PREFACE
Read each narrative/exercise in its proper sequence. Practice reading them aloud. Practice forming questions aloud from exercises.
If you are studying alone, practice with a tape/cassette recorder, if one is available. Drill yourself on declension of nouns, conjugation of verbs and vocabulary on paper.
If you have a study partner, drill each other orally and correct each other.
You must use each exercise in its proper sequence, but you may proceed through the exercises and vocabulary at your own pace, covering several in one study session.
This recommeded study technique is intended to enable you to determine your own basic level of difficulty as rapidly and efficiently as possible while also covering all basic material to check for unsuspected weak areas.
when you reach an exercise which presents difficulty in grammar, refer to that element of grammar in the Compiled Grammar Notes book. In the first part of Phase I each exercise has a new grammar identifier in the table of contents of Volume I to enable you to locate the proper section in Grammar Notes.
When the trouble area is satisfactorily resolved, and you can properly understand and apply the new grammar, you may proceed at your own pace, in the sequence of lessons, to the next area of difficulty.
An alternate technique of self-study is to review each complete element of grammar in the Grammar Notes as you meet with the first exercises introducing that grammar. This could enhance the speed and sense of progress in dealing with and mastering the basic material.
Upon completing this text, the linguist will be able to:
- Analyze Polish sentences in your exercises by parts of speech (subject, predicate, direct and indirect objects, modifiers, prepositions).
- Identify parts of speech by declension case and gender endings, conjugation endings and prepositions.
- Respond to vocabulary covered in the phase to 90% accuracy, whether asked in Polish or English.
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