dr hab., prof. UAMKrystyna Droździał-Szelest

Krystyna Droździał-Szelest
University professor

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 1976
  • Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 1983
  • D.Litt. in English applied linguistics, Poznań, 1996

Research interests

  • Methods of teaching foreign languages
  • Theory of second language acquisition
  • Teacher education
  • TEFL at the advanced level
  • ESP, CLIL
  • Materials development and evaluation
  • Classroom-oriented research - language learning strategies, autonomy
  • Sociolinguistics/pragmatics

Teaching experience

  • Theory of second language acquisition
  • Methods of teaching English as a foreign language
  • TEFL at university level
  • Educational psychology
  • Theory of education/pedagogy
  • TEFL methodology

Other professional experience

  • Coordinator, TEFL, School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1988-1997
  • Head of Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, 1996-2005
  • Head of Centre for English Language Teaching Materials, 1995-2000
  • Head of  Postgraduate Studies for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, 2000-2005
  • Member of State Examination Committee (Ministry of National Education), 1989-1991
  • Ministry of National Education Consultant for language teaching materials, 1993-
  • Member of Accreditation Committee for Higher Education (Ministry of National Education), 2000-2001
  • Member of the Presidium of Modern Language Association of Poland, 2007-2016
  • Vice-President of Modern Language Association of Poland, 2016-

Professional organizations

  • Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne (Modern Language Association of Poland)
  • International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
  • Honorary member of SERMO

Editorial

  • Assistant to the editor, Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 1976-91
  • Editorial board of  Studies in English Philology (2005-2007);
  • Advisory  board of  Neofilolog,  2010 - ;
  • Editorial board of  SSLLT – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; 2011 -  (www.ssllt.amu.edu.pl).
  • International Journal on Language, Literature and Culture in Education ; 2016 - (online, ISSN 2453-7101);

Peer reviewer for

  • Neofilolog
  • Glottodidactica
  • Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Konińskie Studia Językowe
  • Language Learning in Higher Education

Scholarships

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, 1978-79
  • University of California, Los Angeles, post-doctoral Fulbright fellow, 1985-86
  • British Council short-term scholarships: London 1984, Canterbury 1990, Cambridge 1993
  • Socrates-Comenius programme – Turkey, Adana, Cukurova University, 7-14.11.2005
  • Sokrates-Erasmus programme – Germany,  Frankfurt University,  8-12.01.2007
  • Socrates-Comenius programme – Turkey, Adana, Cukurova University, 28.04.-6.05. 2007

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • 14th IATEFL Conference, London, 1978
  • International Conference on Didactics, Hannover, 1981
  • IATEFL Conference, Warwick, 1989
  • International House Conference, London, 1990
  • EUROSLA Conference, Salzburg, 1991
  • International Conference: "Towards 2000: Supply and Demand in English Teaching in Poland", Poznań, 1992
  • NELLE Conference, Zaragozza 1996
  • ETAI Conference, Jerusalem, 1998
  • British Council Conference, Popowo 1998
  • CULI, Bangkok 1999
  • 11th International IATEFL-Poland Conference, Poznań, November 2002;
  • Konin, May 2003 (plenary speaker)
  • PASE, Poznań, May  2004
  • International Scientific and Educational Conference, Będlewo, May 2005 (invited speaker)
  • 15th International IATEFL –Poland Conference, Poznań, September  2006  (invited plenary speaker)
  • International Scientific and Educational Conference,  Poznań, May 2008 (invited plenery speaker)
  • 18th International IATEFL -Poland Conference, Poznań, September 2009 (invited plenary speaker)
  • International Scientific and Educational Conference, Będlewo, May 2011 (invited plenary speaker)
  • International IATEFL Research SIG conference, Konin, May 2011
  • International Conference on Classroom-Oriented Research, Kalisz, October 2011
  • International IATEFL Research SIG conference, Konin, May 2012
  • 3rd International academic seminar on Communication - Culture - Creativity, Piła, October 2012 (invited plenary speaker)
  • Language Rich Europe Conference, London, December 2012
  • International IATEFL Research SIG conference, Konin, May 2013
  • International IATEFL Research SIG conference, Konin, October 2013 (2 presentations)
  • Language Rich Europe Conference, Brussels, March 2013
  • LIF2014 Conference, Antalya, Turkey, March 2014 (2 presentations)
  • International Conference Language, Literature and Culture in Education 2016, Venice, Italy, July 2016
  • International Conference on Classroom-oriented research: Focus on the learner, Konin, October 2016

Guest lectures

  • Polish Academy of Science, Committee on Modern Languages and Literatures, Warsaw,  1988
  • Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey (ELT Department), November 2005; May 2007
  • Frankfurt University (Dept. of Didactics and Foreign Language Acquisition), January 2007

Honours

  • AMU Rectors’ Prize for research achievement, 1998
  • Medal of Committee of National Education, 2015