Published: 2023-03-29

Humans doomed nature to this fate – on selected public service advertising in classes of Polish as a foreign language

Maria Wacławek Logo ORCID
Section: ECO(GLOTTO)DIDACTICS
https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2023.31.01

Abstract

The title includes a provocative paraphrase of the motto to Zofia Nałkowska’s Medaliony [Medallions], providing a pretext for deliberations on the activities of Homo sapiens in relation to nature, as well as on how this aspect can be translated into a specific (glotto)didactic situation. The article focuses on a public service advertisement entitled Portret pamięciowy [Identikit], part of a campaign aimed at drawing people’s attention to the problem of pollution of rivers and water bodies. The ad can be used as teaching material in classes of Polish as a foreign language at B2 level. The article describes proposed activities for such classes. The advertising message follows the convention of a matter-of-fact description of the appearance of the perpetrator (identikit) provided by a river empowered as a subject, recording acts carried out against it. The ad is worth reading in the spirit of the new humanities, taking into account ecocriticism and ecofeminism. Intensified migration processes have made it necessary for Polish schools to adjust the educational requirements to the needs and capabilities of students with a foreign language and culture background. This advertisement discussed and the related deliberations can thus inspire Polish language teachers working with class groups that include teenage students with migrant experience.

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Wacławek, M. (2023). Humans doomed nature to this fate – on selected public service advertising in classes of Polish as a foreign language. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 31(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2023.31.01

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2023)
Published: 2023-10-16


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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