The Holy Grail of Just Another Fool’s Paradise – Teaching and Learning Polish Based on the Callan Method Cover Image

Oaza czy kolejna fatamorgana, czyli nauczanie i uczenie się języka polskiego metodą Callana
The Holy Grail of Just Another Fool’s Paradise – Teaching and Learning Polish Based on the Callan Method

Author(s): Edyta Nowosielska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: The Callan Method; direct method; Pollan

Summary/Abstract: In 2014 and 2015 two experimental courses of Polish as a foreign language were run at Polword – a school of Polish as a foreign language. Pollan is based on the principles of the Callan Method, which has been used successfully in teaching English as a foreign language for many years. It is based on the assumption that students can quickly acquire the basic knowledge and develop fluency using the method of mechanical repetition. Pollan was the first attempt of transposition of the method into any foreign language.

  • Issue Year: 66/2018
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 91-102
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish