Błędy gramatyczne w polszczyźnie studentów ukraińskojęzycznych

Abstract

LINGUISTIC ERROS IN POLISH FOR UKRAINIAN-SPEAKING STUDENTS The question of linguistic errors made in Polish by Ukrainians, discussed in the dissertation at hand, places it in the field of Polish lapsology – a branch of comparative glottodidactics. The inspiration for writing this dissertation derives from my teaching experience – five years of teaching Polish as a Foreign Language (PFL) to Ukrainian- -speaking groups, thus groups homogeneous in terms of their first language. It was observed that linguistic errors of a certain kind and type are made in Polish by students from Ukraine regularly and irrespective of their language level. It seemed obvious that the phenomenon of linguistic interference – negative transfer the students’ mother tongue – is responsible for the majority of repeated errors. In no way do teaching methods applied in teaching Polish as a Foreign Language (TPFL) allow for conquering interlingual errors; moreover, they promote skills and competences which due to the phenomenon of intercomprehension do not require particular didactic measures. Experimenting with different teaching methods and types of activities in class allowed for certainty that Ukrainian-speaking students should be taught Polish using different methods than the groups heterogeneous in terms of their first language. On the other hand, delving into voluminous literature on this subject matter allowed for establishing that similar conclusions have been drawn by linguists and practising language teachers for almost 30 years (in TPFL, much longer in other languages). Hence arises the question of dissonance between the awareness of the sources of problems East Slavic groups must face while acquiring Polish and the lack of practical solutions in TPFL to these groups.