Joanna PITURA, PhD

Position:

• Assistant Professor

Positions held in the Institute and the University:

• Member of the Institute Council,
• Scientific supervisor of the SNEC student society.

Degrees:

• 2015; Doktor nauk humanistycznych w zakresie językoznawstwa;
  Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Anglistyki;
  Thesis: „Stress and occupational burnout in Polish teachers of English – an empirical study”;
  Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Hanna Komorowska-Janowska, Uniwersytet Warszawski;
  Reviewer: prof. UAM dr hab. Krystyna Droździał-Szelest, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, prof. UW dr hab. Romuald Gozdawa-Gołębiowski, Uniwersytet Warszawski.

Main field of research:

• Linguistics

Department:

• Department of Technology Enhanced Language Education

Research Interests:

• Technology-enhanced language learning and teaching,
• Language socialisation in higher education,
• Research methods in educational research,
• Academic writing.

Teaching/Prowadzone zajęcia:

• Research methods in glottodidactis,
• Academic writing,
• MA seminar,
• Theories in language acquisition, learning and teaching,
• IT in didactic research.

Membership in Academic Societies:

• European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing,
• International Systemic Functional Linguistics Association,
• Polish Association of Modern Languages.

Selected visiting lectures:

• 2019; “Designing technology-mediated genre-based instruction to develop L2 speaking skills among English Philology students” – SPREMI seminar, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Main Publications:

Articles:

• Pitura, J. (2021) “Technology-enhanced socialisation into disciplinary writing in L2: insights from the perceptions of MA TEFL students”, Computer Assisted Language Learning
• Pitura, J. (2021). “Developing L2 speaking skills in English-medium EFL higher education.” Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 1-26
• Pitura, J. (2020). “Research-based Teaching and Transformative Learning to Promote Quality Teacher Education.” In J. Madalińska-Michalak (Ed.). Studies on Quality Teachers and Quality Initial Teacher Education (pp. 107-201). Warszawa: FRSE
• Pitura, J., & Terlecka-Pacut, E. (2018). “Action research on the application of technology assisted urban gaming in language education in a Polish upper-secondary school.” Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1-30
• Gajewska-Dyszkiewicz, A., Kutyłowska, K., Marczak, M., Paczuska, K. i Pitura, J. (2015) “Efekty nauczania języka angielskiego na III etapie edukacyjnym. Raport końcowy badania uczenia się i nauczania języków obcych w gimnazjum i Badania umiejętności mówienia.” Warszawa: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych.