Skowronek, Barbara2012-01-042012-01-042011Glottodidactica vol. 37 (1), 2011, pp. 130-14083-232-1043-80072-4769http://hdl.handle.net/10593/1682According to F. Grucza’s anthropocentric conception of language, learning a foreign language consists in the acquisition and reconstruction of linguistic knowledge by learners, therefore nobody can be taught a language. Relations between languages can take the form of interrelations or transrelations. Does the prestige of a particular language influence the motivation or demotivation for learning it? Which perspective (inter- or trans-) is adopted nowadays in Poland for teaching German as a foreign language?deConception of languageLanguage learning / language acquisition,Inter-, trans- language relations,German as a foreign language in teaching the third languageDeutsch als Fremdsprache, ökokratisches KonzeptArtykuł