On-site course organized in Cieszyn by the University of Silesia, August 1 - 28^th, 2024

I liked everything in the course and – after finishing the course - I love more Poland with its rich culture and history.

Thank you Nawa for the unforgettable experience. It was great and I hope to do it again in the future.

Hamza from Morocco

The only thing I didn't like about the course that it actually ended.

Mariam from Egypt

What I liked most was to hang out with people from all over the world, enjoy the breathtaking landscape of Poland and mouthwatering Polish food and also experience the Polish culture.

Yankai from China

I did like most the lively teaching and the good teachers like Ola and some others. I liked also very much the dance and travelling like the travelling to Krakow and Auschwitz and Birkenau, Katowice and Wadowice. I did that with my friends from Argentina. I appreciated a lot the hospitality of the Polish people, the teachers and all the staff at the dormitory and canteen. I got to know many good students that I hope I can keep in contact with. I like also very much the way you made our last days , the papers and how all the teachers greeted us. It was lovely. Thank you so much. Dziękuję bardzo.

Katrin from Iceland

I liked everything: the teachers, the teaching materials, and the university itself. Everyone was helpful and helped create a great atmosphere suitable for learning (especially for someone who knew no Polish prior to attending this programme).  In addition, the trips and cultural activities helped immerse us further in the culture and fall in love with the country. We also got to meet new people from various countries who were eager to learn Polish. The food was also tasty.

Maroua from Tunisia

What I liked most was to meet students from around the world and the atmosphere in the classes which were a good mix of getting to know Polish culture and practicing language. I also enjoyed the friendly relationship between teachers and students, and how both were integrated well with each other.

Miruna from Cyprus

What I liked most were the teachers and their engagement and dedication

Christian from Germany

It was overall a great experience and I really appreciate it. I'm now more interested in Polish language along with the culture. The duration of the summer school is quite short (I would very much like to stay longer) but still I loved it very much

Sunny from India

I want to thank everyone for this short, but such a busy and interesting month. It was a pleasure to spend every day with you, to meet new people, to be in wonderful companies. Each new face will remain forever in my memory. It was an unforgettable experience with unforgettable people. I wish you all much happiness, success in your personal and career life, good people around you and the opportunity to visit Poland as often as possible!

Good luck guys!!???

Yuxuan from China

The teachers were so kind and friendly that we could learn Polish easily and spend wonderful time in this university.

Waku from Japan

What I liked most was the way our language instructors taught during language classes. They always tried to use only Polish but somehow I could understand. The teachers were incredibly good. Thank you.

Ichioka from Japan

I absolutely loved the trips. Every place we have been to was as I expected, more beautiful than words can describe. ?

Maria-Simona from Romania

Everything was perfect, but what I liked most was that everyone was so well- integrated!

Octavian-George from Romania

What I liked most were the trips. We got to know each other better while roaming the cities and hiking together. I liked everything! It was absolutely amazing and I am very grateful for it! Dziękuję!

Anamaria from Romania

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Marziya from Azerbaïdjan

On-site course organized by John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, July 1-28^th 2024

I loved being able to meet students speaking Polish and with interests in Poland from diverse places.

James from the USA

I like the Polish language course very much, because the teacher is very patient and everyone in the course is active and positive.

Jun-Ning from Taiwan

I liked the excellent organization that allowed me to focus on the Polish language and culture in a very lively city. Perfect!

Sylvie from France

I would like to say huge Thank you to everyone who made this course possible. I spent unforgettable 4 weeks in Lublin and I will forever cherish those moments. I feel higly motivated to continue with learning Polish and hopefully to move to Poland for a longer period of time in the future

I loved the lessons as it helped me to improve my Polish, also loved the trips, which helped me to get to know Poland better, last but not least I appreciate the diversity of participants as it allowed me to get to know new cultures.

Sára from Slovakia

What I liked most was the combination about the intensity of learning the polish language and the cultural program. The free time in the afternoon was perfect to explore the city Lublin.

Gabrielle from Germany

What I liked most was the fact that I always had to speak in Polish even if I was not in Polish class.

Natalia from Spain

I think that the element I enjoyed the most was the pairing of the roommates. I know that this might seem like a superficial thing, but it was so nice to be paired up with someone with a Polish-American background like me. I do not have many friends like this back home and it was so nice to finally be really understood in this regard. We had very fulfilling intellectual conversations about our growing up and how that experience impacts us now. We also bonded a lot over our studies and how we hope to incorporate our Polish-American identity into our future studies.

Eva from the USA

What I liked most were the people, the classes and the trips.

Tatiana from Slovakia

What I liked most was that they showed us old cities and historic sites, dance lessons and games that were held every Friday! It was magical, I will never forget this month spent in Lublin!

