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This article is intended to contribute to the academic debate on intercultural German language teaching and the relevant research in Poland. The authors present a critical overview and analysis of selected constitu¬ent aspects of intercultural education and keywords which are important for the evaluation of goals and content within the framework of interculturally-oriented teaching of German in Poland. The authors also discuss the form of presentation of intercultural aspects of education in The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (Council of Europe, 2001), in the Polish core curriculum and in selected German language teaching materials which are meant to shape the intercultural competence of Polish learners at different levels of proficiency and in different types of schools.