Published: 2023-11-03

The Correlated Method Used in Building Academic Language: the Case of Polish

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Abstract

Due to economic and geopolitical changes, Polish schools are more and more often attended by children whose command of Polish is either inadequate or nonexistent. In recent years, the number of educational institutions in Poland where languages other than Polish are heard during lessons and in school yards has been constantly growing. It is the teachers’ task to introduce foreign students to Polish as their new language and to do so in a way that will allow these students to communicate with their social environment, including their peers, and, perhaps more importantly, to effectively study school subjects in their proper peer group. Anna Seretny’s purpose in this article is to present the advantages of the correlated method as an effective tool for developing linguistic competences in education, a method that consists in teaching language through content and content through language. Though originally advocated for teaching Polish as a heritage language in ethnic schools outside Poland, the correlated method can successfully be used for a new purpose. It is based on the conviction that well-developed language competences, defined as the ability to conduct linguistic activities necessary to achieve specific educational goals and tasks, are the key to every pupils’ academic achievements and educational success.

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Seretny, A. (2023). The Correlated Method Used in Building Academic Language: the Case of Polish. Z Teorii I Praktyki Dydaktycznej Języka Polskiego, 32, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.31261/TPDJP.2023.32.04

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Vol. 32 (2023)
Published: 2023-12-31


ISSN: 0208-5011
eISSN: 2353-9577
Ikona DOI 10.31261/TPDJP

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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