The article presents the main thesis and conclusions of the dissertation The Problem of Word Order in Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language. Glottodidactic Implications. The main aim of the dissertation was to determine the extent to which issues concerning word order should become part of the process of teaching Polish as a foreign language. The starting point is a presentation of the current state of research in the field. The analysis and synthesis of hitherto publications serve to highlight the rules regarding word order described in Polish linguistics. The dissertation contains also an attempt to examine whether issues concerning word order are sufficiently taken into account in the process of teaching Polish as a foreign language. The analysis of documents pertaining to the process of teaching Polish as a foreign language served to determine the scope of rules of word ordering which learners are expected to be familiar with at given levels. I show the results of analysis of curricula, course-books for teaching Polish as a foreign language, and grammar compendia intended for foreigners. The purpose of the analysis was to ascertain which information concerning word order are in fact provided to the learners of Polish. The empirical part of the dissertation is devoted to the analysis of mistakes in word order made by foreign speakers. It is preceded by theoretical considerations of the essence of word order errors, and search for criteria according to which a given linear order is considered invalid. The material analyzed in this chapter consists of errors excerpted from written works of learners of all levels and different nationalities. The last part of dissertation consists of implications resulting from the carried out analysis. It contains syllabi of word order issues which should become part of teaching content at given levels.
The article raises the question of the position of linear clitics, or short words devoid of word- accent. The position of the clitic in the sentence is determined by the syntax (the connection with the superordinate element), and also prosodic and rhythmic aspects. The rules setting the linear position of the clitic are discussed in detail.
W artykule zostały zaprezentowane i poddane analizie błędy szyku wyrazów popełniane przez obcokrajowców uczących się polskiego. Autorka skoncentrowała się na błędach szyku okoliczników oraz modulantów, a także na szczególnym typie błędów w zakresie szyku podmiotu i orzeczenia. Celem rozważań było powiązanie błędów z regułami, które w przypadku poszczególnych typów błędów zostały naruszone.
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In the article, some word order errors made by foreigners learning Polish are presented and analyzed. The author focuses mostly on the errors concerning the order of adverbials and modal words as well as a certain type of subject-predicate order errors. The aim of the article was also to connect the types of the word order errors to the rules which are being broken.
The paper is an account of a conference entitled Education of Foreigner Children organized by the UN Refugee Agency in Poland that took place in October 2016 in Warsaw. A delegation team of Polonicum Centre faculty and associates took part in one of the conference panels which was dedicated to teaching Polish as a foreign language: they gave a talk about Polonicum Centre, they led two workshops for teachers about integrating games into a class curriculum, and they presented a Polish textbook designed for Ukrainian teenagers.