prof. UŁ dr hab. Ewa Waniek-Klimczak

Biography

Ewa Waniek-Klimczak is a professor at the Univerity of Lodz and acts as the head of the Department of English Grammar and Phonetics (since 2007) and the Director of Studies in the Instutute of English (since 2008). She specialises in phonetics and phonology of English; her main research interests are in applied phonetics, sociolinguistics and second language acquisition. She has organized and co-organised conferences on accents of English and teaching English pronunciation – in the present form ACCENT conferences take place every December. Her editorial work includes collections of papers devoted to teaching pronunciation; she has been recently appointed an editor of Research in Language. She teaches a variety of courses in English phonetics, phonology, varieties of English, history of English, applied linguistics and research methodology.

Email

ewaklim@uni.lodz.pl

Phone

Office: #48 42 6655220

Educational Backround

2005 Habilitation (a post-doctoral degree) in Linguistics: University of Łódź
1993 PhD in English Linguistics: University of Łódź
1990 Graduate TEMPUS student, Trinity College, Dublin
1986-87 Graduate student, Worcester College, University of Oxford
1981 MA in English, University of Łódź

Research Interests

Phonetics and Phonology of English
Second language phonetics and phonology
Sociolinguistics

Professional Experience and Positions

2008 Director of Studies in English Institute, University of Łódź
2008 Editor of Research in Language, University of Łódź
2007 Head of the English Grammar and Phonetics Department, University of Łódź
2001-2005 Vice-Rector in the State Higher Vocational School, Płock
2004 Professor in the State Higher Vocational School, Włocławek
1999 Professor in the State Higher Vocational School, Płock
1993-2006 adiunkt (adjunct professor) in the Department of English Language, University of Łódź
1994-2001 lecturer in English linguistics in Teacher Training College in Płock
1992-1995 teaching consultant for British and American English School, Warsaw, Łódź branch, Al. Piłsudskiego 159
1983-1992 research/teaching assistant in the Department of English Language, University of Łódź.
1982-1983 translator in Medical School, Łódź, Al.Kościuszki 4.
1981-1983 teacher of English, “Oświata”, Łódź, ul. Piotrkowska 6.

Research Grants and Awards

1997: Senior Fulbright Research Award, spent at the English Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1992: British Council Grant-in-Aid, University of Nottingham;
1990: TEMPUS grant to Trinity College, Dublin;
1986-1987: Trinity College Oxford graduate student grant

Memberships and Affiliations:

International Pragmatics Association, Antwerp, Belgium, since 1991;
Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE, Polish section of ESSE, Glasgow, U.K.), since 1994;
International Assiciation of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL), Whitstable, Kent, U.K., since 1995;

Publications

To appear

Przyswajanie rytmu jako elementu organizacji czasowej języka . To appear in the proceedings from the conference on Język – Poznanie –Zachowanie, University of Lodz Press.
Sources of difficulty in the acquisition of English rhythm by Polish learners: A developmental perspective. To appear in Wysocka, M. (ed.) Firstschrift forJanusz Arabski
Accommodation in second language speech: a pilot case-study. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego.
Category Implementation in Non-native Speech: the case of aspirated plosives in Polish-English bilinguals. To appear in Oleksy, W. and Stalmaszczyk, P. (eds.). Firstschrift for Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Books

2005. Temporal parameters in second language speech: An applied linguistic phonetics approach. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego

Books – edited and co-edited collections of papers.

2008. Issues in Accents of English. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2006. (with W. Sobkowiak). Dydaktyka fonetyki języka obcego w Polsce.Konin: Wydawnictwo PWSZ w Koninie.
2005. (with W. Sobkowiak). ). Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku, Neofilologia, vol. VII.
2004. (with W. Sobkowiak). Zeszyt Naukowy Instytutu Neofilogii (3), Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Koninie 1/2004 (4).
2003. (with W. Sobkowiak). Zeszyt Naukowy Instytutu Neofilologii (2), Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Koninie 1/2003 (2)
2003. (with W. Sobkowiak). Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku, Neofilologia, vol. V..
2002. (with P. J. Melia). Accents and Speech in Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang
2002. (with W. Sobkowiak) Dydaktyka fonetyki języka obcego. Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku, Neofilologia, vol. II.
1997. Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology II: Accents `97. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
1996. Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology in Poland. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego

