Teaching the Polish Language and Polish Culture Remotely at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Cover Image

Nauczanie języka i kultury polskiej na Bałtyckim Uniwersytecie Federalnym im. Immanuela Kanta w warunkach zdalnych
Teaching the Polish Language and Polish Culture Remotely at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Author(s): Małgorzata Grochowina
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Western Slavic Languages, Culture and social structure , Philology, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: teaching culture; language Polish as a foreign language; online teaching; teaching in remote conditions; Polish culture as a foreign language; promotion of the Polish language

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to discuss the issue of teaching the Polish language and Polish culture in remote conditions on the example of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad. The study presents the educational and cultural events promoting Polish language and culture in the academic year 2020/2021. They included the International Multimodal Dictation and the PaintTalks oratorical competition, which were organized as part of the Days of Polish Language and Culture. The article also presents the methods of implementing two subject courses intended for undergraduate students of foreign philology in the program Polish language and literature, which were entirely conducted in an online form: Introduction to Polish culture and Practical language Polish. Further, the paper shows the results of a quantitative study and of a questionnaire, which express the course participants’ opinions and reflections on the attractiveness and effectiveness of this form of learning a foreign language. The reason for taking up this topic is the need to respond to the current educational challenges related to online teaching and to present various projects aimed at promoting the Polish language and Polish culture abroad. The text is in line with contemporary research on the promotion of Polish as a foreign language and international glottodidactic studies of Polish.

  • Issue Year: 29/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-15
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish