About the Start Polish publishing house

Who are we?

We are the authors of the START series of textbooks for learning Polish as a foreign language, as well as teachers, trainers and publishers of materials for learning Polish. In 2004, we founded KLUB DIALOGU – a Polish language school for foreigners, and in 2016, we founded the START publishing house. In addition, we train teachers on professional development courses and postgraduate studies.

Out of our passion for languages, we created START

Our offer is addressed to foreigners interested in effective learning of the Polish language and the possibility of using modern, user-friendly textbooks, as well as to teachers of Polish as a foreign language who want to improve their skills and use effective forms of learning it.

Get to know us

Kamila
Co-founder of Start Polish
Kamila o sobie

I am a graduate of Iberian Studies at the University of Warsaw and postgraduate studies in Business Management at the Warsaw School of Economics. I completed doctoral studies at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw.

I have been teaching Polish as a foreign language since 1998. In the years 2004-2010 I was a Polish language teacher at the College of Europe in Natolin. In 2004, I founded the school of Polish as a foreign language, KLUB DIALOGU. I am the co-author of the START series of textbooks for learning Polish and the Grammar for Practitioner series. I conduct training for jpjo teachers, including: as part of postgraduate studies in Methodology of Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language. At the Medical University of Warsaw, I teach Polish as a foreign language.

Teaching and research interests: pedeutology, direct teaching, error correction.

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Agnieszka
Co-founder of Start Polish
Agnieszka o sobie

I am a graduate of the Faculty of Polish Philology at the University of Warsaw, postgraduate studies in Business Management at the Warsaw School of Economics and postgraduate studies in Methodology of Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

I have been a Polish language teacher since 2001.   I am the co-author of a series of textbooks for Polish as a foreign language START and Grammar for a Practitioner. I run a language publishing house. I train and evaluate teachers, conduct professional development courses in Poland and Germany, and conduct classes in teaching Polish as a foreign language at the Medical University of Warsaw and at the Vistula Academy of Finance and Business. I am an appointed Polish language teacher and the chairwoman of the examination board for certificate exams in Polish as a foreign language.

Teaching interests: teaching beginners, functional grammar, improving pronunciation, professional development of JPJO teachers.

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Dodatkowe materiały rozwijające wszystkie sprawności językowe
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