<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article provides an overview of the developments in Poland after the collapse of communism in 1989 from the point of view of foreign language teaching, including a swift reorientation and transition from a public school system with Russian as the main foreign language, to a diversified language teaching market focused on teaching English and other languages. A particular stress is placed on a relatively new phenomenon, being an increased demand and new opportunities for teaching Polish as a foreign language to be further promoted as a result of anticipated amendments to legal regulations governing the status and certification of the Polish language.</p></abstract>

The article provides an overview of the developments in Poland after the collapse of communism in 1989 from the point of view of foreign language teaching, including a swift reorientation and transition from a public school system with Russian as the main foreign language, to a diversified language teaching market focused on teaching English and other languages. A particular stress is placed on a relatively new phenomenon, being an increased demand and new opportunities for teaching Polish as a foreign language to be further promoted as a result of anticipated amendments to legal regulations governing the status and certification of the Polish language.

Polish as a Foreign Language: New Context, Regulations and Prospects

Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland.

Social Communication

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The article provides an overview of the developments in Poland after the collapse of communism in 1989 from the point of view of foreign language teaching,...

Polish as a Foreign Language: New Context, Regulations and Prospects

Data publikacji: 29 sty 2016

Zakres stron: 30 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sc-2015-0008

Słowa kluczowe
foreign language teaching in Poland, language certificates, Polish as a foreign language

© 2015 Anna Popławska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Polish as a Foreign Language: New Context, Regulations and Prospects

Data publikacji: 29 sty 2016

Zakres stron: 30 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sc-2015-0008

Słowa kluczoweforeign language teaching in Poland, language certificates, Polish as a foreign language

© 2015 Anna Popławska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
foreign language teaching in Poland, language certificates, Polish as a foreign language