Text mediation in developing Polish academic language competences of students from Ukraine (on the example of an abstract)

Abstract

This article discusses strategies of developing text mediation competences in the field of Polish Language for Academic Purposes taking into account the needs of students from Ukraine and the phenomenon of language interference. The author proposes a list of language proficiency indicators as part of the processing of texts based on the indicators of the Council of Europe published in the CEFR-Companion Volume on the example of an abstract. Based on the phenomenon of language interference, she defines the area of positive and negative transfer, comparing genre features and lexical structures from the CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) in Polish and Ukrainian, to finally present teaching strategies helpful in developing mediation skills related to writing and editing the abstract.