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The article presents how to teach Polish as a foreign language using the direct method and relying on START Series textbooks for students learning Polish at A0, A1 and A2 levels. The START Series is created by Kamila Dembińska and Agnieszka Małyska for beginners starting to learn Polish. The paper analyzes one of the lessons from the textbook START 1 (shopping) and the way it introduces grammar at the very basic level.