Kompetencje uczniów w zakresie języka polskiego jako odziedziczonego i jako ojczystego w ujęciu komparatywnym – podsumowanie projektu badawczego
Competences of Polish heritage and native language learners in a comparative approach – a research project report

Summary/Abstract: The language competences in the Polish of teenage heritage language learners so far have not been compared to the skills of their Polish peers. Such an attempt was made at the Institute of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners. For the purposes of this project (Heri­tage vs. Native Language – Comparison of Language Competences of Polish Native and Heritage Language Learners), a comprehensive tool for measuring language skills of bilingual youth was developed. The level of their language was assessed on the basis of a written test with a structure and content similar to the primary school competence graduation exam. The test involved two groups, bilingual teenagers and monolingual Polish peers. The article will present the back­ground of the project and the quantitative analysis of its results. We will focus on the scores from writing and reading (language skills), as well as on vocabulary and spelling. We will also present the conclusions drawn from the project.

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