Testowanie biegłości językowej uczniów w wieku szkolnym na przykładzie języka polskiego jako obcego
Testing Polish as a foreign language of young learners
Author(s): Agnieszka Rabiej, Małgorzata BanachSubject(s): Foreign languages learning, School education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: certificate exams; language testing;language proficiency; young learners; bilingualism;multilingualism
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the issue of testing Polish as a foreign language of bilingual and multilingual young learners. Authors of the article present different educational solutions to testing and certifying foreign language skills in Poland, Ireland, Germany and in the United States of America. Different language tests are discussed, especially German school-leaving exams in Polish (Abiturprüfung Polnisch) as well as German telc exam in Polish or Irish Leaving Certificate exam in Polish, American Seal of Biliteracy and Languages Other Than English exams (LOTE). The article includes results of the survey conducted among the young learners who decided to take the Polish certificate exam at B1 level in Poland in 2017. The participants of the research confirmed the meaningful role of the certificate exams in Polish as a foreign language. At the end of the article the specific character of the Polish language exams abroad is also discussed in comparison with the Polish language test available for the young learners at the age of 14–17.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Kształcenie Polonistyczne Cudzoziemców
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 27
- Page Range: 451-467
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish