Kształcenie językowe jako istotny element edukacji żołnierzy Sił Zbrojnych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Language teaching as an essential element of education of soldiers in the Polish Armed Forces

Summary/Abstract: The current political situation in Poland related to European integration and military cooperation within NATO has made the knowledge of foreign languages in the Polish Armed Forces a genuine need. It is not surprising that English Language Teaching (ELT) in Poland’s Ministry of National Defence has played an important role in the education and training of soldiers. There are, however, areas requiring the implementation of necessary system changes. With this in mind, the overriding goal of the paper is to look at the framework for language teaching within the Polish Armed Forces in relation to the actual needs of its participants, i.e. the soldiers. The first part offers a survey of the definitions and discusses the way of organising language courses in the Polish Armed Forces. The second part is practical and scrutinises the elements which require improvement in order to make the framework for language teaching more effective in relation to the communication approach, the incorporation of new technologies, and the need to update the language corpus of military terminology. The paper concludes with the summary including some practical suggestions on teaching military English in the twenty-first century.

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