praca zaliczeniowa
“praca zaliczeniowa” — term paper in Polish. Noun, level B1. Literally "a paper for the credit", from the crediting verb. The thesis is bigger and comes once, at the finish. It is written over a semester — and that is the main thing the semester is for. In a live sentence: “Praca zaliczeniowa jest na stole” — The term paper is on the desk. A word from the everyday Polish course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Polish | praca zaliczeniowa |
| Translation | term paper |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "a paper for the credit", from the crediting verb. The thesis is bigger and comes once, at the finish. It is written over a semester — and that is the main thing the semester is for.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Praca zaliczeniowa jest na stoleThe term paper is on the desk
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “term paper” in Polish?
«praca zaliczeniowa». In a live sentence: “Praca zaliczeniowa jest na stole” — The term paper is on the desk. Noun, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "a paper for the credit", from the crediting verb. The thesis is bigger and comes once, at the finish. It is written over a semester — and that is the main thing the semester is for. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.