Intercultural competence in the adult education. Case of polish textbooks for foreigners. Cover Image

Kompetencje międzykulturowe w edukacji dorosłych. Przypadek podręczników do nauki języka polskiego dla cudzoziemców.
Intercultural competence in the adult education. Case of polish textbooks for foreigners.

Author(s): Katarzyna Ferszt-Piłat
Subject(s): Education, Communication studies, Culture and social structure , Adult Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
Keywords: intercultural communication; intercultural education; foreigners; content analysis of textbooks; Polish culture;

Summary/Abstract: In the Polish society we often observe representatives of different cultures. They live, study, work in Poland. Foreigners learning the culture and Polish language, simultaneously use forms of the formal education as part of courses and language schools, as well as, in frames of colleges. The offer of this institutions is diverse, starting from such basic teaching materials,as textbooks, and finishing on studio, direct exits meetings with the culture of the Polish society, with people, music, book. The paper is a presentation of analysis results of the contents of chosen current textbooks of Polish for foreigners, as well as with attempt of the answer to questions,what elements of the Polish culture in them are being handed over as well as what manner of their exposition is. These are certainly material questions in processes determining intercultural competence.

  • Issue Year: 25/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 395-410
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish