drIwona Łęska-Drajerczak
Senior lecturer (Starszy wykładowca)
- ileska@amu.edu.pl
- (+48) 61 829 1020
Collegium Heliodori room 205
Degrees
- M.A. in English, Poznań, 1981
- Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 2006
Professional Qualifications
- Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (DipTEFLA), RSA Cambridge, UK 1996
Research interests
- Applied Linguistics
- Methods of teaching English as a foreign language
- Language Testing
- Teaching English phonetics and grammar at an advanced level
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language Methodology
- Pre-service and in-service teacher-training
- Mentoring
- Teacher and learner motivation
- Teaching Business English
- EFL Course Planning
Teaching experience
- TEFL at university level
- EFL pre-service and in-service teacher training
- Methodology of TEFL
- TOEFL courses and teaching writing in the USA
- Business English
- ESP Technical English
Professional experience
- EFL (PNJA) Coordinator 2006-2021
- EFL (PNJA) grammar coordinator 1990-2006
- Coordinator responsible for preparing EFL (PNJA) grammar tests for years 1BA-1MA, 1990-2006
- Organizer of in-service teacher training for PNJA teachers at the Faculty of English (17 workshops) 2003-2009
- Methodological Advisor and Consultant- Teacher Training College, Bydgoszcz 2008- 2015
- OKE in Poznań test reviewer 2010-2018
- Dean’s proxy for the assurance of the quality of teaching – member of the team comprising representatives from different faculties from AMU supervised by AMU vice Rector prof. dr hab.Krzysztof Krasowski 2012-2014
- Participation in the EU project Language Rich Europe in cooperation with the University of Technology in Poznań, attending meetings and conferences in Warsaw, London and Brussels 2011-2013
- Freelance interpreter at sports events in Poznań 1990-2022
- Participation in the preparations of materials for Liga Liceów 2013-
- High School Science Lab, CODN Leszno – juror, 2017-2018
- TELL, UAM 2017-2023
Professional organizations
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
- Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE)
Scholarships and grants
- University of Florida, Gainesville, USA 1984-85
- Teacher Training Course, Northampton, UK 1991
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA 2001-2002
- Erasmus Staff Mobility, Aveiro, Portugal May 2009
- Language Rich Europe Project, Warsaw-London-Brussels 2011-2013
- FSS Norway Grant, Stavanger, September 2014
- Erasmus Staff Mobility, Lyon, France September 2015
- Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 2017
- Erasmus Staff Mobility, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2019
- ‘Otherness, Togetherness, Aesthetics’Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski and University of Notodden Grant 2020-2022
- Erasmus Staff Mobility, Nicosia, Cyprus, May 2023
Guest lectures
- Teacher Training College, Poznań, 1998
- Teacher Training Course, Zajączkowo, 1999
- Konferencja Studium Języków Obcych Politechniki Poznańskiej, Będlewo, 2001
- Teacher Training College, Bydgoszcz, 2011
- Teacher Training College, Bydgoszcz, 2012
- Teacher Training College, Bydgoszcz, 2014
- Centrum Języków i Komunikacji Politechniki Poznańskiej, 2018
Papers read at international conferences and congresses
- IATEFL Annual Conference Wrocław 1998
- IATEFL Annual Conference Katowice 1999
- IATEFL Annual Conference Kraków 2000
- IATEFL Annual Conference Poznań 2002
- Poznań Linguistic Meeting Poznań (joint presentation with Dr. Danuta Wolfram-Romanowska and Dr. Hanna Wysocka) 2007
- YLMP Poznań 2012 (joint workshop with Dr. Aleksandra Jankowska)
- ‘Otherness, Togetherness, Aesthetics” Nottoden, Norway, 2022
Honours
- Award of the Dean of the Faculty of English for organizational achievements, 2009
- Adam Mickiewicz University Vice-Chancellor's Third Degree Award for Teaching and Organizational Excellence, 2014
- AMU Rector's Prize for organisational achievements, 2016
- Minister of Science and Higher Education Award for Didactic Achievements, 2016
- Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej, 2018
- Minister of Science and Higher Education Award for Didactic Achievements (TELL), 2022