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Faculty of Philology, State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Poland http://ksj.pwsz.konin.edu.pl
Notes on Contributors
Renata Agolli holds a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA (First Class Hons) in TESOL. She has been a speaker in different international confer- ences and has published in peer-reviewed journals. She has worked as a CLIL consultant and practitioner in Rome, Italy. Her research interests pertain to CLIL, ICT, adult/business education and modern pedagogies.
e-mail: renata_it@hotmail.com
Keith Farr is a teacher and proficiency test developer working at the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds an MA in TESOL from Lan- caster University. He currently teaches officers and cadets of the Swedish Armed Forces is and also responsible for Sweden’s Stanag 6001 English Language Pro- ficiency Test project. His most recent research interest is learner motivation.
e-mail: keith.farr@fhs.se
Damaris Ana Ruth Panzachi Heredia is a candidate for the Doctor in Letters’
Program, UNMDP. She is a graduate ELT, UNMdP and a member of the research team Cuestiones del Lenguaje, UNMdP. She is a teacher of Oral Discourse II, Teacher Training Pogram, UNMDP and also teaches Language III and IV at the English/Spanish-Spanish/English Sworn Translation Program, UCAECE MdP.
e-mail:dpanzachi@ucaecemdp.edu.ar
Hadrian Lankiewicz, D. Litt. in applied linguistics and PhD in literary studies; he currently is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies of the University of Gdańsk, Poland. His scientific interests oscillate between history, American literature and applied linguistics, with the primary focus on language acquisition and foreign language teaching method- ology. In recent years, his research has been inspired by the application of an ecological metaphor to the study of language and its learning. Drawing on the concept of multi-competence and political autonomy in the process of language
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learning, he has concentrated on issues of marginalization, empowerment and legitimization in the use of English as a foreign language.
e-mail: hadrianlank@interia.pl
Pedro Luis Luchini is a Doctor in Letters, UNMdP, MA in ELT and Applied Linguis- tics, King’s College, University of London, UK, and ELT, UNMdP. He is Full Profes- sor at UNMdP is in charge of Oral Discourse II, Advanced Communication I &II.
He is also Head of the English Language Department at UCAECE MdP and CADS Secondary school, Mar del Plata, Argentina as well as a co-director of the re- search group: Cuestiones del Lenguaje, UNMdP.
e-mail:luchinipedroluis@gmail.com
Jakub Przybył is an EFL and ESP teacher at Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU Lan- guage School) and WSB University in Poznań. His research interests primarily fo- cus on two dimensions of the language learner, that is personality and language learning strategies. As a university teacher, he seeks to develop his students’ in- volvement in the learning process, and capitalize on their personal knowledge.
e-mail: jakub.przybyl@amu.edu.pl
Majid Elahi Shirvan Assistant Professor of Teaching English as a Foreign Lan- guage at University of Bojnord, Iran. His major interest is the ecology of language learning and teaching.
e-mail: elahimajid64@gmail.com
Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Lin- guistics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Her main academic inter- ests are within the field of applied linguistics, particularly intercultural studies, in- terlanguage (acquisitional) pragmatics, foreign language instruction and teaching- oriented studies of hate speech. She is the author of two books, the co-editor of six monographs, and the author of more than 40 scientific papers. Currently, she is working as a researcher in a project financed by the European Commission titled RADAR (Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism) devoted to hate speech.
e-mail: szczepaniakkozak@gmail.com
Tahereh Taherian is an MA candidate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
e-mail: taherian87@yahoo.com
371 Emilia Wąsikiewicz-Firlej received both her MA in English studies and PhD in applied linguistics from Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU), Poznań, Poland.
Currently, she is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecocommunication of AMU. Her teaching practice encompasses a range of subjects, including EFL and ESP at all levels, professional communication, public relations, theory of com- munication, public speaking, British culture and literature, MA and BA seminars.
She specializes in applied linguistics and her research delves into professional communication, ecolinguistics and the discourse of business and advertising.
e-mail: emiliawf@amu.edu.pl
Bartosz Wolski received his doctoral degree in applied linguistics from Adam Mic- kiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Faculty of Phi- lology of the State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Poland. His research in- terests include American Studies, methodology of American Studies teaching, the use of ICT’s in education, and constructivist approaches to teaching and learning.
e-mail: bartwol@gmail.com
