FSI Course Overview

The Familiarization and Short-Term Training (FAST) courses are specially designed programs with dual objectives: (1) to familiarize students with the situations they are likely to encounter overseas, and (2) to provide them with the language skills they need to cope effectively with those situations.

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.

Polish Language Facts

Polish is a member of the West Slavic group of languages, spoken by 40 million people, chiefly in Poland, and also in nearby parts of the republics of the former USSR. It is an important immigrant language in the UK, USA, Australia, and several other countries. Traces of the language can be found in the 12th century, but the modern literary language dates from the 16th century, based on the dialect of the Poznan area. Polish is closely related to Sorbian, Czech, and Slovak. It is written in the Roman alphabet, with the addition of diacritics, notably for the nasalized vowels a and e.

FSI Language Programs

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