Monika Kusiak-Pisowacka
Jagiellonian University, Poland; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4043-9144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36534/erlj.2025.02.12
Bibliographic citation: (ISSN 2657-9774) Educational Role of Language Journal. Volume 2025-2(14). THE ACTIVE DIMENSION OF LANGUAGE AND OF LINGUISTIC EDUCATION, pp. 160-163.
English for University: a selection of exercises for intermediate students is directed to Polish adult learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) who attend English courses at the intermediate level (B1/B2). Andrzej Fretschel-Hojarski, the author of the publication, is an experienced FL teacher working in the Institute of English Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. As the author states in the Forward section, the book ‘’offers short grammatical explanations as well as activities … intended as an ancillary resource for students and teachers studying or working externally” (Fretschel-Hojarski, 2022: 7). Taking into account the popularity of external forms of learning in Polish tertiary education and the limited number of classes devoted to teaching foreign languages, the textbook is a welcome contribution to the poor selection of teaching materials addressed to this group of learners available on the Polish book market. In relation to the ERL framework, the book addresses the topics discussed in the Language and Schooling strand. Additionally, this article aims to enhance our understanding of the active dimension of linguistic education, and more specifically various factors that implicitly and explicitly influence grammar instruction. The structure of the book is…
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