Theory and Practice 
of 

Second Language Acquisition

Vol. 3 (1) 2017

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego • Katowice 2017



Editors-in-Chief
Danuta Gabryś-Barker

University of Silesia
Adam Wojtaszek

University of Silesia

Language Editor
David Schauffler

University of Silesia

Editorial Board

 Janusz Arabski  (University of Silesia, Katowice/Vistula University, Warsaw)
Larissa Aronin (Oranim College of Higher Education/Trinity College, Dublin)
Jasone Cenoz Iraqui (University of the Basque Country, Donostia – San Sebastian)
Halina Chodkiewicz (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin)
Gessica de Angelis (Trinity College, Dublin)
Anna Ewert (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
Tammy Gregersen (University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls)
Ulrike Jessner Schmid (University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck)
Hanna Komorowska (University of Social Sciences and Humanities/University of Warsaw)
Jolanta Latkowska (University of Silesia, Katowice)
Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University, Sydney)
Anna Niżegorodcew (Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University, Philadelphia)
Miroslaw Pawlak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz/State School of Higher Professional 

Education, Konin)
Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel (University of Opole, Opole)
Andrzej Porzuczek (University of Silesia, Katowice)
David Singleton (Trinity College, Dublin/University of Pannonia, Veszprem)
Eva Vetter (University of Vienna, Vienna)
Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (University of Łódź, Łódź)
Maria Wysocka (University of Silesia, Katowice)

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Contents

Preface (Danuta Gabryś-Barker, Adam Wojtaszek)     .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .      5
Dorota Lipińska

The Influence of Age and L2 on Third Language Acquisition in a Corporate 
Environment  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .     7

Katarzyna Bańka
An Analysis of Higher Education Systems of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign 
Language in Poland and China  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    29

Elżbieta Gajek
ICT as Material Culture in CALL   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    47

Salama Embark Saleh
Some Libyan EFL University Students’ Attitudes towards Using Authentic 
Materials for Reading Classes    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    61

Teresa Maria Włosowicz
English Language Attrition in Teachers: Questions of Language Proficiency, 
Language Maintenance, and Language Attitudes    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    75

Maria Stec
Multimodality of Cultural Content in ELT Materials for Young Learners    .     .    101