drRobert de Louw
Adiunkt (Assistant professor)
- rdelouw@amu.edu.pl
- (+48) 61 829 3538
Collegium Heliodori, room 354
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
- Dagen van het Nederlands, Lublin, 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
- Lunch Talks, WA, AMU, Poznań, 2024
Honours
- AMU Rector's Prize for didactic achievements (2013, 2023)
- AMU Rector's Prize for organizational work (2016, 2017)