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IN ENGLISH Back to university life: exam session T his semester Centre of Languages and Commu- nication at PUT is going to experience exams in real life, in written form, and face-to-face. Exams at a university are nothing new, but this particular exam session is important, as for the past 2 years we were forced into online-only exams due to Co- vid-19-connected restrictions. This year marks the return – perhaps for good – of so well-known form of language exams. For the CLC lecturers it’s nothing new, we could even say business as usual, but it would be interesting to take a look at exam session through students’ eyes. That is why we asked two group of students to share their opi- nions and perspective, and you can find some of the an- swers below. [Retained original spelling and style] It will be the first time when the exam session will be on pla- ce. Last two exam sessions were online. But I don’t feel bad with this. We meet every time with students during weekend for this reason. I don’t think that it will be some problem for me. It will be different but no big impact on my thinking. Management Engineering, 2nd year It’s the first exam session after pandemic, but it’s my first exam session in Politechnika, not online. I feel stressed and very nervous. It’s hard to get back to learning in buildings, not in front of the computer, at home. I know that online exam session would be more comfortable, but we have a problem with communication and learning. I think that the next exam session will be hard but I know we will do it ;-) Management Engineering, 2nd year
Situation is every time tentative about pandemic. This is my to rely on their own while writing exams in the classroom. first semester on site, in the building. Every week there is un- The only problem with that is that some of the exams will certainty about going back to school. At the same time it is be written stationary and the rest will be online so it may be really good to meet friends, have opportunity to talk in real a bit confusing for students, especially because its dates are life. Thanks to going back to school, our lessons are more not known to this moment. Also forms of the exam change effective and creative. almost every week. Management Engineering, 2nd year Architecture, 2nd year From the students‘ perspective stationary exam session is I guess I am not the only person who is terrified about only definitely harder than its online replacement and in my opi- just thinking of stationary session. Especially, it is my first nion most of the students rather want to participate in an one. Sitting in the class and being observed, stresses me but online exam session. However, we all knew that stationary maybe sitting with my mates could help me get rid of this session would get us someday and for his reason we should- stress. I am crossing fingers for everyone struggling now n’t get upset and do our best to pass it as fast as possible. and wish you everyone best scores and stresses exams ;-) Architecture, 2nd year Architecture, 2nd year In my opinion, the first end-of-term session after pandemic will be much more reliable because some students will have Maciej Jablonski hat den dritten Platz belegt V on 27. bis 29. Oktober diesmal ausgelost, deswegen war ich 2021 fand das Finale der eigentlich nicht sicher, worüber ich XVI. Gesamtpolnischen sprechen werde. Mein Thema war Aus- Deutscholympiade für landserfahrungen – ein nettes, nicht Studenten Technischer Hochschulen so schwieriges Thema, das mir echt statt, das von der Schlesischen Tech- gefiel. Insgesamt drehte sich das Fina- nischen Universität organisiert wur- le um die Themen der modernen Welt de. Das Ziel der Olympiade war es, und Technik. die Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse der Studierenden in Deutsch zu testen JS: Was war für dich am und die angehenden Ingenieure zu er- schwierigsten? mutigen, ihre Deutschkenntnisse mit Elementen der Fachsprache sowie der MJ: Eines der Themen für den ersten Kultur der deutschsprachigen Länder Teil – modernes, umweltfreundliches zu erweitern. Wir freuen uns, Ihnen und effizientes Wohnen und Bauen. mitteilen zu können, dass Herr Maciej Ehrlich gesagt weiß ich nichts davon Jablonski, Student der Fakultät für und es war für mich schwierig, mich 2 GŁOS POLITECHNIKI | STYCZEŃ / LUTY 2022
