Kronika Reading
The Reading Chronicle is publishing a Polish-language edition - named Kronika Reading - tomorrow to target the town’s Polish population. Six news section pages are to be translated. The project was explained by editor Simon Jones as the first of its kind:
It’s a Reading paper for Polish people, not a Polish paper for Polish people. We want them to get them engaged with the local community.
He added that Reading is one of the top 10 Polish population centres in the UK and that if the initiative is successful, the Polish edition will go out monthly.
This is pioneering stuff. Media interest has been, understandably, overwhelming. I really can’t wait to see what happens.
Would this also mean a Polish-language Reading Chronicle website too, I wonder? If not, maybe I can jump in (though at present the only words I know are Czesc, Na zdrowie, Solidarnosc and, er, vodka). And would this also mean future editions in Romanian and Bulgarian languages?
Read Simon Jones’ thoughts on the launch in his blog.
Read the story on Media Guardian (registration required).
We now have classes of English for Polish speakers who wish to learn English living in or near Reading. These classes are in the evening from 6.30 to 8.30 from Monday to Thursday