Future aspirations, study, and work

This topic, 'Future aspirations, study, and work' (Przyszłe aspiracje, nauka i praca), is a core part of the AQA GCSE Polish specification. It covers vocabulary and structures for discussing career plans, further education, work experience, and the world of work. You'll learn to describe different professions, talk about your dream job, and discuss the importance of languages and skills for employment. This topic is essential because it allows you to express your personal ambitions and engage with real-life contexts, which is a key skill for the speaking and writing exams.

Mastering this topic will help you achieve high marks in all four skills: listening, reading, speaking, and writing. You'll encounter authentic materials like job adverts, interviews, and articles about the job market. The vocabulary here overlaps with other themes like 'education' and 'free time', so it reinforces your overall Polish knowledge. Moreover, discussing aspirations shows examiners that you can use more complex tenses (future, conditional) and opinions, which are rewarded in higher-tier papers.

In the wider subject, this topic prepares you for post-16 study of Polish or other languages, and for using Polish in professional contexts. It also develops transferable skills like expressing preferences, justifying choices, and understanding cultural differences in the workplace. By the end of this topic, you should be able to write a letter of application, describe a part-time job, and discuss the pros and cons of different careers—all in Polish.