Automatisierung, Robotik und Elektrotechnik, den drit- irgendwie dafür vorzubereiten. Zum Glück habe ich dieses ten Platz belegt hat. Hiermit präsentieren wir ein Inter- Thema nicht ausgelost. view mit unserem Preisträger: JS: Warst du gestresst? JS: Kannst du dich kurz vorstellen? MJ: Na klar! Ich hasse mich irgendwie in der Öffentlichkeit MJ: Ich bin Maciej. Ich studiere Mathematik in Technologie zu äußern (das gilt auch, wenn das Finale online durch- im ersten Studienjahr. Früher studierte ich Automatik und geführt wurde), ich fühle mich nicht unbedingt gut, wenn Robotik, allerdings habe ich mich dafür entschieden, den ich auf Deutsch sprechen muss (wegen der Tatsache, dass Studiengang zu wechseln. Ich interessiere mich (selbstver- ich immer noch viele Fehler mache). Vor dem Finale gab ständlich) für Mathematik – deswegen bin ich jetzt hier. es auch mehrere Kommunikationsprobleme, die mich auch Außerdem, linguistisch gesehen, bin ich an Phraseologie gestresst haben. interessiert – in dem Bereich der kontrastiven Phraseologie im Sprachenpaar Englisch-Deutsch fühle ich mich unheim- JS: Hast du irgendwelche Gedanken oder lich gut. In Zukunft würde ich gerne Mathematik mit den Schlussfolgerungen zu der Olympiade? Fremdsprachen irgendwie verbinden. Das scheint ein wenig schwierig (und sinnlos) zu sein – mal sehen, wie es geht. MJ: Es hat mir Spaß gemacht. Ich konnte mich entwickeln (linguistisch und im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz). Es JS: Am Anfang gratuliere ich dir zum dritten Platz bei war auch eine Herausforderung – und ich nehme alle Her- der XVI. Gesamtpolnischen Deutscholympiade für ausforderungen gerne an. Studenten Technischer Hochschulen. Das ist wirklich eine gute Leistung! JS: Nicht jeder, der Deutsch an der Universität lernt, brennt darauf an der Deutscholympiade teilzunehmen. MJ: Danke sehr – ich bin sehr stolz darauf, dass ich das Wenn du deine Mitstudierenden aus den unteren schaffen konnte. Semestern zur Teilnahme an diesem Wettbewerb oder einfach zum Deutschlernen motivieren solltest, was JS: Was für ein Gefühl war es, als du bei der Verkündung würdest du ihnen sagen? der Gewinner deinen Namen gefunden hast? MJ: Es ist schwierig, die anderen dazu zu motivieren. Wenn MJ: Es was definitiv etwas Außerordentliches – ehrlich ge- man die Fremdsprachen echt lernen will, dann muss man sagt habe ich das nicht erwartet. Ich hatte ja einen Ein- das auch gerne machen – Fremdsprachen müssen uns am druck, dass das Finale mir schief gelaufen ist – es stellte Herzen liegen – was sehr häufig an der technischen Uni- sich heraus, dass es anders aussieht. versität nicht der Fall ist. Mein Rat wäre, dass man das machen sollte, was man machen will – wenn man an der JS: Wie hat das Finale ausgesehen? Was solltest du Olympiade teilnehmen will, dann sollte man das einfach vorbereiten und wie ist das Gespräch verlaufen? machen, ohne daran zu viel zu denken. Es sollte vor allem eine tolle Erfahrung sein und es sollte Spaß machen – mei- MJ: Das Finale war zweiteilig – zuerst musste ich eine Prä- ner Ansicht nach ist es das Wichtigste. sentation vorbereiten. Es gab 6 Themen, daraus musste ich ein Thema wählen und mich dazu äußern. Meine Wahl JS: Vielen Dank für das Gespräch. war das Thema über künstliche Intelligenz, weil ich fühlte, dass es das beste Thema für eine solche Präsentation war. Joanna Skrobała Der zweite Teil bestand darin, dass ich meine Meinung mündlich zu einem anderen Thema vorstellen musste. Es gab 8 Themen, die ich schon kannte. Das Thema wurde EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 3
West Virginia University W est Virginia University (WVU), the home of letic Association) athletic teams, both men’s and women’s. the Mountaineers, is nestled in the beau- The students and faculty at WVU take great pride in these tiful, rolling hills of the Appalachian Mo- teams, which is apparent when attending a sold-out Ame- untains in the city of Morgantown, West rican football game in Milan Puskar Stadium (the school’s Virginia, on the east coast of the United States of America. 60,000-seat football stadium) or in The WVU Coliseum WVU has a student population of approximately 30,000 (the school’s 14,000-seat indoor sports arena). If the po- including both undergraduate and graduate students. The pular WVU athletic events are sold out, there are numero- population of Morgantown is also 30,000, so when the us bars and restaurants in Morgantown, serving American students are in session, the population of the small city and international cuisine while showing the games on TV. doubles. Because of this, Morgantown is often classified And if there are no university events happening on a given as a “college town” because life in the city revolves mostly day, Morgantown is situated near many state parks with around WVU. hiking trails, mountain climbing, and picturesque scenery. Not only are there multiple university subjects to study in WVU is the largest university in the state of West Virgi- Morgantown, there are also many interesting things to do nia, offering hundreds of unique subjects to study - from and beautiful sighs to see. engineering to sciences to liberal arts to humanities. WVU also has multiple Division I NCAA (National Collegiate Ath- John Kolar, Fulbright scholar at CLC PUT 23rd National Olympiad of