Prof. Hanna Komorowska - Janowska

Duty hours in the winter semester 2008/2009:

• Monday, 13.00 - 14.30 NKJA, III floor room 307

Courses taught at the Institute of English:

• MA seminar in applied linguistics and language teaching
• PhD seminar in applied linguistics and language teaching
• Teaching English to Young Learners #195
• Language Acquisition in the Primary #291
• Classroom Interactiona #295
• Syllabus Design #195

Publications:

Author of 10 books, 1 coursebook, 3 coursebooks in co-authoship, editor of 7 collections of articles, author of ca 150 articles.

Recent books published in Polish (1999-2005):

• 2005 - Programy nauczania w kształceniu ogólnym I kształceniu językowym (Syllabus Design in Language Education. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne Fraszka
• 2003 - Sprawdzanie umiejętności uczniów. Kontrola-Ocena-Testy (Assessing Language Skills). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne Fraszka
• 2002 - ( with D. Obidniak) Rozwój zawodowy nauczyciela języka obcego (Professional Development of FL Teachers). Warszawa:PWN
• 1999 - Metodyka nauczania języków obcych (Foreign Language Teaching Methodology). Warszawa; WSiP

Selected books published before 1999:

• 1993 - Testing English. Warszawa: WSiP
• 1987 - Sukces i niepowodzenie w nauce jezyka obcego (Success and Failure in Language Learning) Warszawa: WSiP
• 1982 - Metody badawcze w glottodydaktyce (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics). Warszawa: PW
• 1980 - Nauczanie gramatyki a interferencja ( Audiolingwalizm, kognitywizm, interferencja) (Grammar and Interference. Audiolingualism and Cognitivism in Counteracting Interference). Warszawa: WSiP

Selected aticles (1990-2004)

• CEF in Pre- and In-Service Teacher Education . In: K. Morrow ( ed) 2004 : Insights into the Common European Framework. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 4309509 ( pp 55-64).
• Learner Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning . W: Badstuebner-Kizik et al. ( eds). 2004. Sprachen Lehren - Sprachen Lernen. Nauczanie i uczenie się języków obcych. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.ISBN 83-7326- 247- 4., pp.109-123.
• Les jeunes apprenants en langues en Pologne W: M. Nikolov, H. Curtain ( eds) 2003. Un apprentissage precoce: les jeunes apprenants et les langues vivantes en Europe et ailleurs. Graz : European Centre for Modern Languages. Council of Europe Publishing. ISBN 92-871-5110-5, pp. 135 - 153.
• Poland - the linguistic context and the educational policy. W: J.Besters-Dilger, R.de Cillia, H.-J. Krumm, R. Rindler- Schjerve (eds). 2003. Mehrsprachigkeit. Wien : Drava Verlag ISBN 3-85435-394-4. pp 238 - 241.
• Observation and Self-Evaluation in Task-Based Approaches to Pre- and In-Service Teacher Education. W: A. Weseliński, J. Wełna ( eds).1997. Anglica. Essays on Literature, Culture and Language. Warszawa; Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego pp 85-94
• Curriculum construction in foreign language teaching. Wrocław: Anglica Wratislaviensia no 2127. Vol XXXV 1999. Festschrift for Prof. Jan Cygan pp 223 - 230
• Successful teaching: how to achieve it, how to assess it. Network vol 2 no 2. 1999. The British Council. pp 3 - 9
• Integration, Organization and Continuity in Primary Language Education. In: Hurrel and P. Doye (eds) 1997. Foreign Language Teaching in Primary Education. A Compendium. Strasbourg: The Council of Europe, pp 51 - 63.
• (co-author A. Janowski) . Poland. In: The International Encyclopaedia of Education (2nd ed). 1994. Pergamon Press. (4542 - 4549)
• Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research on FL Teaching and Learning Processes. Glottodidactica XXI. 1992 pp.5 - 17.
• Second Language Teaching in Poland. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1991, Washington. D.C. Georgetown University Press. pp.501 - 508.

Academic Degrees:

• 1994 - full professor
• 1986 - professor
• 1978 - habilitated doctor ( associate professor / Dozent by degree, University of Warsaw
• 1972 - Ph. D., University of Warsaw
• 1968 - M.A., University of Warsaw

Professional Positions:

• 2005 - Consultant, life-long education programme EU, Brussels
• 2004 - Member, Committee for Linguistics, The Polish Academy of Sciences
• 2002 - Head, National Selection Committee for the European Language Label, Poland
• 2001 - evaluation expert, LENARDO DA VINCI, EU Brussels
• 1998 - 04 - Member of the editorial board of English Language Teaching Journal (Oxford Univesity Press)
• 1996 - 01 - Head, English Section, National Board for Teacher Education
• 1993 - 96 - Vice-President, University of Warsaw
• 1992 - 95 - President, The Polish Modern Languages Association
• 1991 - 99 - National Delegate for Poland, Modern Languages Project Group, CDCC, The Council of Europe, Strasbourg
• 1990 - 93 - Head, Teacher Training College of English, University of Warsaw
• 1989 - 92 - Head, National Expert Committee for the Reform of Language Teaching and Teacher Training
• 1989 - 90 - Deputy-Head, Institute for Educational Research, Warsaw
• 1978 - 88 - Head, National Committee for FL Syllabus Design

International Research and Study Experience:

• 1996 - visiting professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
• 1992 - Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK
• 1985 - Fellow, Newnham College, Cambridge, UK
• 1992 - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Linguistics Department, Edinburgh University, UK
• 1970 - UNESCO-IEA diploma in curriculum construction, Sweden

Academic Positions:

• 1994 - Full Professor, Institute of English. Warsaw University
• 1993 - Honorary Professor, Thames Valley University, London
• 1990 - Professor, Institute of English, University of Warsaw
• 1989 - 1990 - Professor, Institute for Educational Research, Warsaw
• 1985 - 1990 - Professor, Institute of English, University of Silesia, Katowice
• 1986 - 1988 - Professor, Foreign Language Department, National Curriculum Development Centre, Warsaw
• 1978 - 1986 - Dozent / habilitated doctor, Foreign Language Department, National Curriculum Development Centre, Warsaw
• 1968 - 1978 - Researcher, Institute for Education, Warsaw

Fields of interest:

• teacher education
• foreign language teaching
• educational policy
• linguistic policy
• syllabus desing
• testing