“…An increasing amount of literature has become available regarding the learning and use of English in various European contexts (e.g., Berns, 1995;Cenoz and Jessner, 2000;Phillipson and Skutnab-Kangas, 1997;Van Essen, 1997), including works related to English in central and eastern Europe (e.g., Dushku, 1998;Fonzari, 1999;McCallen, 1991;O'Reilly, 1998;Petzold and Berns, 2000;Schleppegrell, 1991). However, there has been relatively little discussion of the role of the English language in Poland, and the English learned and spoken there remains a relatively ''lesser known'' world English.…”