North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl)
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 […]
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 […]
Old textbooks are often obsolete in their portrayal of contemporary Polish society, ranging from topics such as traditional cuisine, rapid changes in technology, living standards, and ending with different forms of inequality and traditional gender roles. Yet, the textbooks provide a historical perspective, allowing students to explore the evolution of the Polish language in its […]
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 […]
Under the current circumstances, many of us have been searching the Internet for materials useful for online teaching. Whether your classes are synchronous, hybrid, or partially asynchronous, you might be on the lookout for something new, different, or fresh that will invigorate your classes and engage your students. Research shows that authentic materials might do […]