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East Lancashire police meetings for Polish and Lithuanian speakers (Lancashire Telegraph)

Thu, Mar 11, 2010 06:15:26 CST
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BURNLEY and Pendle residents from Poland and Lithuania are being given the chance to meet regularly with local police officers.
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Polish skier fails Olympic doping test (EARTHtimes.org)

Thu, Mar 11, 2010 06:15:26 CST
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Warsaw - Polish cross-country skier Cornelia Marek failed a doping test at last month's Vancouver Olympics, local media reported on Thursday. The Polish Olympic committee was quoted as saying that Marek was caught after the women's relay race on Febr
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010

GDF Suez Is Looking at Power Opportunities in Poland (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 14:15:43 CST
http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/ - 16 hours ago
GDF Suez SA, France's second- largest electricity producer, is looking at power opportunities in Poland where it sees "a lot of growth potential," Vice Chairman Jean-Francois Cirelli said.
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Research and Markets: Dairy Products in Poland (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 14:15:43 CST
http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/ - 16 hours ago
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Dairy Products in Poland" report to their offering.
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Police meetings for Polish and Lithuanians in Burnley and Nelson (Lancashire Telegraph)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 14:15:43 CST
http%3A//www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/ - 16 hours ago
BURNLEY residents from Poland and Lithuania are being given the chance to meet regularly with local police officers.
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Polish Yields Fall to 3-Year Low at Sale on Rate Bets (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 14:15:43 CST
http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/ - 16 hours ago
Polish two-year bond yields fell to the lowest level in almost three years at today's auction as investors scaled back expectations interest rates will rise by yearend.
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Aston Martin opens first showroom in Poland (Warsaw Business Journal)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 14:15:43 CST
http%3A//www.wbj.pl/ - 16 hours ago
Luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin officially opened its first showroom in Poland on Wednesday.
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Poland, EU 'Very Close' to Compromise on CO2 Cap, Official Says (Bloomberg)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 14:08:50 CST
http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/ - 16 hours 7 minutes ago
Poland and the European Union are "very close" to a compromise on the country's carbon cap, and a decision on new emission limits may be reached by the end of this month, a senior Polish official said.
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Polish ambassador highly estimates Armenias participation in EU Eastern Partnership (PanARMENIAN.Net)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 11:06:45 CST
http%3A//www.panarmenian.net/ - 19 hours 9 minutes ago
Armenia and Poland will sign an intergovernmental agreement on economic cooperation.
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Poland seeks to develop strategic relations with S Caucasian countries (Itar-Tass)

Wed, Mar 10, 2010 11:01:01 CST
http%3A//www.itar-tass.com/ - 19 hours 14 minutes ago
BAKU, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - Poland considers its relations with South Caucasian countries strategic, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. In his meeting with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade on Wednesday, Tusk said, "For long years Azerbaijan is our valuable partner."
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Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010

