Implementation of intercultural aspects into the curriculum of Polish sign language as a foreign language as exemplified by the MOOC

Abstract

This article presents the description of the course in Polish Sign Language conducted as an MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), and, in particular, the possibility of the implementation of inter-cultural aspects into the curriculum of Polish Sign Language as a foreign language with the application of this very formula. The technical structure of the course itself, and also methodological assumptions behind conducting it, are presented in this article as well. The description of the emplotment of the contents contained in it as a method of counteracting the phenomenon of abandoning the course and including intercultural contents into the curriculum of the course. What is discussed as well is the advantages resulting from including intercultural elements into instruction into Polish Sign Language.