dr hab., prof. UAMMagdalena Wrembel

Magdalena Wrembel
University professor

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Degrees

  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 1993
  • Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 2005
  • D.Litt. in Linguistics, Poznań, 2016

Research interests

  • Second and Third Language Acquisition
  • Phonetics and phonology
  • Bilingualism and multilingualism
  • Language awareness
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Innovative trends in pronunciation pedagogy

Teaching experience

  • Practical English: pronunciation
  • English phonetics and phonology
  • Bilingualism and multilingualism
  • BA/MA seminars
  • Acquisition of foreign language phonology
  • Methodology of TEFL
  • TEFL at university level
  • Translation and interpreting
  • Teaching English for Special Purposes

Professional experience

  • Lecturer of English, Franco-Polish School of New Information and CommunicationTechnologies, Poznań, 1993–1996
  • Freelance translator and interpreter, 1996–
  • Assistant lecturer in English, Teacher Training College, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 1996–2005
  • Assistant professor, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 2005–2017
  • University professor, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), 2017–

Other professional experience

  • Coordinator of the International Youth Trust Exchange Programme, Teacher Training College, Roehampton University London, 2000–2005
  • Proxy to the Dean for students' financial support (2008–2010)
  • Acting Deputy Dean for Research and International Collaboration (2015–2016)
  • Deputy head of the Poznań branch of Bilingualism Matters (2018- )

Professional organizations

  • International Phonetic Association
  • Association for Language Awareness
  • Societas Linguistica Europaea
  • EUROSLA – European Second Language Association
  • International Association of Multilingualism

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference (PTLC), 2001, London
  • Teaching Foreign Language Phonetics, 2001, Soczewka k. Płocka
  • Teaching Phonetics - theories and practice, 2002, Wąsosze k. Konina
  • IATEFL PL, 2002, Poznań
  • 10th Manchester Phonology Meeting, 2002, Manchester, UK
  • Teaching Foreign Language Phonetics, 2003, Soczewka k. Płocka
  • 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 2003, Barcelona
  • Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2004, Poznań
  • Teaching Foreign Language Phonetics, 2004, Mikorzyn k. Konina
  • IATEFL PL, Toruń, 2005
  • Teaching Foreign Language Phonetics, 2005, Soczewka k. Płocka
  • Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference (PTLC), 2005, London
  • 37th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2006, Poznań
  • Teaching Foreign Language Phonetics, 8–10 May 2006, Mikorzyn
  • Phonetics Teaching and Leaning Conference (PTLC), 2007, London
  • Transfer in L3 phonology -- satellite workshop of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 2007, Freiburg
  • IATEFL Research SIG Conference -- Exploring English Language Learning and Teaching, 2007, Konin
  • Phonetics and Phonology in Third Language Acquisition – Satellite workshop of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 3–4 August 2007, Freiburg, Germany
  • Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, New Sounds 25–28 November 2007, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • 20th International Conference on Foreign/Second Language Acquisition, 15–17 May 2008, Szczyrk
  • ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, 25–27 August 2008, Athens, Greece
  • 39th Poznań Linguistic Meeting PLM 2008, 11–14 August 2008, Gniezno, Poland
  • Accents 2008, Variability in non-native English speech, 12–14 December 2008, Łódź, Poland
  • 43rd International IATEFL Conference, 31 March–4 April 2009, Cardiff, UK
  • Mówienie w języku obcym – sukcesy i porażki uczenia się i nauczania, 18–20 May 2009, Konin, Poland
  • 40th Poznań Linguistic Meeting PLM 2008, 2–5 September 2009, Gniezno, Poland
  • 42nd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 9–12 September 2009, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Accents 2009 (Variability in non-native English speech), 11–13 December 2009, Łódz, Poland
  • 6th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2010) 1–3 May 2010, Poznań
  • Third Language (L3) Acquisition Workshop: Developing a Research Base, 6–11 June 2010, Iowa City
  • 20th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Acquisition (EuroSLA 20), 1–4 September, 2010, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • Accents 2010 (4th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English), Łódź
  • 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 17–21 August 2011, Hong Kong
  • 21st Annual Conference of the European Second Language Acquisition (EuroSLA 21), 8–10 September, 2011, Stockholm
  • 7th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, 15–17 September 2011, Warszawa
  • Accents 2011 (5th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English), 15–17 December 2011, Łódź
  • 24th International Conference on Foreign/Second Language Acquisition, 16–19 May 2012, Szczyrk
  • Third Language (L3) Acquisition: A focus on cognitive approaches, 24–25 May 2012, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
  • 22nd Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association EuroSLA 22, 5–8 September 2012, Poznań, Poland
  • 8th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, 13–15 September 2012, Castelló, Spain
  • Workshop on “Universal or diverse paths to English phonology? Bridging the gap between research on phonological acquisition of English as second, third and foreign language”, 19–21 September 2012, Münster, Germany
  • Accents 2012 (6th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English), 6–8 December 2012, Łódź
  • EPIP3 (3rd International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices), 8–10 May 2013, Murcia, Spain
  • 7th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2013), Montreal
  • 46th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 18–21 September 2013, Split, Croatia
  • Accents 2013 (7th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English), 5–7 December 2013, Łódź
  • 9th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, 12–14 June 2014, Uppsala, Sweden
  • 24th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association EuroSLA 24, 3–6 September 2014, York, UK
  • 47th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 11–14 September 2014, Poznań, Poland
  • Workshop on Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use, 20–21 March 2015, Tromsø, Norway
  • 48th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 2–5 September 2015, Leiden
  • 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 10–14 August 2015, Glasgow
  • The International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 7–10 September 2015, Chania, Greece
  • LASLAB Workshop on CLI: Working with cross-linguistic effects in the classroom, 27 April 2016, Vitoria-Gasteiz
  • 8th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2016), Aarhus, 10–12 June 2016
  • 49th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 31 August–3 September 2016, Naples
  • Symposium on multilingualism, language proficiency and age, 1–2 December 2016, Stockholm
  • 5th Workshop on Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use, 6-7 May 2017, Poznań
  • The International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 4-7 September 2017, Chania, Greece
  • 50th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 10-13 September 2017, Zürich
  • 47th Poznań Linguistic Meeting PLM 2017, 18-20 September 2017, Poznań
  • Language, Identity and Education in Multilingual Contexts Conference, 1-3 February 2018, Dublin, Ireland
  • Current Trends in Linguistics Conference, 23-24 March, 2018, Hamburg, Germany
  • 28th EuroSLA Conference, 5-8 September 2018, Münster, Germany
  • 11th International Conference on Multilingualism and Third Language Acquisition, 13-15 September 2018, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism, 25-27 March 2019, Malta
  • L3 Workshop: Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use, 7-8 June 2019, Konstanz, Germany
  • Roundtable on European Language Policies in Higher Education, 14 June 2019 Castellon, Spain
  • 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 4-10 August 2019, Melbourne, Australia
  • 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2019), 30 August - 1 September, 2019, Tokyo, Japan
  • 49th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 16-18 September 2019, Poznań, Poland.
  • Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2020 - 22nd September 2020 (online)
  • 1st EPICUR Student's Event in Poznań - 8th October 2020 (online)
  • Young Linguists Meeting in Poznań YLMP 23-25 April 2021 (special session)
  • International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB 10-14 July 2021
  • AILA 2021 World Congress of Applied Linguistics Groningen 15-20 August 2021
  • Societas Linguistica Europaea SLE 2021 31 August – 3 September 2021
  • EPICUR workshop conference on multilingualism 25 September 2021 Strasbourg
  • Workshop on L3 Development After the Initial State (L3-AIS 2021) 1-2 October 2021
  • Accents 2021 Łódź December 2021
  • New Sounds 2022 Barcelona April 2022
  • Societas Linguistica Europaea SLE 2022 Bucharest August 2022
  • International Symposium on Multilingualism L3 IAM Zagreb September 2022
  • Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium September 2022 Edinburgh (hybrid)
  • Poznań Linguistic Meeting September 2022
  • Accents December 2022 Łódź
  • PAC Phonology of Contemporary English 12-14 April 2023 Paris
  • APAP 2023 Approaches to Phonology and Phonetics, 23-24 June 2023 Lublin