the English Language for Students of Technical Universities T he Centre of Languages and Communication is Olympiad. Because of Covid-19 related restrictions, natio- delighted to announce that on Friday, 14th January nal semi-final of the Olympiad was held online, at partici- 2022, the first stage of the 23rd National Olympiad pants’ own universities. These were written internal quali- of the English Language for Students of Technical fications at universities using remote methods of teaching Universities, that is national semi-final took place. Every and checking knowledge based on the test prepared at Po- year Poznan University of Technology acts as the host of znan University of Technology by Centre of Languages and this huge event with hundreds of students taking part and Communication in Poznan. with lots of sponsors and special guests attending. The goal of the Olympiad is to popularize the English language This year students competing and representing their uni- among students of technical universities in Poland because versities in the first stage of the Olympiad were from all English is a big asset for every young engineer. over Poland, respectively: This year 545 students from 15 technical universities x 1 student represented Politechnika Białostocka throughout the country took part in the first stage of the x 16 students represented Politechnika Bydgoska 4 GŁOS POLITECHNIKI | STYCZEŃ / LUTY 2022
x 15 students represented Politechnika Częstochowska The second stage, the written part, will be held on 13th May x 4 students represented Politechnika Opolska 2022, from 12 pm to 2 pm, whereas the oral part of the se- x 6 students represented Politechnika Warszawska cond stage will be conducted the same day at 3:15 pm. The x 20 students represented Politechnika Łódzka final stage of the Olympiad will take place on 14th May 2022 x 27 students represented Politechnika Lubelska at 9 am (it will be conducted in the form of Oxford debate). x 32 students represented Politechnika Gdańska All parts will be held at Poznań University of Technology. x 21 students represented Politechnika Świętokrzyska in Kielce The whole event is organized and managed by a small x 81 students represented Politechnika Poznańska team of English lecturers from Poznan University of Tech- x 3 students represented Polsko-Japońska Akademia nology, with Edyta Olejarczuk, PhD as a coordinator, and Technik Komputerowych in Gdansk Agnieszka Łukasik, MA, Elżbieta Jeziorek, MA, Hanna No- x 47 students represented Akademia Morska in Szczecin wak, MA, as team members. x 109 students represented Politechnika Śląska x 104 students represented Politechnika Wrocławska Hanna Nowak, MA x 59 students represented Politechnika Rzeszowska DOS and DON’TS T urning texts into a formal piece of writing can be a challenge for some of the students. This skill seems of formal e-mail etiquette to be especially effective during the winter session when students need to produce formal e-mails or other forms of formal register. Here are some DOS and DON’TS DON’T shoot from the lip. of a formal e-mail etiquette that you may find useful du- Make sure you bottle up your negative emotions when re- ring your exams and not only. plying to e-mails, or better, consider sending it at a later time when your emotions settle down. Avoid giving a qu- DO have a clear subject line. ick, flip response and rather give your e-mail a thoughtful Remember that the clearer your subject line is, the less consideration before replying. frustrated will be your recipient and the more likely you will get a prompt reply. DON’T! overuse exclamation points. This seems to be a golden rule of any professional e-mail. DO use a professional salutation. CAPITALS, #hashtags, exclamation marks, emoticons and Using informal “Hey,” “Yo,” or “Hiya” is out of the question abbreviations never translate well in formal communica- in formal writing so remember to write a person’s name in tion. Although they do not break the rule of e-mail etiqu- the salutation “Hello/Dear Mark” is far more appropriate in ette, you ought to leave them off for less formal messages formal communication. with a friend of yours. DO proofread your message. It takes time and practice to brush up on your writing skills, Judging a book by its cover? Yes, in the case of writing for- however, in the long run your writing will become more co- mal e-mails the way your e-mail is structured speaks vo- herent, organised and polished. lumes of your writing skills and validates your soft skills. It is always a good idea to doublecheck for misspelled words References: www.entrepreneur.com/article/272780 and grammatical errors which can be the sign of, to say the least, your carelessness. By Marta Strukowska, MA EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 5
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