(Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej, 2019)
Michoński, Cezary
The main aim of the article is to examine to what extent and how studying English
philology in Poland at the beginning of the twenty first century affects one’s literacy. It
focuses on the results of an action research study of the reception of British and American
literature among students of English in Poland. The study consisted of a quantitative part,
which comprised two surveys conducted in 2003-2004 and 2018 and a qualitative part.
The main aim of the surveys was to obtain an insight into the knowledge of British and
American literature and culture of 514 students of English at the tertiary level in a number
of educational institutions in Poland. The final aim of the research project was to gather
evidence on the basis of which some evaluation of the content and ways of teaching of
literature courses could be done. The results of the survey are used to propose a number
of practical solutions whose implementation into the curriculum could improve students’
literacy skills.