drKarolina Baranowska

Karolina Baranowska
Adiunkt (Assistant professor)

Websites / Profiles:

Degrees

  • B.A. in English, teaching specialization, Poznań 2016
  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 2018
  • Ph.D in English, Poznań, 2022

Research interests

  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Videos in EFL Teaching
  • Cognitive Load Theory
  • Aptitude-Treatment Interaction

Teaching experience

  • TEFL at academic level
  • Didactics of EFL
  • BA seminar

Other professional experience

  • WA Writing Centre Peer Tutor Training Programme

Guest lectures

  • University of Essex, 2023

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • 1st International Interdisciplinary Student Conference in English Linguistics, Literature, and Culture (StuKAn 2016), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 30 September-2 October 2016
  • Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznań, 23-25 November 2018
  • 49th Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM), Poznań, 16-18 September 2019 (poster)
  • 28th International IATEFL Poland Conference, Gdańsk, 20-22 September 2019
  • 27th Annual Graduate Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and TESOL symposium, Arizona, 20 February 2021
  • Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznań, 23-25 April 2021
  • 3rd New Trends in Foreign Language Teaching. Online conference, University of Granada, Spain, 19-21 May 2021
  • 32nd International Conference on Second/Foreign Language Acquisition, University of Silesia, Szczyrk, 20-22 May 2021
  • 7th International Hybrid Conference on Second Language Studies (ICSLS), European Knowledge Department Institute, Paris, 5 June 2021
  • 51st Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM), Poznań, 8-10 September 2022
  • 34th International Conference on Foreign /Second Language Acquisition, University of Silesia, Szczyrk, 18-20 May 2023
  • 33rd International IATEFL Poland Conference, Gdańsk, 20-22 September 2024

Other talks and presentations

  • Phon&Phon, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, February 2019
  • The Research in Applied Linguistics (REAL) group, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, April 2019
  • Second Language/Psycholinguistics Research Group, University of Essex, November 2020
  • GradTalks, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, 19 February 2021
  • XX Festiwal Nauki, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. K. K. Baczyńskiego w Koninie, 15 March 2023

Research Projects/ Grants

  • Principal Investigator: Inicjatywa Doskonałości - Uczelnia Badawcza, konkurs nr 140 - "50 x 50: pięćdziesiąt grantów dla 50 młodych naukowców". Project title: "Active Aging: Learning English and developing fine psychomotor abilities", 2024-2025.
  • Principal Investigator: MINIATURA 7, research grant number  2023/07/X/HS2/00131, 2023-2024.
  • Research Assistant: Wielostopniowy model akcentu w języku angielskim" (A Multivalued model of stress in English), NCN OPUS11 2016/21/B/HS2/00616 - "2017-2020.
  • Research Assistant: "Online corpus of modern, standard spoken Polish language in the Wielkopolska region", funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, research grant number 0113/NPRH2/H11/81/2013.

Visiting researcher

  • University of Essex, October - December 2020

Attended Workshops

  • "More than one language: Myths, facts, benefits and challenges in the context of education" by Antonella Sorace and Katarzyna Przybycień, Poznań 2018
  • "Wielojęzyczność w edukacji", Poznań 2023

Honours and Awards

  • Dean's Award for very good results, presented at Absolutorium (2018)
  • Faculty of English Dean's award for the best M.A. thesis in linguistics (2018)
  • Distinction in a didactic competition for the best lesson plan - contest organised by the Centre for English Teacher Training and Education, Faculty of English (2018)
  • Editor's choice article, ELTJ, April 2020, www.youtube.com/watch
  • AMU Rector's one-time scholarship awarded to Ph.D students for scientific achievements, 2020
  • Adam Mickiewicz University Vice-Chancellor's scholarship for outstanding PhD students (2018/2019), (2019/2020), (2020/2021), (2021/2022)
  • Adam Mickiewicz University Vice-Chancellor's scholarship for the 30% best PhD students, (2020/2021),(2021/2022)