North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl)
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 […]
The North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl) marked its presence at the 2024 American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) conference in Las Vegas with a critical pedagogy discussion on Polish-language textbooks. The panel, “New Approaches to the Old Discourse: How to (Re)Use Old Textbooks in Today’s Polish Language […]
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 […]
(This entry was originally posted on the Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Ohio State University, website here.) Throughout the semester, my students often expressed appreciation with the way the Polish language classes were taught and how so much material had already been moved online. While teaching in new circumstances was not without problems […]