society

Alla Marchenko is a sociologist, doctoral candidate at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (Graduate School for Social Research), researcher and poet.
In many countries across the world, also in Poland, there is an opinion, that immigrants, who live or work in the country should learn language. For some natives it is an necessary condition – language first! It is said: “It would be easier to communicate for them”, “They would not be cheated”, “They would do every kind of job”, “They would earn more money”, “They would not be excluded from society” etc. On the other hand, rarely someone says: “They should learn my language, because it would...