Azizbek from Uzbekistan

The classes themselves were brilliant and engaging. The teacher did a brilliant job at keeping enthusiasm during long, hot days. I hadn’t expected the number and variety of outings that we had, and was very grateful for them. The dance classes were also a hit.

Francesca from the United Kingdom

I really can't say other that I learned in a month more Polish than in the past year on my classes. I made lots of friends from all around the world and it encouraged me to keep learning the language and the culture of Poland. Lovely.

Alejandro from Spain

I especially enjoy taking dance classes and dancing and singing traditional songs.

Meng-Ru from Taiwan

What I liked most was the surroundings and the ability to be immersed in Polish culture. I feel that my confidence in speaking Polish has increased greatly from the level it was at before the course. I particularly enjoyed the trips at the weekends and the two concerts which were organised! I felt that the organisation of these trips was very well done and I was very impressed with those coordinating them.

James from the United Kingdom

We talked a lot in Polish during our classes

Michaela from Slovakia

On-site course organized by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, July 22^nd - August 11^th, 2024

I was very satisfied by the organisation, great teachers, great accommodation and meals in the cantine!

Tatiana from Slovakia

I liked everything: lessons, friends, teachers, trips; all the experiences were amazing.

Leonardo from Italy

What I liked most was discovering people from all over the world

Liza from Belgium

I liked that there were many opportunitis to communicate with other participants, such as a bowling game, a Polish quiz cometition, and trips.

Tamaki from Japan

I liked the professor and the staff. I liked the way the professor conducted her course and how she encouraged us to participate in the activities organized by the university. The staff was always attentive as well and very communicative.

Jorge from the USA

I love the dancing workshop

Yung-Hsin from Taiwan

latin american dance is also good but polish traditional dance we saw in the movie shown in the course was so fun i wished to have that dance in dance workshop and we all loved entire 20 days soo much that if there will ever be any reunion we all gonna come running to meet each other again live same moment even if its just for a day

everything, i can't describe in words - we had best time - from food to trips to language course to teachers, staff everything

Amisha from India

The language learning part. I am a language enthusiast, and the teacher met all my expectations.

Oyewale from Nigeria

I would like more foreigners know that Poland is a great country to study and meet people , I’m thankful to the embassy the Poland in Mexico to let me know about this program.

Moises from Mexico

Great cultural integration

Daria from Ukraine

I loved everything about the course - especially the wonderful atmosphere and the wide array of activities we were offered. I loved that we were offered yoga, the teacher is wonderful and the activity really helped with feeling more refreshed. Our guide, pan Paweł Sowa was also amazing at his job - I attended the tours in polish with him and he was excellent at speaking in a way we could all understand him and I found everything very interesting.  My course teacher, pani Karolina Galewska was also one of the highlights of the course, as she is a great teacher that makes her lectures interesting, interactive and effective. The atmosphere in the class was amazing and I feel like we all connected really well thanks to our wonderful teacher. The meals, especially breakfasts were also a highlight - the breakfast options were wide and the staff was very nice and adaptable. I loved that we had workshops available and I think they resulted in a wonderful preformance at the end of the summer school (especially the teathre workshop). Overall, all the teachers and course organisers were great - pani Ewa Wegrzak was always available for help and information. Overall, I loved the course very much.

Saša from Slovenia

What I liked most was the opportunity to meet people from different countries with different cultures and different experience.

Dauren from Kazakhstan

What I liked most was incredible enthusiastic teaching and a unique atmosphere

Jemima from the UK

Everything was just so perfect, organization, teachers, people, memories. Thank you very much

Jana from Czech Republic

Learning the language, talking with people, and exploring the city. Especially taking weekend trips.

Andrew from the USA

On-site course organized by Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, July 6 - 26^th, 2024

What I liked most was talking with native speakers and sight seeing.

Adam from Australia

I loved the trips, parties, the National Evening... there were so many organized activities that brought us closer as a group.

Ines from Slovenia

What I liked most was the intensive learning program and meeting a lot of people from all around the world. Everything was great and well organised. I would suggest more workshops in the afternoon hours.

Robert from Croatia

What I liked most was the diversity of people and the possibility of getting to know new cultures (in addition to Polish).

Bárbara from Brazil

I really appreciated the balance between learning Polish and getting to know the culture.

Lucia from France

What I liked most were the books to learn from

Barbara from Argentina

What I liked most the national evening!

Palina from Belarus

What I liked most were the trips!

