Wpływ pierwszego wyjazdu zagranicznego w charakterze lektora języka polskiego jako obcego na podejście do tego zawodu. Analiza ankiet

The article presents the results of the pilot study carried out among the group of 25 teachers of Polish as a foreign language (PFL) who were delegated to work abroad. The considerations and analyzes undertaken in this article were inspired by the reflection of W. Miodunka (2016) on the need to develop pedeutology as a sub-discipline of glottodidactics. The aim of the research was to try to identify the influence of the PFL teacher’s experience of working in a foreign university on their approach to the profession (itself). The author presents the analysis of the reasons for working abroad and expectations connected with it, the methodological and substantive level of preparing the teachers for working abroad as well as the analysis of coping strategies in the new environment and towards new problems to be solved. Based on the analysis of the respondents answers, a sketch of the teacher's profile was drawn up, including, among others, their predispositions and competences as well as the analysis of opportunities and threats related to working in a new environment. The study opens a new research field, including an attempt to answer the question whether working abroad and related personal and professional experience may have an impact on the further development of the PFL teachers.