drRobert de Louw

Robert de Louw
Adiunkt (Assistant professor)

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 1998
  • DELTA, 2004
  • PhD in Linguistics, Poznań, 2014

Research interests

  • Applied linguistics
  • Multilingualism
  • Monolingual vs. multilingual teaching of Ln
  • Language awareness
  • Language attitudes
  • Linguistic pluricentricity

Grants

  • Research grant number UMO-2012/07/B/HS6/00487 - "Cognate processing and the structure of the mental lexicon in multilingual speakers - a study of reaction times to visual stimuli and an analysis of eye movements in reading.” (project manager: Agnieszka Lijewska). Source of funding: National Science Centre
  • Grant no. 633236 for the project MSCA-NIGHT-2014 - European Researchers' Night (NIGHT). Source of funding: Horizon 2020-EU.1.3.5. Function: participant

Teaching experience

  • Dutch language
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • MA seminar n linguistics
  • Teacher training
  • TEFL at university level (Grammar, Conversation, Integrated Skills)
  • American Studies
  • Diploma seminars

Reviewing PhD dissertations

  • Jana Kijonková: “Valentie en volgorde. Over psych-verbs in het hedendaags Nederlands”, a PhD dissertation supervised by Prof. dr hab. Jan Pekelder, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017

Other professional experience

  • Head of the English Section, Teacher Training College in Włocławek, 1999-2002
  • Lecturer, Teacher Training College in Włocławek, 1998-2003
  • Lecturer, Teacher Training College in Toruń, 1998-2015
  • Head of Teaching Practice, Teacher Training College in Toruń, 2009-2015
  • ETS Accredited Test Supervisor
  • Proofreader of and methodological consultant for a Dutch grammar book
  • OPoN (Overleg Poolse Neerlandici) – member of the board  – since 2016
  • Coordinator for Practical Dutch courses in our Department – since 2024
  • Comenius – Association for Dutch Studies in Central Europe – member of the board – since 2024

Professional organizations

  • Internationale Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek (International Association for Dutch Studies)
  • EUROSLA

Editorial

  • Assistant to the editor, Werkwinkel. Journal of Low Countries and South African Studies
  • Member of the editorial board (Editor of Kacik Niderlandzki), Silva Rerum - kwartalnik edukacyjny, 2006-2007
  • Member of the editorial board (Editor of Kacik Niderlandzki), Toruńskie Silva Rerum, kwartalnik edukacyjny, 2008-2015

Peer reviewer for

  • Neerlandica Wratislaviensia

Papers read at international congresses and conferences

  • Topics in Applied Linguistics, Opole, 2012
  • Language and Language Teaching Conference, Pingtung County, Taiwan, 2012
  • 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB9), Singapore, 2013
  • 47th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europea, Poznań, 2014
  • International Conference on Bilingualism, Malta, 2015
  • 27th International Conference on Foreign / Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk, 2015 (with Agnieszka Lijewska)
  • 19e Colloquium Neerlandicum; Internationale Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek, Leiden 2015
  • V-DOCS: Various Dimensions of Contrastive Studies, Szczyrk, 2015 (2 presentations, 1 of which with Adam Palka)
  • 1st International Conference on Sociolinguistics, Budapest 2016
  • L3 Workshop, Poznań 2017 (poster)
  • Trefpunt Praag: Doctorandi- en habilitandicolloquium, Prague, 2018
  • 2nd International Conference on Multilingualism & Multilingual Education (ICMME18), Vancouver, 2018
  • Understanding Multilingualism, Warsaw, 2018
  • 64th ILA Conference, Buenos Aires, 2019
  • 39th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Applied Linguistics (AESLA), Gran Canaria, 2022
  • Regionaal Colloquium Lingua Ludens, Debrecen, 2022
  • 21e Colloquium Neerlandicum; Internationale Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek, Nijmegen, 2022
  • AAAL 2024 (American Association for Applied Linguistics), Houston, 2024
  • Regionaal Colloquium Comenius, Olomouc, 2024

Guest lectures/talks

  • Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2019
  • Universidad Metropolitana de Cienciasde la Educacion, Santiago, Chile, 2019
  • University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2019

Participation in international congresses and conferences

  • 14th IATEFL Conference, Toruń, 2005
  • 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB6), Hamburg, 2007
  • EUROSLA, Poznań, 2012
  • Regionaal Colloquium Neerlandicum, Poznań, 2013
  • Cross-Over, Poznań, 2015
  • Conference on Multilingualism (COM 2020), Reading, 2020

Other talks and presentations

  • Noc Naukowców (Researchers' Night), Faculty of English, AMU, Poznań, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Poznański Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki (Festival of Science and Art), Faculty of English, AMU, Poznań, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Friday Lunch Talks, WA, AMU, Poznań, 2017

Honours

  • AMU Rector's Prize for didactic achievements (2013, 2023)
  • AMU Rector's Prize for organizational work (2016, 2017)