Browsing by Author "Myczko, Kazimiera"

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    Language policy in Denmark: The approach to English as a lingua franca
    (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Koninie, 2013) Korpal, Paweł; Myczko, Kazimiera; Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa; Pawłowski, Grzegorz; Wolski, Bartosz
    There is no denying that English has become a global language, the so-called lingua franca (McArthur 2002; Crystal 2003; Mair 2003). It is now extensively used not only in the English-speaking countries but also in the countries where it has a status of a foreign language. The presence of a universal language may facilitate communication among the speakers of different language background. Nevertheless, many researchers are apprehensive of the fact that the existence of English as a lingua franca may lead to the impoverishment of the local languages. The question of the interplay between the use of Danish and English in Denmark has been widely discussed by a great many Scandinavian linguists (Davidsen-Nielsen and Herslund 1999; Preisler 1999; Andersen 2002; Thøgersen 2007). The main purpose of the study was to take a closer look at the approach of Danish people to English as a world language. A group of twenty six Danes aged 20-27 took part in the study. They were asked to complete a questionnaire consisting of questions related to linguistic globalisation, international communication, foreign language education, the status of English in the Scandinavian countries and the advantages/disadvantages of the existence of a universal language. This was followed by short individual interviews which provided further input on the matters in question. The results of the study manifest general acceptance of English as the language extensively used in the domains of science, media and education. Such intriguing results may be treated as a point of reference to further discuss the existence of a global language from the sociolinguistic and didactic point of view.
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    Zu Problemen des frühen Fremdsprachenunterrichts
    (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2000) Myczko, Kazimiera
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    Zur Stellung und Funktion des Hörverstehens im sprachpraktischen Unterricht polnischer Germanistikstudenten
    (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 1991) Myczko, Kazimiera
    The position of listening (oral comprehension) at German studies and the functions which it performs in the teaching process are determined by the level of foreign language mastery of the students. This level makes it that developing of a complex ability of oral comprehension, thus oriented to the reception of the meaning contained in the text, is connected in the course of teaching with developing of the other language skills and with the work on the subsystems of the language and in particular on the lexical subsystem. The general remarks contained in the first part of the article are in the course of further considerations the basis for differentiation of the position and functions of listening skill (oral comprehension) in specific years of studies.