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“Witamy do Polish Hill”: Three Rules of Thumb toward Better Student Polish by Oscar Swan

This blog post makes part of the Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language series. To submit your post for consideration, please read our call for blog posts here. At the edge of the hill marking the traditional Polish part of town in Pittsburgh, PA stands a decorative sign proudly proclaiming Witamy do Polish Hill, somebody’s […]

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Conferences and Events Pedagogy

Fall 2025 NAATPl Event: Reusable Polish Teaching Materials

Creating additional instructional materials has become a standard practice for instructors and teachers of Polish as a foreign language (PFL), although such materials are often limited to specific grammatical or cultural topics. Reusable teaching materials (also known as reusable learning objects) address this problem by promoting the development of resources that can be adapted for use across different student levels and cohorts.

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Pedagogy

Survey Results: Regional Varieties in the Polish Language Classroom

The North American Association of Teachers of Polish is pleased to announce the results of a survey on the incorporation and use of regional varieties in the Polish as a foreign language (PFL) classroom. The survey indicates that while students who use nonstandard or regional varieties are common in Polish courses, teaching materials that present […]

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Call for Blog Posts: Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language

The North American Association of Teachers of Polish would like to invite submissions to a new blog series: Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language. Leverage your experience in Polish as a foreign language (PFL) teaching and have your blog essay featured on our website! We are looking for authors from various backgrounds, including colleges and […]

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Online, czyli zdalnie by Justyna Zych

Here we are teaching Polish online as most teachers of any subject in the times of the pandemic. We transferred our tasks, group activities, and language games on Zoom, Google Meet, or MS Teams. “Uczymy zdalnie” or “w trybie zdalnym” as we would call it in Polish. It seems simpler to use English computer- and […]