2.6. Polish Teaching on the
Basis of English
Polish and other Slavonic languages are going through a
process of intensive borrowing from English.
Modern
culture in Poland and other European countries is
undergoing rapid transformations, which is not only clearly
visible
in everyday life, but also finds a reflection in the
language. The culture of the 21st
century is very often
referred to as the Culture of McWorld, mass culture, global,
or consumer’s culture, which well illustrates the kind of
cultural transformations we are experiencing today. The
new consumerist civilization
copies the American model
and promotes typically American elements of culture and
civilization, a new portrait of a successful person, a new
way of life, of making a career, even new eating habits
[2].
The international tendency to
absorb English vocabulary
points to the role of English as a lingua franca of the
modern world. In the following
table we can see some
examples of English linguistic influence on Polish:
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