Tekst podręcznikowy i jego odbiorca pod lupą lingwisty

The aim of the article is to have a closer look at the selected modern schoolbook texts used in the process of teaching/learning at the Polish secondary school. The analysis of the above-mentioned material seems interesting and important because of the fact that the system of education in Poland has been under the constant change for almost 15 years, teenage students and the society are changing, the availability of the newest technological devices is growing and all these must have influenced the ability to perceive the information, the way and methods of teaching/learning and, as the result, school textbooks themselves, too. The author presents the set of chosen definitions of ‘text’, shortly characterises a schoolbook text, presents the set of linguistic parameters that can be used when analysing it and applies the majority of the parameters in her brief research of the chosen schoolbook texts for secondary-school use.