Invited lectures

  • Wyższa Szkoła Języków Obcych, Poznań, 2005
  • Archibald Language School, Warszawa, 2006
  • Studium Języków Obcych, British Council, Poznań, 2006
  • University of Augsburg, Germany, 2008
  • Sorbonne University, Paris 3, France, 2009
  • University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 2013
  • University Paris 8, 2014
  • University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2016
  • Stockholm University, 2016
  • University of Barcelona, 2017
  • University of Hamburg, 2018
  • University of Konstanz 2019
  • Universitat Jaume I Castellon 2019
  • Waseda University, Tokyo, 2019
  • University of Barcelona 2019
  • PASE 2019, Adam Mickiewicz University (plenary talk)
  • Waseda University, Tokyo, 2019 (invited talk and roundtable)
  • The Arctic University of Norway, AcqVA Aurora Guest Lecture Tromsø, 2020, 2022
  • National Conference “The school of tomorrow” Educational Fair Poznań 2020 (plenary talk)
  • L3-AIS 2021 (online Boston, invited talk)
  • Accents 2021 Łódź (plenary talk)
  • SLE 2022 Bucharest (plenary talk)
  • Accents 2022 Łódź (invited talk)
  • PAC 2023 Paris (plenary)
  • Workshop on L3 acquisition, Uppsala 2023 (invited talk)
  • APAP 2023 Lublin (plenary)

