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POLISH

Postby mbateman on November 13th, 2011, 7:08 pm

Readers looking to learn POLISH should consider buying “Beginning Polish (revised edition) Volumes I and II” published by the Yale University Press. This is NOT “public domain” material, as is the case for the courses on this website. However, the author, Alexander M. Schenker, adopted a language-teaching methodology VERY similar to that of the FSI Basic courses which, for those of us who respond well to the method, makes these books worth serious consideration. The books are available from many sellers on the internet with prices varying from 49$ to 78$ for new editions (used copies selling for much lower prices).

The originally series was accompanied by two sets of cassette tapes (approximately 19 cassettes for each of the two volumes). Some sellers still offer the cassettes for Volume I. However, tracking down the recordings for Volume II proved to be quite a challenge, as both Yale University and the Center for Applied Linguistics had ceased offering them some years ago. Recently, Mr. Tim Shea, Editor, World Languages, Yale University Press, kindly recovered the original recordings and posted mp3 files for both volumes (25 lessons/drills) on Yale’s website. Here’s the link that he sent me:

http://archive.cls.yale.edu/polish/

If you’re serious about learning Polish and you respond well to the now-out-of-fashion FSI Basic courses, do yourself a favour and pick up a copy of Alexander Schenker’s “Beginning Polish (revised edition) Volumes I and II”.
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Re: POLISH

Postby chung on November 14th, 2011, 10:13 am

Thanks for prodding Yale to get it back online.

Even though I had already downloaded this audio from the original site, I got a little worried when I found out a few months ago that Yale had taken all of it down.
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Re: POLISH

Postby mbateman on January 8th, 2012, 3:04 pm

I recently bought a copy Oscar E. Swan's textbook "FIRST YEAR POLISH, Second Edition, 1983". Like Alexander Schenker, Mr. Swan adopted a teaching approach that is similar to that of the FSI Basic programs. Responding to my request concerning the availability of the original recordings (cassettes, CDs, mp3 files) that accompanied the Second Edition, Oscar Swan very graciously send me the following LINK to the archived sound files:

http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/CDs/FYP-CDs/

I would point out that the recordings accessible by this link are "aiff" sound files and do not seem to operate directly in a Microsoft Windows environment (I'm not a whiz at computers). I downloaded the sound files and converted them to "mp3" files for my own use. By following this route, I acquired a highly regarded Polish language programme at very little cost.

A Third Edition of Oscar Swan's First Year Polish course is available online at the University of Pittsburgh.

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