Keywords
mediation activities, action-oriented approach
mediation tasks
teaching Polish as a foreign language
textbooks
How to Cite
Abstract
Mediation is recognised in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (2001) as one of the four modes of communication, alongside reception, production and interaction. In mediation activities, the learner acts as an intermediary, enabling communication across linguistic, cultural and technical barriers. Despite the important role of mediation in multilingual and intercultural environments, teaching materials rarely focus on developing these competences. The aim of the present study was to determine whether and to what extent mediation activities are developed in textbooks for teaching Polish as a foreign language, with reference to the categories of mediation of text, concepts and communication defined in the CEFR – Companion volume (2020). A qualitative analysis was used to categorise the tasks and exercises in selected textbooks. Conclusions and recommendations are formulated, based on the interpretation of the content of the task instructions.
References
Berelson B. (1952), Content Analysis in Communication Research. Glencoe Illinois: Free Press.
Biernacka M. (2023), Rozwijanie działań mediacyjnych od poziomu podstawowego – na przykładzie kursu języka polskiego jako obcego dla studentów stomatologii. „Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Kształcenie Polonistyczne Cudzoziemców”, nr 30, s. 265–282.
Bucko D., Prizel-Kania A., Rogala D. (2022), Razem po polsku. Podręcznik do nauki języka polskiego jako obcego. Poziom B1. Kraków: Avalon.
Busiło S. (2022), Mediacja tekstowa w rozwijaniu językowych kompetencji akademickich studentów z Ukrainy (na przykładzie abstraktu). „Poradnik Językowy”, nr 10, s. 215–233.
Council of Europe (2001), Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing.
Council of Europe (2020), Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment – Companion volume. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing.
Dixon A., Jasińska A., Małolepsza M., Szymkiewicz A. (2021), Hurra!!! Po polsku 3. Kraków: Prolog.
Janowska I. (2023a), Tâches de médiation comme outils d’enseignement/apprentissage actionnel des langues étrangères. „Neofilolog”, nr 60/2, s. 362–378.
Janowska I. (2023b), Działania mediacyjne w certyfikacji znajomości języka polskiego jako obcego. Czas na (r)ewolucję. „Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Kształcenie Polonistyczne Cudzoziemców”, nr 30, s. 217–231.
Janowska I., Plak M. (2021), Działania mediacyjne w uczeniu się i nauczaniu języków obcych. Od teorii do praktyki. Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka.
Jasińska A. (2025), Działania i strategie mediacyjne w nauczaniu języka polskiego w środowisku akademickim. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego.
Kolb E. (2016), Sprachmittlung: Studien zur Modellierung einer komplexen Kompetenz. Münster/New York: Waxman.
Krippendorff K. (2019), Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage Publication.
Piccardo E., North B. (2019), The Action-oriented Approach: A Dynamic Vision of Language Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Pilch T., Bauman T. (2010), Zasady badań pedagogicznych. Strategie ilościowe i jakościowe. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Akademickie „Żak”.
Rada Europy (2003), Europejski system opisu kształcenia językowego: uczenie się, nauczanie, ocenianie. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo CODN.
Reimann D. (2014), Sprachmittlung, „ProDaZ: Deutsch als Zweitsprache in allen Fächern” [online], https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/prodaz/reimann_sprachmittlung.pdf [DW 12.08.2025].
Stathopoulou M. (2015), Cross-Language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Stempek I., Stelmach A. (2012), Polski krok po kroku 2. Kraków: Glossa.
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Iwona Janowska
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors
Authors of texts accepted for publication in Neofilolog are required to complete, sign and return to the Editorial team’s office the Agreement for granting a royalty-free license to works with a commitment to grant a CC sub-license.
Under the agreement, the authors of the texts published in Neofilolog grant Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań a non-exclusive, royalty-free license and authorize the use of Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) Creative Commons sub-license.
The authors retain the right to the free disposal of the work.
Users
Interested Internet users are entitled to use works that have been published in Neofilolog since 2017, under the following conditions:
▪ attribution – obligation to provide, together with the distributed work, information about the authorship, title, source (link to the original work, DOI) and the license itself.
▪ no derivatives – the work must be preserved in its original form. Without the author's consent, it is not possible to distribute the modified work in the form of translations, publications, etc.
Copyrights are reserved for all texts published since 2017.
Miscellaneous
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań retains the property right as a whole (layout, graphic form, title, cover design, logo etc.).