International words in teaching Polish as a foreign language in business at basic levels

Recenzowane materiały z konferencji z okazji jubileuszu 70-lecia prof. dr. hab. Władysława Miodunki: O lepsze jutro studiów polonistycznych w świecie; 2015-06-18; 2015-06-20; Kraków. Streszcz. po ang., bibliogr.

The article present the possible use of the international words in teaching Polish as a foreign language to businessmen at a basic levels. It is the answer to a growing number of professionals working in Poland, who during their stay here would like to leam the language. Those people as language learners have very particular needs, for example, including business vocabulary from the very beginning of their language education. That is why the language course should be especially tailored to fit their needs. In this context, interantionalisms may be very helpful to the teacher, as they often have similar forms in many languages. They also allow to use authentic materials from early stages of the learning process, if only the materials are properly chosen. Those have to be chosen very carefully to avoid the use of so called false friends, words of phrases that have similar form and origin, but have different meaning and connotations in different languages. The article also presents the use of international words in two coursebooks used commonly in business courses at a basic level.