Papers

2007. Problems with focus on form in pronunciation teaching: The case of stress and rhythm vs. grammatical accuracy in EFL speech. Pawlak, M. (Ed.). Exploring focus on form in language teaching (Special issue of Studies in Pedagogy and Fine Arts). Kalisz-Poznań: Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny UAM w Kaliszu.
2007 Osoba dwujęzyczna to nie dwie osoby jednojęzyczne w jednym umyśle: kilka uwag na temat poznania i realności fonicznej w dwujęzyczności. In Majer, J. And J. Nijakowska (Eds.) Język – poznanie – zachowanie. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
2007 Success in non-native speech production: a parametric phonetic approach.In: Arabski, J. (Ed.). On Foreign Language Acquisition and Effective Learning. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego.
2007 The dynamism of phonological category realisation in non-native speech: functional perspective. In Cap. P and J. Nijakowska (Eds.) Current Trends in Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 336-353.
2007 Success in non-native speech production: the issue of pronunciation. In Stalmaszczyk, P. and I. Witczak-Plisiecka (Eds.) PASE Studies in Linguistics. Łódź: Łódź University Press. pp. 323-332.
2006. Age factor as a predictor of success in non-native pronunciation: The acquisition of timing relations in English. In Witczak-Plisiecka (ed.). Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku, Pedagogika Vol. V: 15-32.
2006. Sukces w nauczaniu wymowy języka angielskiego: w poszukiwaniu wzorca. In Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ we Włocławku, Rozprawy Humanistyczne Vol. VII: 81-98.
2006. Fonetyka w kształceniu nauczycieli: analiza wybranych aspektów ‘teacher talk’ na przykładzie języka angielskiego polskich nauczycieli- praktykantów. In Sobkowiak, W. and Waniek-Klimczak, E. (eds.). Dydaktyka fonetyki języka obcego w Polsce. Konin: Wydawnictwo PWSZ w Koninie: 247-250.
2005. (with K. Klimczak). Target in Speech Development: Learners views. In Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, K. and J. Przedlacka (eds.). English Pronunciation Models: A Changing Scene. Bern: Peter Lang: 229-250.
2004. Phonetic universals as predictors of success in second language speech. In Sobkowiak W. and E. Waniek-Klimczak (eds.) Zeszyt Naukowy Instytutu Neofilogii (3) , PWSZ w Koninie: 151-162.
2003. Relacja pomiędzy poprawnościa i biegłościa wymowy w języku angielskim jako drugim. In Sobkowiak, W. and E. Waniek-Klimczak (eds.) Zeszyt Naukowy Instytutu Neofilologii (2), Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Koninie 1/2003 (2): 33-45.
2003. Rating speech for accuracy and proficiency: on what does it depend? In Sobkowiak W. and E. Waniek-Klimczak (eds.) Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Neofilologia Tom V: Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku: 225-242.
2003. (with Aneta Dłutek). Ocena języka mówionego – aspekt fonetyczny. In Sobkowiak W. and E. Waniek-Klimczak (eds.) Dydaktyka Fonetyki Języka Obcego, Neofilologia Tom V: Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku:243-266.
2002. How to predict unpredictable: English word stress from Polish perspective. In Waniek-Klimczak, E. and P. J. Melia (eds.) Accents and Speech in Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang: 221-242.
2002. Context for teaching English phonetics and phonology. In Waniek- Klimczak E. and P. J. Melia (eds). Accents and Speech in Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology,; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang:139- 152.
2002. Akcent wyrazowy w nauczaniu fonetyki. In: Sobkowiak, W. and E. Waniek-Klimczak (eds.). Dydaktyka fonetyki języka obcego. Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku, tom II: 101-114..
2002. Typological universals in second language phonology: the predictive power of Markedness Differential Hypothesis. Acta Universitatis Lodzensis, Folia Linguistica Anglica 4: 275-289.
2001. Akcent wyrazowy w języku angielskim jako drugim: w poszukiwaniu strategii. Neofilologia – tom 1.Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku.:27 –40
2001. (with Halina Majer) Kształcenie nauczycieli języka angielskiego w opinii studentów studiów licencjackich. Neofilologia – tom 1.Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku.: 55 – 68.
2000. Fonetyka w kształceniu i pracy nauczyciela języka obcego. Płockie Rozprawy Neofilogiczne, Tom II: 47-68.
1999. Vowel duration in interlanguage. Speak Out! No. 23: 26-30.
1999. „Jak Cię słyszą tak Cię piszą” – Fonetyka Języka obcego w Neofilologii. Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny, XLI, 3-4, 1999 : 367 – 379.
1998. Sources of variability in L2 phonology: vowel duration in ‘Polish English’. In M. Catherine Gruber, Derrick Higgins, Kenneth Olson and Tamra Wysocki (eds.). CLS 34/2: The Panels. Chicago Linguistic Society
1997. How to study second language speech: the issue of theory. Acta Universitatis Lodzensis, Folia Linguistica 36: 271 – 293, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
1997. Context for teaching English phonetics and phonology at Polish Universities and colleges: a survey. In: Waniek-Klimczak (ed.) Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology II: Accents `97:. 5- 17, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
1996. The representation of sociophonetic variables: phonetic implementation of [voice] in `Polish English’. Studia Phonetica Posnaniensia, vol.5:101 - 140. Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University Press.
1996. Phonetics and Phonology: the representation of vowel duration. In: Waniek-Klimczak (ed.) Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology, 41-Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
1993. Sounds. In: Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B. (ed.) Ways to Language: An Introduction to Linguistics. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
1993. The Sociolinguistic Study of Phonetic Parameters in `Polish English’: a case study of voice implementation in the speech of Polish immigrants to Great Britain”, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Uniwersytet Łódzki.
1992. Fonetyka a socjologia: wzdłużenie samogłosek angielskich w mowie dwóch pokoleń imigrantów polskich w Wielkiej Brytanii. Acta Unversitatis Lodzensis, Folia Linguistica 26: 115-127. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
1990. „Some remarks on the sociolinguistic implications of phonetic interference in speech translation”. In: Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B. and M. Thelen (eds.) Translation and Meaning, Part 2: 297-304. Maastricht.
1990. The use of parametric tests in the study of the vowel duration cue for voicing in the following word-final consonant in `Polish English’. In: Coleman, D. and B.Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (eds.), Using Statistics for Language Studies, 121-136. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
1988. Strength relations in syllable structure in English, Acta Universitatis Lodzensis, Folia Linguistica 19: 49-55. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Unpublished conference papers

