The article presents the results of the latest research in glottodidactics that can be used while planning and organizing professional training for foreign language teachers. It raises questions that have not been fully discussed yet and presents expectations about teachers’ abilities as well as training needs of teachers working in Poland and abroad. The author of the article analyses a development of foreign language teachers training in Poland over past twenty­­five years pointing out its strengths and weaknesses. The author presents the conclusions that could improve teacher education and meet specific needs of foreign language teachers.

This article discusses the possibility of using the concept of lexicalization in teaching Polish as a foreign language. The author presents different views of lexicalization in the works of linguists and she advocates that there is a need for a broad understanding of this phenomenon. The suggested strategy refers to glottodidactic practice. The discussed examples prove that processes that are common (such as breaking ethymological and formative ties) lead to the emancipation of a lexical item, which is no longer regarded as belonging to a certain semantic field. A similar situation occurs when graphic conventions interfere – they can disguise the semantic or formal origin of a lexem. The aim of the strategies suggested in the article is to restore the awareness of the very existence of some ties between words. According to the author it makes the process of building vocabulary easier for foreigners.

Knowledge of word formation is an important element of the grammatical competencies of native speakers. Studying forms and functions of derivates and practising using them is also extremely important for foreigners studying Polish. This article contributes to the discussion about the position and function of word formation in the process of education. The authors claim that a specific system of derivation must determine the way in which it is taught. Critical analysis of solutions that have been used in glottodidactics, suggest a new approach, which would place the didactics of word formation ‘between’ grammar and vocabulary.

The aim of the article is to point out the risk that lies in the uncontrolled freedom of choosing methods and techniques of teaching foreign languages. The author also tries to find solutions to this problem. In the first part of the article the main methodological conceptions are presented. The need to remain coherent is underlined here. Some of the most commonly used schemas of foreign language lessons are presented by the author. Characteristics of CEFR concludes the first part of the article. CEFR is regarded as an element, which links past and present in glottodidactics. The second part of the article contains hints and remarks on planning lessons and methodological units. The author concentrates on task­oriented teaching, she explains the specific character of task­based lessons and suggests how to keep such lessons coherent.

Level B (Independent user) is a specific stage in the process of language education because it consists of two completely different levels of language proficiency. The objectives and content of teaching on B1 level (Threshold or intermediate) and B2 (Vantage or upper intermediate) are incompatible when it comes to quantity and quality. It is necessary to choose different methods of teaching/learning at B2 level, otherwise the progress in learning can be slowed (the language learning plateau). The aim of the article is to present the specifics of learning vocabulary at B2 (Vantage or upper intermediate) level and provide some didactic strategies that can help teachers to minimize the plateauing of language learning and its effects. They can also help students in learning new vocabulary effectively.

The article presents problems, which are encountered by foreigners and native speakers when pronouncing and accentuating Polish numerals. The most common phonetic mistakes are described and the mechanism that leads to their occurance explained. The article concludes with a list of Polish numerals with their phonetic transcription, which shows their correct pronunciation – the one that should be considered as the model pronunciation in official statements and/or accepted in everyday speech.

The aim of the article is to analyse the inflectional errors in texts written by Slovenian students of Polish Studies in Ljubljana. The collision of two grammatical systems (in this case: Polish and Slovenian) leads to numerous mistakes. As a result the inflectional errors appear in both spoken and written texts. The incorrect forms have been analysed in the article and the reason for their occurance described. Special attention was paid to mistakes that can result from the influence of the Slovenian language. The analysed material was gathered by the author of the article herself and it comes from the written works of the Polish language students from Ljubljana. The analyses aim to explain the reasons for the errors. This should result in reflection on the effective methods of teaching that could prevent the occurance of such errors.

The article discusses the problem of teaching Polish as a heritage language, outside of Poland and when the number of teaching hours is limited. In such a situation it is worthwhile to integrate subsystems and language skills as well as combining the curricula of a range of subjects. This eclectic approach seems to be effective here. The approach is described not as a set of random actions, but as well­thought out and coherent procedures. The article uses the example of Barańczak’s Garden party to present how different techniques can be applied in teaching. It also underlines the necessity of using different media, which makes language education more modern and more attractive.

The author presents the results of a small survey into the Polish language skills of students of Polish origin residing in England. She starts by determining their level of language skills, then she compares the overall competences of young people born in England to those who came to the country a few years ago (competences are in terms of listening, reading comprehension and writing). The author analyzes in detail the results of the test and the effectiveness of the language teaching systems. The results allow her to draw a number of conclusions: the importance of bilingualism for children, that there is a rapid reduction in Polish language skills among adolescents who have come from Poland as well as the observation that for many children born overseas it is now too late to become fluent in their mother tongue.

Is a text for the modern young man a communication anachronism? In this era of communication practices based on fast, informative or ludic transmission, competencies related to the necessity to create coherent, effective and correct texts are disappearing. This article presents a diagnosis of high school students’ communication skills in this area with reference to the educational documents (Core Curriculum) and selected writings – from student work and external examinations. After analyzing the results there are a number of conclusions that can be drawn about the school educational practices. Firstly, centrally proposed programs do indeed raise the awareness of the need for certain text exponents in different genres, but analytical operations associated with the analysis of fragments of texts do not contribute to student’s thinking about the text as a coherent whole. Secondly, the emphasis on recreating a particular structure of the text in the genre (which is most likely to appear during an exam), contributes to a certain mechanical behavior in that regard.

The aim of the article is to discuss the possibilities of using the concept of task­based teaching and its methodology to improve intercultural competencies of people learning Polish as a foreign language. The author of the article claims that such methods and strategies within CERF can be extremely effective in improving intercultural competencies. The article concludes with a list of tasks suggested by the author as suitable to achieve this goal.

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