Wartość refleksji semantycznej w kształceniu polonistycznym

The aim of this paper is to identify the place and value of semantics in the school education of Polish language & literature, and to demonstrate various opportunities to expand students’ knowledge and interests with the use of refl ection on the meaning. The presented discussions include: (a) the answer to the question what could be an object of semantic refl ection, (b) the analysis of the new core curriculum in teaching Polish in a primary school as well as the analysis of selected textbooks, (c) the presentation of examples taken from lexicographic and corpus materials worthy of use in teaching Polish language & literature, (d) the indication of the latest publications dedicated to Polish, which use humour, astonishment and a rich linguistic material and help inspire students to refl ect on the meaning and facilitate their development.