http://hdl.handle.net/11320/7658 2026-06-01T16:11:49Z 2026-06-01T16:11:49Z Testa, Martín http://hdl.handle.net/11320/7663 2019-03-19T12:58:53Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: The Psycholinguistic Background of L1 Polish Students of L3 Spanish Autorzy: Testa, Martín Abstrakt: The study was aimed at exploring the psycholinguistic background of Polish students of L3 Spanish. Two groups of students (B1 and B2) were asked to fill out a survey with questions related to proficiency, self-confidence, language identity, usefulness, prestige, stress, sound, and frequency of use. The last part of the survey included some questions about psychotypology, as well. In terms of foreign language anxiety, Spanish was ranked by most of the students as the most stressful language. A follow-up session was carried out with them in order to try to discuss the reasons behind their choices, and their feedback helped to shed some light on the topic and raised further questions about the role and impact of Polish teachers of Spanish in Poland.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Malinowski, Piotr J. http://hdl.handle.net/11320/7662 2019-03-19T11:29:35Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Application of Information and Communication Technology in English Coursebooks Autorzy: Malinowski, Piotr J. Abstrakt: The aim of this paper is to discuss the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into current English Language Teaching coursebooks in the seventh grade of the new Polish primary school (in line with the new core curriculum). The theoretical underpinnings of ICT application into language learning along with enumerating the requirements regarding ICT tools in the new core curriculum are followed by a description of the research carried out in order to establish which ICT tools are integrated or ignored in the current ELT textbooks. Six of the eight student’s books available on the market were selected for this purpose. The quantitative analysis covered the ICT content in these textbooks. The essence of the research was to establish which coursebook contains the biggest number of references to ICT, what types of references they are (explicit or implicit ones), and, finally, to discover to what extent information society is portrayed in them. The results prompted demands for supplementing the criteria for the evaluation of textbooks with the intensity of references to ICT.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Hassan, Walaa http://hdl.handle.net/11320/7661 2019-03-19T11:02:30Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: The Effect of Personality on Accent Acquisition: Case Study of Effat University Students Autorzy: Hassan, Walaa Abstrakt: Accent acquisition is the landmark of fluency in a second language. Different factors have been debated over to be the most important in the process, such as: age and exposure (Oyama 1976). Personality is an additional factor that has been researched comparatively recently and has been proven to be effective (Robinson et al. 1994). The current study investigated personality as an effective factor in the process of accent acquisition. Participants in this study were forty-eight native speakers of Arabic who study and live in KSA; a minority of Effat university students who speak English with a native-like American accent. Their remarkable American accent raised the question of the relationship between the type of personality and accent perfection. The accuracy of their American accent was measured by the means of: (1) semi-structured interviews, (2) reading a text in English, and (3) spontaneous talk on a topic of their choice. The researcher was assisted in the interviews by a native speaker of American English (a PhD in Creative Writing) to evaluate the participants’ accent. Following to that, three Native speakers of American English (all university professors) were asked to assist in the second and third phases of evaluation process; respectively reading and spontaneous talk. The results indicated that personality is an effective predictor of native accent acquisition. Age and level of exposure were not as strong predictors in the case of this study.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Dzięcioł-Pędich, Agnieszka http://hdl.handle.net/11320/7660 2019-03-19T10:28:51Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: The World of English Teachers in a Facebook Common-Interest Group Autorzy: Dzięcioł-Pędich, Agnieszka Abstrakt: In view of the fact that teacher discussions in professional online communities are not frequently researched, the author decided to conduct a small scale study with the aim to analyse discussions held by members of two Facebook groups for English language teachers. The findings show that members of both groups want to know how they could help their students, and discuss their own professional and personal needs. Moreover, members of both groups show their appreciation not only towards practical solutions, but also towards the theoretical content suggested by others. Furthermore, the analysis has revealed that language teachers need to be constantly motivated, inspired and reassured that they are doing their job well. Finally, the findings show that, apart from creating their own personal learning networks in Facebook groups, their members treat them as arenas for promoting their products, services, or events.

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