Polish Your Polish – with Academic Career Office.
If you plan to stay in Poland, build your career here, or simply want to feel more confident in everyday life, learning Polish can become a true game-changer.
Knowledge of the local language strengthens both professional and social relationships, helps you navigate workplace situations, and allows you to feel at home in foreign environment.
“Polish Your Polish” is a practical onsite program designed especially for our international students who want to develop their professional future in Poland. Through interactive sessions and real-life examples, you will learn how to communicate effectively, understand better the Polish job market, and move comfortably within the cultural and business context of Poland.
The topics of our following meetings are (on the bottom of the page you can see the topics of the previous meetings):
Meeting #4: Job search and job advertisements.
- You will learn key vocabulary related to the job market including administration and job positions.
- We will analyze sample job advertisement in Polish focusing on the important information and key words.
- The classes will include a group discussion about most effective ways of searching for a job and what can be done to improve this journey.
Meeting #5: CV, cover letter, interview.
- We will work with CV and cover letter templates.
- We will learn what to include and what to avoid in a CV and cover letter, along with related vocabulary.
- We will discuss questions worth to ask a recruiter and practice asking sample questions in Polish during a job interview.
WHY IS IT WORTH TO JOIN?
✔ Prepare for your first professional experiences in Poland.
Learn how recruitment, workplace communication, and employer expectations typically look in a Polish environment.
✔ Improve your Polish communication skills in professional settings.
Practice speaking, writing, and interacting in Polish in situations such as job interviews, meetings, emails, and workplace conversations.
✔ Learn essential vocabulary from the Polish job market.
Acquire the terminology you will need when applying for jobs, reading job offers, or communicating with colleagues.
✔ Understand Polish work culture.
Discover workplace norms, communication styles, hierarchy, punctuality, and expectations commonly found in Polish companies.
✔ Get to know Polish business etiquette.
Learn how to greet, address, and interact with professionals in Poland—including formal titles, polite forms, and office etiquette.
✔ Build confidence.
Develop a sense of self-assurance when speaking Polish and participating in professional situations.
No advanced Polish is required — the program supports various levels of language proficiency.
ALL MEETINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH (AND POLISH:) ).
The fourth meeting will take place on March 24th, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics.
The exact room number will be sent to the registered participants.
Next date:
24.03.2026
14.04.2026
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WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR:
Meeting #1: Introduction and self-presentation.
- We learned personal pronouns, and verb “to be”.
- We practiced greetings and introducing ourselves (name, nationality, studies, etc.).
- We learned best practices for self-presentation in Polish and got to know the team.
Meeting #2: Culture at work in Poland. Workplace vocabulary.
- We gained an introduction to professional culture in Poland and learned the language commonly used in the workplace, including polite and courteous expressions.
- We worked with sample dialogues, and became familiar with popular Polish idioms as well as everyday workplace phrases.
Meeting #3: My competences in Polish.
- We discussed the future skills and learned how to identify and name them.
- We expanded Polish vocabulary related to competencies, and practice describing the strengths in Polish.
- We worked on the development of self-reflection skills and learned how to ask and answer questions that help identify your strengths, weaknesses, and key competencies in a clear and confident way.
