The need to research the lexical competence of early school-age children in Polish language teaching abroad (on the example of the United States of America and Ukraine)

Abstract

The knowledge of the vocabulary of early school-age children learning Polish abroad is one of the most important determinants of the level of their language profi ciency. The paper presents the situation of Polish language teaching in the United States of America and Ukraine. Additionally, the paper discusses the status of the language among people of Polish origin. The author describes the preliminary results of the research on lexical competence of students: semantic fi elds with the largest lexical defi cit among the children compared to their peers in Poland