Didactics of Polish as a Foreign and Second Language against the European Background

By (author) Przemysław E. Gębal By (author) Władysław T. Miodunka

Book cover: Didactics of Polish as a Foreign and Second Language against the European Background

Extent: 220 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Language & Linguistics, Slavic Studies, Social Sciences 

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(November 2023)

ISBN: 9783847116493

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $62.00

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The volume begins with an overview of the history of Polish language teaching from the beginning of the 16th century to 1939, followed by the development of Polish language teaching from 1992 to 2015. This is complemented by information on the methodology of Polish language teaching as well as the didactics of the Polish language abroad. Then, the teaching of Polish as a second language and the problems of communication are presented. At the end, information is given about the achievements of European didactics in the field of teaching Polish as a foreign and second language, and a proposal for the creation of a didactics of European languages (including Slavic languages) is given.


This volume starts with an overview of the history of teaching Polish as a foreign language from the beginning of the 16th century to 1939. The authors then present the rapid development of teaching Polish as a foreign language from 1992 to 2015. This is supplemented by information on the methodology of teaching Polish. In the next part they describe the didactics of the Polish language abroad, followed by the introduction of the Polish language policy and the promotion of Polish outside Poland. Then they present the teaching of Polish as a second language and the problems of communication. At the end, information is given about the achievements of European didactics in the field of teaching Polish as a foreign and second language. The volume concludes with a proposal for the creation of a didactics of European languages (including Slavic languages as well).

  • By (author) Przemysław E. Gębal
  • By (author) Władysław T. Miodunka