O (NIE)OBECNOŚCI INTERPUNKCJI W SZKOLE
On (non-)presence of punctuation in schools

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author shares her observations of and refl actionson teaching punctuation at all school levels. She puts forward a thesis that the condition of punctuation is becoming increasingly poorer among children and youth, that punctuation gradually vanishes from their statements. The author makes an attempt at answering the question about the causes of the decreasing punctuation skills of the young generation. She points to institutional factors (contents of the core curriculum and, in consequence, insuffi cient elaboration of the issues related to correct punctuation in textbooks), teaching factors (the concept of teaching is unclear, the work on correct punctuation of students’ statements is not individualised, the time for consolidating and repeating rules and using the acquired knowledge in practice is insuffi cient, the students’ motivation is weak), civilisation and cultural factors (the infl uence of the electronic writing culture on the language of the young generation). In the final part of the paper, the author formulates conclusions and postulates regarding teaching punctuation at all educational stages.

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