Wybrane aspekty wykorzystania literatury dziecięcej w nauczaniu języka polskiego jako obcego na przykładzie poezji dziecięcej

The article makes an attempt to look at children’s literature, especially the poem as a glottodidactic text. It draws attention to the features of the „fourth” literature such as imagery, dialogism, a play with a language, musicality and also conveying the contents of knowledge of special fields and the cultural studies. The analysis enables to present an interesting strategy to deal with children’s poetry during Polish classes with foreigners. The article points out that children’s literature fosters the development of linguistic skills and competences, particularly a communicative one. Each of the discussed features was exemplified by suitable techniques for working with the text. In the article, poems by Tuwim, Brzechwa, Fraczek, Ficowski, Kierst and Fredro have been used.