Language education in Poland: Status, challenges and prospects for development. Part II: Bilingual education and CLIL Cover Image

Edukacja językowa w Polsce: stan, wyzwania i perspektywy rozwoju. Część II: Nauczanie dwujęzyczne i CLIL
Language education in Poland: Status, challenges and prospects for development. Part II: Bilingual education and CLIL

Author(s): Ilona Banasiak, Magdalena Olpińska-Szkiełko, Mateusz Patera
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: bilingual education; foreign language teaching; Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL);

Summary/Abstract: The report examines bilingual education in Poland, focusing on the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. It outlines the history of bilingual education, variations in programs, and the current enrollment of students and institutions in bilingual education. In Poland, the predominant bilingual education is in English, but the overall availability of bilingual education is limited and varies by region. The Polish education system is confronted with several significant challenges, such as the need to improve language teaching overall, particularly for languages taught as additional foreign languages, better support for the learning of languages other than English, and more significant endorsement for teaching national minority, ethnic, and regional languages. The increasing public interest in multilingualism and the engagement of researchers, educators, and policymakers in addressing these societal needs inspire hope that the Polish education system will soon take better advantage of the opportunities provided by bilingual programs.

  • Issue Year: 65/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 234-254
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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