2008 Elements of Rhythm in Second language Acquisiton. XX International Conference on Foreign / Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk 16-18 May 2007.
2007 Neurolinguistic basis of non-native pronunictaion: the evidence from word frequency. XIX International Conference on Foreign / Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk 17-19 May 2007.
2006 (with J. Weckwerth). The recognition of southern hemisphere Englishes by Polish students of English: A native-non-native continuum approach. 37th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 20-23 April 2006.
2005 Sociolinguistic conditioning of phonetic category realisation in non-native speech.. 36th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 22-24 April 2005.
2004 Timing relations in second-language speech: phonetic universals as predictors of target-like production. 35th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 18-20 May 2004.
2001 Integration Strategy and communication in an immigrant situation: selected observations. 33rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 27-29 April, 2001
2000 The profile of a TTC graduate. With H. Majer. 9th International IATEFLPoland Conference, Kraków, 10-12 November 2000.
1999 Predictability in second language phonology”. XII International Conference on Foreign/Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk 21-13 October, 1999.
1996 The quality of teacher talk: pronunciation. 5 International IATEFL-Poland Conference, Poznań 15-17 November 1996
1996 Speaking English with a Polish Accent: 30th International IATEFL Conference, University of Keele, Stoke-on-Trent, UK., 9-12 April 1996.
1995 Phonetic Accuracy and a Learner of English: a troubled relationship”: 4 International IATEFL-Poland Conference, 10-12 November 1995, Gdańsk, Poland.

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