Marion from France

What I liked most was free time with friends and the lessons with Pani Wiktoria who was a really great teacher"

Zuzana from Czech Republik

I liked how the course was structured to give us a holistic immersion into the Polish language, culture, and history

Nelson from Kenya

What I liked most was meeting new friends, Pani Agata, singing and dancing classes.

Kato from Belgium

What I liked most was getting to know so many new people.

Kert from Estonia

I like the interactions of different students from different culture and backgrounds

Ally from Tanzania

I liked our professor ability to explain things further to understand the Polish language and the people better. She was amazing in engaging us in the course. I will now get to understand and use Polish in my day to day life here in Poland. [z tą wątpliwością, że generalnie miejscowi nie mogą – więc na stronę może przyciąć]

Margaret from Kenya

Most of all I liked my amazing teachers of Polish language classes. I have never had such good teachers before. So I went on classes with great pleasure.     

Excellent organization, very good trips, amazing teachers. The city is also nice. I wanted it to be longer.

Viktoryia from Belarus

On-site course organized by the University of Wrocław, July 7 - 27^th, 2024

What I liked most was getting to know and speak Polish with people from around the world

Gabe from the USA

I liked our trips and workshops the most because we got to talk and socialize with all the other participants in the course. The course was amazing, our lecturer was very organized and ready to help us. I also liked the pilots who have done a lot for us during the last three weeks. They were amazing.

Martina from Croatia

It was fun to travel around to different places and it was great to be able to learn Polish at a level that suited my level.

Yonghwa from South Korea  

I loved the creative ways of learning about Poles and Polish culture during classes (learning some slang, learning about popular hotspots, etc.) I am grateful for an amazing group and an amazing atmosphere provided by my colleagues and the professor. Outings and field trips proved to be a great source of connecting with and befriending other students. We sang a lot during classes (and went to karaoke a bunch of times) which is a great way to practice speaking Polish in my opinion.

Karla from Croatia

It is hard to say what I like most, because I loved pretty much everything. If I had to choose one thing though, it would probably be the sightseeing days. I had so much fun getting to know Wrocław, it was amazing. Also the teachers, pilots and also students I got to meet. My favorite place we visited is the Botanical Garden (one of the prettiest places I've ever been to). I do wish it would last longer, I really like it here.

Rafael from Portugal

I liked the classes according to our language level, the workshops helped to understand better Polish culture and the extra activities were great to get involved with the rest of the participants.

Alejandra from Mexico

What I liked most were the materials teacher gave us.

Zih-Yi from Taiwan

The language classes were amazing, the teacher was really good, she almost made Polish easy to learn. That was really useful and I really feel an improvement in my language knowledge.

Alexandra from Belgium

Honestly, I cannot express how great this course was, everything was amazing.

Abdalkarim from Palestine

I made great friendships with great people. We all became very close because of how much time we got to spend together.

Olivia from the USA

I enjoyed the evening trips outside of university like to see the castle in Książ and the arboretum the most.

Robert from the USA

What I liked most in the course was grama taught by my excellent teacher Anna

Inho from South Korea

I think this course is remarkable. I am embarrassed to say I knew very little about Poland or the language before coming here. Now I admire so much about this beautiful country. The administrators of the course have been instrumental in helping me connect with Polish teachers in my field of music so that I can continue my research. I’ve already arranged to continue my language study with a tutor when I return to the US. Wrocław is an amazing city and I look forward to returning. Asia was a wonderful, patient and encouraging teacher. If fostering an appreciation and respect for Poland and the language are the primary goals of this program, then, at least with me, you surpassed expectations. Dziękuję bardzo!!

Scott from the USA

What I liked most was the teachers' kindness and seemingly endless energy, the good atmosphere, the excellent meals and of course the city of Wroclaw

Yoan  from Bulgaria

Every detail was planned and comfortable.

Mahammad from Azerbaijan

What I liked most were the pilots and professor(s).

I loved pilots' will to help at any time with anything. They were also going on tours and celebrating birthdays with us. All congrats to their will (and nerves) during these past three weeks.

Izabela  from Croatia

I loved the talent evening and the visit to the castle.

Paul from France

What I liked most was the approach of all the people from the NAWA course! I will remember the summer language course as a wonderful experience! All the people from the organization are amazing people who took beautiful care of us!

Aleksandra from Serbia

The people were amazing and the program had amazing events, really built a great sense of community. The events and excursions were fantastic! So much fun and amazing experience. I enjoyed every second, so grateful to get the opportunity to participate in this course and I couldn’t recommend it enough. The course was so diverse from people all over the world and the sense of inclusion and community was amazing everyone was so kind and welcoming. The course was so well organised and never a boring day, NAWA went above and beyond to ensure the greatest experience for everyone. Really enjoyed the course and would highly recommend.

Roisin  from Ireland