Polish Catholic Paper Punished for Abortion View (Zenit News Agency)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 22:16:05 CST
http%3A//www.zenit.org/ 1 day 7 hours 59 minutes ago
ROME, MARCH 9, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- The Catholic weekly published by the Archdiocese of Katovice has lost an appeal and is being obliged to pay compensation and apologize to a woman who has become a symbolic figure for the pro-abortion campaign in Poland.
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Masai, Dibaba set to renew rivalry in Poland (People's Daily)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 22:16:05 CST
http%3A//english.people.com.cn/ 1 day 7 hours 59 minutes ago
Linet Masai and Tirunesh Dibaba have clashed twice, in Beijing China and New York City and each has claimed victory once. But that will be changed when they meet in Bydgoszcz, Poland for the world cross country championship on March 28. Masai, the world champion over the 10,000m distance, is the pretender to the throne having triumphed when the King Dibaba was injured in Berlin World
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FM, Polish envoy discuss strategic partnership (Nine O'Clock)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 20:25:56 CST
http%3A//www.nineoclock.ro/ 1 day 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Polish Ambassador to Bucharest Wojciech Zajezkowski on Monday met with Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi, to discuss implementation of the Strategic Partnership between the two countries including common projects with the potential of generating more bilateral trade.
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Polish Magazine Faces Extremism Charges (The Moscow Times)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 18:06:14 CST
http%3A//www.themoscowtimes.com/ 1 day 12 hours 9 minutes ago
Moscow prosecutors may slap extremism charges against a Polish literary magazine in a case that threatens to strain Polish-Russian relations just a month before Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with his Polish counterpart for a historic meeting.
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Skrzypek Sees Polish Price Risk Easing on Zloty, Data (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 10:15:19 CST
http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/ 1 day 20 hours ago
Poland doesn't face a rising risk of inflation and some economic reports suggest "inflationary pressure could be lower" than previously assessed, central bank Governor Slawomir Skrzypek said.
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Poland to Sell at Least 200 Million Swiss Franc Bond (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 10:15:18 CST
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Poland plans to raise at least 200 million Swiss francs ($186 million) in its first sale of bonds in the currency since August, Deputy Finance Minister Dominik Radziwill said in a messaged response to Bloomberg.
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Poland Sells Bogdanka Stake for 1.1 Billion Zloty (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 10:15:18 CST
http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/ 1 day 20 hours ago
Poland sold 46.7 percent of Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA , the country's only publicly traded coal producer, bringing the government's sale of state assets this year to about a fifth of its target.
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Nigel Kennedy lines up soundtrack to 1973 England v Poland game (Guardian Unlimited)

Tue, Mar 09, 2010 09:32:35 CST
http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/ 1 day 20 hours 43 minutes ago
Violinist and Polish jazz band to improvise during screening of match as part of Southbank festival of Polish culture It was one of the most traumatic matches in England's football history, the one where that "clown" Jan Tomaszewski made save after save ensuring Poland went to the World Cup and - unthinkably - England didn't. So the decision by the violinist Nigel Kennedy to screen it at the
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Monday, Mar 08, 2010

Polish firms fake bankruptcy (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

Mon, Mar 08, 2010 18:15:36 CST
http%3A//rss.feedsportal.com/ 2 days 12 hours ago
Of 700 companies declared bankrupt last year over 600 might have been 'frauds,' a Polish daily reported on Monday
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Gizmodo Poland! [Meta] (Gizmodo)

Mon, Mar 08, 2010 18:15:36 CST
http%3A//gizmodo.com/ 2 days 12 hours ago
Gizmodo Poland launched today. The guy in charge is Rafal Tomanski, who was a finalist on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Poland, and walked away with the 500k prize after not wanting to risk it all on a single question. He speaks 8 languages and has degrees in Japanese cinema and international relations and has been a freelance writer for a long time. He's kind of a genius and I'm glad he's
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EU orders halt to Polish Internet traffic plan (CIOL)

Mon, Mar 08, 2010 02:15:47 CST
http%3A//www.ciol.com/ 3 days 4 hours ago
The Polish body, Urzad Komunikacji Elektronicznej (UKE), has failed to show that competitive conditions require the sector to be regulated, the European Union executive said on Friday.
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Poland to host U.S. missiles in April (Space War)

Mon, Mar 08, 2010 02:15:46 CST
http%3A//www.spacewar.com/ 3 days 4 hours ago
Warsaw, Poland (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 - Confirming a move speculated for months, Poland announced plans to host controversial U.S. Patriot missiles and a contingent of U.S. troops that will operate them, by April.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-08 07:48 Polish 2010 budget gap may be lower - PM's aide (Interactive Investor)

Mon, Mar 08, 2010 02:15:46 CST
http%3A//www.iii.co.uk/ 3 days 4 hours ago
WARSAW, March 8 (Reuters) - Poland's 2010 budget deficit could be 10-15 billion zlotys lower than the 52.2 billion zloty ($18.5 billion) target, Prime Minister Donald Tusk's top aide Michal Boni said on Monday. "The deficit could be 10-15 billion lower, the level of 30-35 billion zlotys of deficit is possible," Boni said in an interview with Polish public radio.
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