Music, Fun and Movement in Polish as a Foreign Language Classes in Kindergarten. On the Marginal of the Anthology of Children's Songs

Background: The reason for writing this sketch is work on the publication of the Anthology of Songs for Children, which, after the Anthology of Stories and the Anthology of Poems for Children, is the third part of the cycle. Purpose: The scientific objective of this article is to present the concept of a new textbook for teaching Polish as a foreign language in preschool groups. The dominant research method is the use of music, video clips and films in teaching Polish in the context of language awareness and language sensitivity. Teaching in the youngest groups must be based on simple pieces that do not require a large lexical resource from the recipient. Results: The problem of linguistic awareness and cultural sensitivity as necessary, essential elements in the process of teaching Polish as a foreign language was raised. The article presents the structure of the textbook entitled Anthology of Children's Songs, where 20 lessons will be shaped on the basis of Polish songs, poems of prominent Polish poets. The proposed lessons consist of song lyrics, pictures, pre-stories of key words in the song lyrics, vocabulary books, exercises, games and group tasks. The information contained in the textbook is designed to form children's lexical proficiency, cultural competence. By analyzing the content of the textbook, the advantages of using music and movement games in the lessons of Polish as a foreign language have been established, including breaking the blockade among students against speaking and asking questions, easier involvement of children in learning, assimilation of more words and expressions, helping learners forget about stress, reducing the level of fear of using a foreign language, multi-channel perception in processing information, which affects the memorization process.