The article presents the results of the pilot study carried out in the group of 25 the PFL teachers directed to work abroad. The considerations and analyzes undertaken in this article were inspired by the reflection of W. Miodunka (2016) on the need to develop pedeutology as a sub-discipline of glottodidactics. The article presents opinions of respondents on the advantages and disadvantages of working abroad (including cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education) and its impact on the development of professional, social and cultural competences. On the basis of the collected material, conclusions and suggestions regarding the organization of the process of employing and sending PFL teachers abroad were formulated, including a particularly important one that would oblige the Polish state to rationally manage human potential, as the PFL teachers promote the Polish language and culture in the world. The study presented here opens a new research field in the glottodidactic pedeutology.
The article presents the results of the pilot study carried out among the group of 25 teachers of Polish as a foreign language (PFL) who were delegated to work abroad. The considerations and analyzes undertaken in this article were inspired by the reflection of W. Miodunka (2016) on the need to develop pedeutology as a sub-discipline of glottodidactics. The aim of the research was to try to identify the influence of the PFL teacher’s experience of working in a foreign university on their approach to the profession (itself). The author presents the analysis of the reasons for working abroad and expectations connected with it, the methodological and substantive level of preparing the teachers for working abroad as well as the analysis of coping strategies in the new environment and towards new problems to be solved. Based on the analysis of the respondents answers, a sketch of the teacher's profile was drawn up, including, among others, their predispositions and competences as well as the analysis of opportunities and threats related to working in a new environment. The study opens a new research field, including an attempt to answer the question whether working abroad and related personal and professional experience may have an impact on the further development of the PFL teachers.
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