Editorial

  • Guest editor of IATEFL Newsletter of the Pronunciation Special Interest Group "Speak Out!" Dec 2007, No 38
  • Guest editor (with Ulrike Gut and Grit Mehlhorn) of a "Special issue on L3 phonology", International Journal of Multilingualism 7(1) (2010)
  • Guest editor (with Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk and Małgorzata Kul) of a Special Issue of Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, vol. 47 (1), March 2011
  • Reviewer for PSiCL – Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
  • Reviewer for IJM – International Journal of Multilingualism
  • Reviewer for IJB - International Journal of Bilingualism
  • Reviewer for Phrasis – Studies in Language and Literature
  • Reviewer for SAP – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
  • Reviewer for Canadian Modern Language Review
  • External reviewer of PhD theses (University of the Basque Country 2010, Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona 2014, University of Barcelona 2015, University of Aarhus 2016)
  • Guest-editor (with Jennifer Cabrelli Amaro) of a Special Issue “Advances in the Investigation of L3 Phonological Acquisition”, International Journal of Multilingualism 13(4), 2016
  • Reviewer for Language Awareness
  • Reviewer for Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (LAB)
  • Reviewer forJournal of Phonetics
  • Reviewer for Journal of Second Language Pronunciation (JSLP)
  • European Research Council panel member ERC COG 2021 (SH4)

Member of scientific committees

  • Member of the Executive Board of Societas Linguistica Europaea SLE (2014-2017, 2020-2023)
  • President/Elect/Vice-President of Societas Linguistica Europaea(2020-2023)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of international conferences, including EuroSLA (2012-17), EPIP (2013-14), ExLing (2010-12), ISMBS (2015, 2017), SLE (2015–2018), Subsidia (2017), PLM (2017), ICPC (2018), ICPhS (2010-18)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism  (LAB), Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech
  • Member at large of the Executive Board of the International Association of Multilingualism (2018 - 2020)

Scholarships

  • TEMPUS scholarship, Nene College, Northampton, UK, 1992
  • WR Lee IATEFL Scholarship, 2009
  • Obermann Fellowship, June 2010, Obermann Centre for Advanced Studies, the University of Iowa
  • FSS Norway Grant, March 2015
  • IDUB Foreign research stay - November 2022 Tromsø, Norway

Organizer of international conferences

  • Co-organiser of the satellite workshop of the 16th ICPhS, Phonetics and Phonology in Third Language Acquisition, 3–4 August 2007, Freiburg, Germany
  • Session organizer, Metacompetence in SLA, 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 13–16 September 2007, Gniezno
  • Co-organiser of a workshop "How global is English in the globalising world" at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 9–12 September 2009, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Co-organiser of the International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, New Sounds 2010, 1–3 May 2010, Poznań
  • Co-organiser of the 22nd Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA22), 6–8 September 2012, Poznań
  • Co-organiser of the Language Learning Roundtable 'Interdisciplinary perspectives on the acquisition of second language phonology', 5 September 2012, Poznań
  • Co-organiser of 47th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 11–14 September 2014, Poznań, Poland
  • 5th Workshop on Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use, 6-7 May 2017, Poznań
  • Co-organiser of a workshop “Modelling the acquisition of foreign language speech: old meets new” at the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 10-13 September 2017, Zürich
  • Co-organiser of a special poster session at ICPhS Melbourne, Australia, 2019 “Theoretical and methodological challenges in L3 phonological acquisition”
  • Co-organiser of a special session, AILA, Groningen, 2021
  • Co-organiser of two thematic sessions, PLM, Poznań, 2022

Research projects / grants

  • 2021-2024 - OPUS-19-HS ( UMO-2020/37/B/HS2/00617) CLIMAD Cross-linguistic influence in multilingualism across domains: Phonology and syntax (PI)
  • 2021-2024 - GRIEG NCN - Norway Grants - ADIM Across-domain investigations in multilingualism: Modeling L3 acquisition in diverse settings (co-PI), in cooperation with UiT in Tromsø and NTNU in Trondheim
  • 2009–2010 – Interdisciplinary grant of Adam Mickiewicz University and University of Medical Sciences in Poznań, "Cross-modal associations between sounds and colours" (PI)
  • 2011–2013 – National Programme for the Development of Humanities, Polish Ministry of Higher Education (12H 11 0043 80), "Cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of third language phonology" (PI)
  • 2014–2016 – National Programme for the Development of Humanities, Polish Ministry of Higher Education (12H 13052982), "Phonological and morpho-syntactic features of Polish bilingual children in the context of emigration to the UK", in co-operation with UW and UJ (co-investigator)
  • 2017-2019 – international grant of the Polish-German Foundation of Science, "MULTI-PHON - Phonological cross-linguistic influence in young multilinguals" in co-operation with the University of Münster (PI)

Honours

  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational and didactic achievements (2009)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational achievements (2010)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational and didactic achievements (2011)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for research achievements (2013)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational achievements (2014)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for research achievements (2016)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational achievements (2016)
  • Minister of Science and Higher Education's team award for didactic
    achievements (2015)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational achievements (2017)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational achievements (2018)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organisational achievements (2019)