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Ten steps to L3 Polish

Author: Chris Sagan, Polish Consulate in Edinburgh

The Polish Education team for the Polish Consulate in Scotland have been working hard to produce an internet-based guidebook for L3 Polish.

With the support of SCILT, The Polish Consulate in Edinburgh and The Polish Social and Educational Society in Glasgow, a team of teachers and language professionals have been working together to create a ten-lesson programme to support classroom teachers who chose Polish as their L3 language. 

The programme is very much designed by teachers, for teachers, with the needs of classroom teachers in mind. It introduces basic Polish by taking students on an imaginary trip to Poland to meet newly discovered relatives. The language learning is blended with learning about Poland, its people and its culture. The similarities and historic links between Scotland and Poland are explored. 

With the prototype guidebook nearing completion we are now looking forward to piloting the guidebook with a trial series of lessons. Five education authorities across Scotland have agreed to take part in the pilot programme, which is planned to start at the end of January 2021. The pilot will involve classroom teachers being taken through the guidebook by members of the development team. After each lesson the development team will ask for feedback from the teachers on how improvements could be made. The trial will last ten weeks with one lesson per week. 

We aim to have the guidebook complete and ready for classroom use by the summer term 2021 with a full launch in the first term of academic year 2021-22.

If you wish further information or as a classroom teacher would like to participate in the series of trial lessons, please send an email to secretary@sikorskipolishclub.org.uk.

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