POSTAWY MŁODZIEŻY POLONIJNEJ WOBEC JĘZYKA OJCZYSTEGO I TOŻSAMOŚCI ETNICZNEJ
Attitudes of the youth from the Polish community abroad towards their mother tongue and ethnical identity

Summary/Abstract: The paper touches upon problems faced by young Poles in exile, related to maturation and seeking one’s identity as well as adapting to the country of settlement. This is the background for discussing the results of a survey conducted among students of Polish schools in Chicago, Paris and Vienna from the point of view of their attitude towards their own ethnicity and the Polish language. The results prove that second-generation emigrants demonstrate a strong sense of Polishness and willingness to transmit it, yet see their future neither in the country of settlement nor in Poland. This survey also reveals differences in boys and girls’ views on certain issues, which opens a broad fi eld for researchers.

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