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Teaching Polish in ethnic schools abroad is by no means similar to teaching it in Poland. The factors contributing to the difference are numerous, two of them however are of crucial importance, namely, heterogeneity of pupils attending the same class and different status of Polish which for them is a heritage language. The purpose of the text is to describe the specificity of teaching Polish as a heritage language in ethnic schools abroad, to analyze the circumstances resulting in heterogeneity of groups and to present some teaching techniques which can be used in this complex and challenging context.