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Get ready for EURO 2012
The Week of Foreign Languages at Poznań University of Technology
As the European Football The employees of the department de- 29 and 31 May were “Let’s Check” days,
Championships are ap- cided to organize actions “Let’s Play”, which means that everyone who en-
proaching there are more “Let’s Talk” and “Let’s Check” in two rolled could pass an online test in Eng-
and more initiatives aimed at celebrat- most commonly taught languages: Eng- lish and German and obtain a free cer-
ing the event and therefore the Depart- lish and German. tificate from the Department of Modern
ment of Modern Languages at Poznań Languages. The tests were organized by
University of Technology has decided to 28 and 30 May were devoted to quizzes, Ms Edyta Olejarczuk (English) and Mr
join in and present the importance of riddles and tests of general and sports Michał Lichocki (German). This initia-
learning foreign languages and using knowledge in English and German pre- tive was met with great interest by our
them in practice. That is why from 28 pared by language teachers under the students and university employees and
May to 31 May “The Week of Foreign supervision of Ms Izabela Cichocka, was a great success.
Languages - Get Ready for EURO 2012” M.A. and Ms Iwona Flieger, M.A. In the
was held, organized by the employees Lecture Centre a stand was organized To sum up, the Week of foreign Lan-
of the Department of Foreign Languag- and decorated with posters, photos of guages was an opportunity to practice
es in cooperation with FIJED Founda- the stadiums and sports equipment. using foreign languages in a fun and
tion for Quality in Education, Associa- Everyone who took part in competi- informal way. The organizers hope that
tion of Academic Foreign Languages tions was awarded a special sticker with it has promoted the use of foreign lan-
Centers SERMO, Polish Association for the writing “English” or “Deutsch” on guages and EURO 2012 Championships.
Standards in English PASE and the In- it. The aim of this action was to encour-
ternational Advertising Association in age participants to show their language
Poland. These celebrations were part of skills. It is also hoped that people will
a countrywide social campaign “Lan- wear the stickers and help foreign tour-
guage is the basis. Learn languages.” ists during EURO 2012.
at Poznan University of Technology It has become very popular among students of PUT for many
reasons. One of them is that it is a computer-adaptive test,
BULATS test is used by many of the world's leading profes- which means that the computer selects questions according
sional and commercial organisations. The test offers a quick to how well the candidate answers previous questions and
and reliable way of assessing the language ability of groups generates results immediately when the test is finished. Time
of students. It was introduced at Poznan University of Tech- required for the test is maximum 75 minutes but it usually
nology in January 2012. It can be used as a placement test, takes no longer than 60 minutes. Test components that are
to measure progress or as preparation for studying abroad. available at Poznan University of Technology are Listening,
Reading and Language Knowledge. What is worth mention-
ing is that when a student passes the test at level B2 or higher
in terms of the six levels of the Council of Europe Framework
(A1-C2), he/she is excused from taking the writing part of the
final exam of English and automatically gets an A grade.
There were three sessions of BULATS test organized by the
Department of Modern Languages at Poznan University of
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 1
Get ready for EURO 2012
The Week of Foreign Languages at Poznań University of Technology
As the European Football The employees of the department de- 29 and 31 May were “Let’s Check” days,
Championships are ap- cided to organize actions “Let’s Play”, which means that everyone who en-
proaching there are more “Let’s Talk” and “Let’s Check” in two rolled could pass an online test in Eng-
and more initiatives aimed at celebrat- most commonly taught languages: Eng- lish and German and obtain a free cer-
ing the event and therefore the Depart- lish and German. tificate from the Department of Modern
ment of Modern Languages at Poznań Languages. The tests were organized by
University of Technology has decided to 28 and 30 May were devoted to quizzes, Ms Edyta Olejarczuk (English) and Mr
join in and present the importance of riddles and tests of general and sports Michał Lichocki (German). This initia-
learning foreign languages and using knowledge in English and German pre- tive was met with great interest by our
them in practice. That is why from 28 pared by language teachers under the students and university employees and
May to 31 May “The Week of Foreign supervision of Ms Izabela Cichocka, was a great success.
Languages - Get Ready for EURO 2012” M.A. and Ms Iwona Flieger, M.A. In the
was held, organized by the employees Lecture Centre a stand was organized To sum up, the Week of foreign Lan-
of the Department of Foreign Languag- and decorated with posters, photos of guages was an opportunity to practice
es in cooperation with FIJED Founda- the stadiums and sports equipment. using foreign languages in a fun and
tion for Quality in Education, Associa- Everyone who took part in competi- informal way. The organizers hope that
tion of Academic Foreign Languages tions was awarded a special sticker with it has promoted the use of foreign lan-
Centers SERMO, Polish Association for the writing “English” or “Deutsch” on guages and EURO 2012 Championships.
Standards in English PASE and the In- it. The aim of this action was to encour-
ternational Advertising Association in age participants to show their language
Poland. These celebrations were part of skills. It is also hoped that people will
a countrywide social campaign “Lan- wear the stickers and help foreign tour-
guage is the basis. Learn languages.” ists during EURO 2012.
at Poznan University of Technology It has become very popular among students of PUT for many
reasons. One of them is that it is a computer-adaptive test,
BULATS test is used by many of the world's leading profes- which means that the computer selects questions according
sional and commercial organisations. The test offers a quick to how well the candidate answers previous questions and
and reliable way of assessing the language ability of groups generates results immediately when the test is finished. Time
of students. It was introduced at Poznan University of Tech- required for the test is maximum 75 minutes but it usually
nology in January 2012. It can be used as a placement test, takes no longer than 60 minutes. Test components that are
to measure progress or as preparation for studying abroad. available at Poznan University of Technology are Listening,
Reading and Language Knowledge. What is worth mention-
ing is that when a student passes the test at level B2 or higher
in terms of the six levels of the Council of Europe Framework
(A1-C2), he/she is excused from taking the writing part of the
final exam of English and automatically gets an A grade.
There were three sessions of BULATS test organized by the
Department of Modern Languages at Poznan University of
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 1
