Santiago De Compostela 7 -10 May 2012

Santiago De Compostela, 7 -10 May 2012

Bożena Wiercińska Foreign Language Department Coordinator ul. Chodakowska 50, 03 -816 Warszawa, tel. +4822 -256 -88 -00, +4822 -818 -15 -08, +4822 -818 -69 -54

education system in Poland key aspects – national policy good practices tertiary education - how my work is related challenges

1999 - reform of the system of education - following types of schools in Poland: 6 -year primary school 3 -year gymnasium post-gymnasium schools 3 -year general lyceum 4 -year technical secondary school 2 or 3 -year vocational school 2 -year complementary lyceum 3 -year complementary technical secondary school. post-secondary non-tertiary education

educational priorities established by the European Union the advantages of an early start in language learning lifelong learning strategy increasing mobility of young people across Europe new expectations facing students and potential employees in the pluricultural and plurilingual environment needs of bilingual and plurilingual families living in Poland needs of national and ethnic minorities living in Poland ( Armenian, Belorusian, Czech, German, Kashubian, Roma Community etc. )

CLIL – 86 schools LANGUAGES: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian SUBJECTS: mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, history, world geography, IT Language Education Policy Profile 2005 - 2007, National Report

European Union Programmes: Erasmus, Grundtvig, Comenius, Lingua student exchange programmes international subject workshops total immersion programmes networking international projects teacher and academic teacher trainings teacher exchange programmes

1990 – transformation of the political system – changes of the higher education system institutional autonomy freedom in teaching and research internal self-governance non-state institutions established 2002 – 395 higher education institutions; - 125 state institutions , 270 non-state institutions

Polish universities – long and standing tradition in glottodidactics active role in promoting plurilingualism university langauge courses: incorporate CLIL methodology promote student’s autonomy self-education lifelong learning

established in 1996 languages taught: English, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian language for specific purposes – tourism and hospitality certified examination in business language proficiency at level B 2 Erasmus programme practical trainings in European hotels, regular contracts with Spanish organizations currently increasing number of foreign students demand for plurilingual education

Poland sees itself as a monolingual society - a long tradition of plurilingualism among Poland’s educational and cultural elite insufficient awareness of student’s autonomy and self – education – domination of one foreign language lack of appropriate teaching materials globalisation of social and economic processes global and local economic and demographic issues; decrease in enrollment § more attractive offer of state universities § limitations related to language course curriculum §

Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie w Strzebrzeszynie” – Polish tongue twister Do not get discouraged: Tak – Yes Proszę – Please, here you are Nie – No Cześć – Hello Przepraszam – I am sorry, Dziękuję – Thank you Excuse me ę, ą - nasalized vowels Gender in names: -ski, -ska Bożena Wiercińska. My husband – Marek Wierciński.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION DZIĘKUJĘ Bożena Wiercińska WSHGi. T Tel. +48602115252 bozena. wie@wp. pl