Anna Czura - website correspondent
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Surname: Czura
First name: Anna
Address for correspondence: E-mail
Nationality: Polish
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Affiliation with educational networks/associations
- Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne (Modern Language Association of Poland)- member
- AILA Research Network (ReN) on Learner Autonomy in Language Learning - member
- ECEP (ECML) Project network
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Work information
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Occupation or position currently held:
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Assistant Professor
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Main activities and responsabilities
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A teacher trainer: under-graduate and post-graduate courses in foreign language education.
A researcher in foreign language education.
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Name of employer:
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Department of English Studies, University of Wroclaw
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Country of employment:
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Poland
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Education and training
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2010. PhD in linguistics, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
2004. MA in English studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
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Languages of communication
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Mother tongue
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Polish
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Other languages
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English
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Expertise in the topic of the project
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2003-2006 - an English teacher in lower- and upper-secondary school
2006 till present – a researcher and a teacher trainer of English as a foreign language
2008 till present - An expert for textbook evaluation in the field of English as a foreign language for the Ministry of Education, Poland.
2009-2011 – a member of the network for the Encouraging the Culture of Evaluation among Professionals project (ECML)
2012-2013 – Research project “The role of intercultural competence in teacher training and language education on a secondary level” (University of Wrocław)
Major research interests: learner autonomy, assessment, CLIL, the implementation of the COE documents, teacher education, developing communicative and intercultural competence.
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Selected publications:
Czura, A. 2013. Intercultural communicative competence in the eyes of student teachers of English. Anglica Wratislaviensia 51 (in print).
Czura, A. 2013. Implementing portfolio assessment in lower-secondary school. English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries (ELOPE) Journal: 83-94.
Czura, A. 2012. Dziesięć lat ESOKJ i EPJ (Ten years of the CEFR and ELP). Języki obce w szkole (1/2012): 98-102.
Czura, A. 2010. Interkulturowość, różnojęzyczność, autonomia, ocenianie. Jak zapoznać nauczycieli z zagadnieniami Europejskiego Systemu Opisu Kształcenia Językowego? (Intercultural competence, plurilingualism, autonomy, assessment. How to familiarise language teachers with the premises of the CEFR?) In: Interdyscyplinarność w nauczaniu języków obcych. (Interdisciplinary Issues in Foreign Language Teaching). Wrocław: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej: 91-97.
Selected conference presentations
Czura, A. Europejskie Portfolio Językowe w klasie - przykłady dobrych praktyk. (European Language Portfolio in the classroom – examples of good practice). Language education in the Lifelong Learning Programme. A seminar for teachers of French as a foreign language. Warsaw: 10 April 2013.
Czura, A. The Common European Framework of Reference in teacher training – practical implications. The 5th International Conference "Languages for Work and Life: a Challenge for Teachers and Learners". The Lithuanian Association of Language Teachers, Vilnius University (VU) , the Public Service Language Centre and Klaipeda University (KU): 20-21 May 2011.
Czura A. Minority groups in Polish Education System. CEPIN Conference and PhD Course: Contested identities, contested cultures and contested rights. Change and challenges in the Northern European periphery. University of Tromsø, Norway: 23 - 25 September 2009.