prof. dr hab.Teresa Siek-Piskozub

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 1972
  • Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Poznań, 1985
  • D.Litt. in Applied Linguistics, Poznań, 1995

Research interests

  • Theory of language learning
  • Theory of language teaching
  • Second language acquisition
  • Psycholinguistics

Teaching experience

  • TEFL at university level
  • English for special purposes
  • TEFL methodology
  • Second language acquisition

Other professional experience

  • Vice-director of Foreign Languages Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1984-1987
  • Member of the Presidium of Modern Language Association of Poland, 1989-1992
  • Head of Postgraduate In-service Teacher Training, Department of Glottodidactics, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1990-1992
  • Secretary General of Modern Language Association of Poland, 1992-1995
  • President of Modern Language Association of Poland, 1995-2000
  • Member of the Executive Committee of Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivante and Editor of Publications, 1995-2003
  • Coordinator of Central European Region FIPLV, 1993-1995
  • Ministry of National Education Consultant for language teaching materials, 1995-
  • Deputy Director, School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1996-1999
  • Chair of English Department, Nicholas Copernicus University, Toruń, 2000-2007
  • Deputy Dean for Students Affairs, Faculty of Neophilology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 2002-2005
  • Head of English Applied Linguistics, School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1996 - 2006
  • Head of Applied English Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2007- 2012
  • Member of the UAM Senate, 2005-2008

Professional organizations

  • Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne (Modern Language Association of Poland)
  • International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
  • Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (FIPLV)
  • Association for Language Awareness (ALA)

Editorial

  • Editor, Neofilolog: Czasopismo Polskiego Towarzystwa Neofilologicznego, 1990-2003
  • Editor, FIPLV World News: The latest on language and languages. Newsletter of Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes, 1995-2003
  • Editor, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies, 3 volumes (XII, XIII & XIV), 2002-2006
  • Editorial Board, Radosa Personiba, Kreativitātes Centrs, Riga, 2006-
  • Editorial Board, Homo Ludens. Czasopismo Polskiego Towarzystwa Badania Gier (Journal of Games Reasearch Association of Poland), 2009-
  • Editorial Board, Lingwistyka Stosowana/ Applied Linguistics/ Angewandte Linguistik. Przegląd/ Review, Warsaw, 2009-
  • Advisory Board: Philologica Wratislaviensia: Acta et Studia, 2008-
  • Editorial Panel: The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL (EJATEFL), LINCOM, 2012-
  • Editorial/Scientific Board, Neofilolog
  • Editorial Board, Studies in Second Langugae Learning and Teaching, 2011-
  • Editorial Board, Multilingualism. De Gruyter Open. 2016-

Scholarships

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, 1980
  • Goldsmith College, University of London, 1993

Guest lectures

  • University of Florida, Gainesville (USA), 1980
  • University of Niteroi (Brazil), 1997
  • University of Ostrava (Czech Republic), 1996
  • Modern Language Centre, Graz (Austria), 1998
  • American University, Cairo (Egypt), 2000
  • Latvian Ministry of Education, Riga (Latvia), 2003
  • Vilnius University, Vilnius (Lithuania), 2005
  • Universidat Jauma I, Castello (Spain), 2007
  • University of Essex, Colchester (Great Britain), 2009
  • Balikasir University, Balikesir (Turkey), 2010
  • Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych, Bydgoszcz, 2012
  • Centrum Kształcenia Ustawicznego, Krotoszyn, 2013
  • Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych, Września, 2015
  • Studium Praktycznej Nauki Języków Obcych, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, 2016
  • Katedra Filologii Angielskiej, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, 2016
  • Wydział Neofilologii, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, 2017

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • 26th Linguistisches Kolloquium, Poznań, 1991
  • 17th FIPLV Congress, Pécs, 1991
  • Comenius' Heritage and Education of Man for the 21st Century, Praha, 1992
  • 18th FIPLV Congres, Hamburg, 1993
  • 28th Linguistisches Kolloquium, Graz, 1993
  • Anual Congress of L(rarna i Moderna Sprak, J(nk(ping, 1993
  • 29th Linguistisches Kolloquium, Aarhus, 1994
  • LINGUAPAX V, Melbourne, 1995
  • International Conference of Western European Region FIPLV, Lille, 1995
  • International Conference of Teachers of Foreign Languages, Tunis, 1996
  • NORDLINGUA, Espoo, Finland, 1996
  • Ist Central European Region FIPLV Conference, Ostrawa, 1996
  • IInd Central European Region FIPLV Conference, Poznań, 1996
  • 29th FIPLV Congress, Recifé, Brazil, 1997
  • 10th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk, 1997
  • 16th International Congress of Linguists, Paris, 1997
  • Conference of the Association for Language Awareness, Quebec, Canada, 1998
  • LINGUAPAX Workshop,Graz, Austria, 1998
  • TESOL 2000, Vancouver, Canada, 2000
  • Joint Egyptian Ministry of Education's and American University's Conference on Education for Citizenship, Cairo, Egypt, 2000
  • 20th World Congress of FIPLV, Paris, France, 2000
  • 3rd CER-FIPLV Conference, Poznań, 2001
  • 4th CER-FIPLV Conference, Prague, 2003
  • 21st World Congress of FIPLV, Johannesburg, 2003
  • LVASA Conference, Riga, 2003
  • ANILS/WER-FIPLV Conference, Rome, 2003
  • LVASA Conference, Riga, 2006
  • AILA Conference, Essen, Germany, 2008
  • 3rd International Conference "Individual and Specific Signs. Cultural Spaces and Identities in (Inter) Action". Bacau, Romania, 2009 (with Ariadna Strugielska)
  • 6th International ELT Research Conference, Ephesus, Turkey, 2010 (with Ariadna Strugielska)
  • International Symposium on Language and Communication: Research Trends and Challenges. Izmir, Turkey, 2012
  • Language Skills, Traditions & Ways Forward. International Conference, Lublin (UMCS), 2012
  • PTN Conference "Wielojęzyczność i międzykulturowość w glottodydaktyce", Warsaw, 2015
  • "Lingwistyka stosowana: doświadczenia i perspektywy" (Instytut Lingwistyki Stosowanej UAM), Poznań, 2015
  • LLCE 2016: International Conference 'Language, Literature and Culture in Education', Venice, Italy, 2016
  • LIF 2017, Language in Focus. Famagusta, Cyprus, 2017

Other talks and presentations

  • IX Poznański Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki, 11 October 2006
  • Noc Naukowców (Researchers' Night), 3 October 2016
  • XX Poznański Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki, 26 April 2017

Organizer of international conferences and congresses

  • 1st Conference of the European Central and Eastern Region - FIPLV, Poznań, 1993
  • 2nd Central-European FIPLV Conference, Poznań, 1996
  • 3rd Central-European FIPLV Conference, Poznań, 2001

Grants

  • UNESCO, Linguapax V, Melbourne, Australia, 1995

Honours

  • UNESCO`s grant to participate in LINGUAPAX V in Melbourne, 1995
  • "Professor Ludwik Zabrocki's Medal" of Modern Language Association of Poland, 2000
  • Medal of Committee of National Education 2003
  • Knight`s Cross of the Order "Polonia Restituta", 2004
  • Honorary Membership of Games Research Association of Poland, 2011
  • Gold Medal for Long Term Service, 28.09.2017