North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl)
We are pleased to announce the publication of the forum “Reimagining Polish Language Textbooks: Representation, Pedagogy, and Cultural Relevance in the Twenty-First-Century Classroom” in the Slavic and East European Journal 70(1). The first forum of its kind in the field of Polish as a foreign language (PFL) pedagogy, it brings together four original contributions by […]
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 […]