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Mother-tongue Teaching in Poland: The Dynamics of Change

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L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature

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The aim of this article is to update the international reader with changes in teaching Polish in Poland in the last 10 years. The first part presents a background and description of the Polish educational system in the midst of radical transformations. The changes under discussion focus on structural reform, which implements a new division into four educational stages, and syllabus reform, which enables teachers of Polish to choose a syllabus. The second part includes a brief description of new tendencies in Polish teaching programs during the period of compulsory education (primary school and junior secondary school).

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  1. Institute of Polish Philology, University of Białystok, Plac Uniwersytecki 1, 15-420, Białystok, Poland

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Awramiuk, E. Mother-tongue Teaching in Poland: The Dynamics of Change. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature 2, 165–176 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021113206586

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