This paper discusses teaching methods used in the course of a Polish culture programme with students of the Department of Polish Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seul. The cultural and civilizational change observed in the generation of twenty somethings make traditional teaching formats and the traditional approach to the canons of cultural education insufficient to grab the students’ interest. What can motivate the students and help achieve a lot better teaching results are the use of innovative techniques intercultural approach and, most of all, incorporation of electronic media and the Internet into the teaching process. The paper also shows how innovative methods of developing the intercultural competence may trigger an improvement in the students’ language competence.
The activities of Polish theaters in Kiev present one of the most interesting manifestations of Polish theatrical life in exile. During the First World War, the theater could easily compete with leading national stages. Warsaw leading artists, including Juliusz Osterwa performed in Kiev. It is in Kiev this artist realized theater reform in Poland after 1918. After his stay in Moscow and meetings with local leading theatre reformers, it was in Kiev that the Polish artist could implement his experimental plans in practice. Some memorable performances, especially those based on national classics, were innovatively interpreted, staged and performed under the direction of Osterwa in Kiev.
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