Students with migratory background in Polish schools through the eyes of future teachers of Polish – from challenges to the new solutions

Abstract

The article presents the problem of educating Polish teachers who, in their professional work, teach students with the migratory background. The author presents data on the increasing number of students with migration experience in Polish schools, which were the basis for surveys conducted among students of Polish philology. The results clearly indicate that an important contemporary task is to equip future teachers of Polish (as well as teachers of other school subjects) with tools that they will be able to use in their classroom work with students with migratory background. The author tries to respond to these needs by presenting in the further part of the article proposals for workshops and activities that allow students of Polish philology and members of the Co-lektor Polish Studies Science Club to learn about the new situation of working with a foreign student. The presented workshops are one of the proposed solutions that could constitute a valuable element supplementing the education of future teachers of Polish and other school subjects.