1951 saw the formation of the Institute of Foreign Languages, although within just two years it was transformed into the Foreign Language Centre; a cross-faculty unit brought into being at all Polish tertiary institutions through an ordinance by the Minister of Higher Education, on the second of February, 1953. It was later renamed the Centre for Practical Language Education (SPNJO). The first director of our SPNJO was Dr Franciszek Janowski.
In 1955, all of the employees of the SPNJO, (...)
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