Zastosowanie metody przedmiotowo-językowej CLIL w edukacji muzealnej obcokrajowców w Polsce
Using CLIL in Museum Education for Foreigners in Poland

An Introduction

Author(s): Katarzyna Žák-Caplot
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: CLIL; content and language integrated method; museum education; education through art; cultural glottodidactics; Warsaw for intermediate students project
Summary/Abstract: The article maps and discusses basic notions, sources as well as Polish and foreign projects aimed at teaching foreign languages using museum collections and historical resources. It presents the value of the content and language integrated method to language museum projects and museums themselves, as teaching language using CLIL can be seen as every Polish museum’s mission and Nina Simon’s theory of participatory museum. How this method is used in teaching Polish as a foreign language and Polish culture was presented on the example of “Warsaw for intermediate students” project, which was run by the Museum of Warsaw and Polonicum – the Centre of Polish Language and Culture of Warsaw University. Showing the practical use of the content and language integrated method in the museum environment made it possible to see how important such activities were for the participants of language classes as well as for the teachers of Polish as a foreign language. For those learning foreign languages it is an opportunity to learn a language in an interesting and unconventional way, which is placed in the historical and cultural context; for the teachers it is an opportunity to immerse students in a complete, but controlled foreign language environment and give them a possibility to search for information on their own and act creatively in Polish.

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