dr hab. prof. UKEN Joanna ROKITA-JAŚKOW

Position:

• Associate Professor, University of the National Education Commission

Positions held in the Institute and the University:

• Chair of the Faculty of Linguistics
• Head of the ELT section

Degrees:

• 2014; D.Litt. (Ling.);
  Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie;
  Thesis: “Foreign language learning at pre-primary level: parental aspirations and educational practice”;
  Reviewer: Prof. dr hab. Janusz Arabski, Prof.dr hab. Hanna Komorowska, Prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld, Prof. dr hab. Maria Wysocka.

• 2005; Ph.D. (Ling);
  Akademia Pedagogiczna w Krakowie;
  Thesis: “Lexical development in early L2 acquisition”;
  Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Anna Niżegorodcew;
  Recenzent: Prof. dr hab. Ida Kurcz, Prof. dr hab. Hanna Komorowska.

• 1997; M.A. (Eng.);
  Uniwersytet Jagielloński;
  Thesis: “Project work in EFL classes”;
  Supervisor: dr Maryla Korosadowicz

Main field of research:

• Child Foreign Language Acquisition,
• Bi- multi-lingualism,
• Language and education policy, / Kształcenie i rozwój zawodowy nauczycieli.

Department:

• Department of English Language Education

Research Interests:

• Child Foreign Language Acquisition,
• Bi- multilingualism,
• Language and education policy,
• Language teacher education and development.

Teaching:

• TEFL methodology,
• Psycholinguistics,
• SLA theories,
• Assessment,
• Multilingualism and multiculturalism,
• MA seminar.

Grants:

• 2021 – 2024 Participation in the project Get Ready for School, financed by Erasmus + (2021 -1-DE02-KA220-ADU—0000-29642) https://eduskills.plus/grfs
• 2021-2023 Participation in the international project “Design of a teaching profile for Early Childhood Education from a multilingual approach: learning foreign and additional languages in early years” (LEyLA project)  finance by the Spanish Ministry of Finance and Innovation and National Grant Agency (Ref. PID2021-123055NB-I00) https://proyectoleyla.eu/investigadores-internacionales
• 2011 – 2014 PI of the project An early start in a foreign language: expression of parental educational aspirations or realization of the policy of plurilingualism?, financed by  National Science Centre (UMO-2011/01/D/HS2/04115)

Membership in Academic Societies:

• Polish Neophilological Association,
• International Association of Multilingualism (IAM),
• Polish Society of Applied Linguistics,
• AILA-REN Network Research into Early Language Learning,
• Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) – vice-chair,
• Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne – Board Member,
• Early Language Learning and Multilingual Education network (ELLMENET).

Selected visiting lectures:

• 2024 Invited lecture: Didactic challenges of teaching multilingual learners in EFL classes: the case of Poland. University of Cyprus;
• 2024  Keynote “Education in multicultural environment: challenges and opportunities” w trakcie konferencji międzynarodowej, pt. Empowering education:Fostering inclusive multicultural classrooms in general education. Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, British Council Lithuania, Polish Institute in Vilnius.
• 2023 Keynote: „Wyzwania dla nauczycieli i edukatorów nauczycieli języków obcych w płynnej rzeczywistości: podejście ekolingwistyczne” at the annual conference of Polish Association of Modern Languages, 11-13.09. 2023. Wrocław University
• 2021; Invited plenary lecture A multilingual learner in the Polish school: a challenge or an opportunty? 13 International Conference “East-West. A dialogue of languages and cultures”. Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk, Poland;
• 2019; Invited plenary lecture: Beyond songs and games: the whys and hows of early foreign language learning. International Conference: Topics in Applied Linguistics/Classroom-Oriented Research, Opole;
• 2017; Invited lecture: Advanatges of early language learning, Zagreb University, Croatia/Uniwersytet w Zagrzebiu;
• 2017; Invited plenary lecture :“Is it the earlier, the better”?………… or why we (should) teach children foreign languages at all ?” Conference: Philological Encounters in Sandomiria. Organizator: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Sandomierzu.

Main Publications:

Monographs:

• Rokita-Jaśkow, J. 2025. The Ecology of Pre-primary Foreign Language Learning. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
• Rokita-Jaśkow, J., Wolanin, A., Król-Gierat, W., Nosidlak, K. (2024). Na wspólnej drodze. Nauczyciele języka angielskiego o pracy z uczniami z doświadczeniem migracji. [EFL teachers’ accounts of working with migrant learners]. Kraków: Wydawnictwo UKEN.
  Rokita-Jaśkow, J. & A. Wolanin (Eds.). 2021. Facing diversity in child foreign language education. Cham: Springer.
• Rokita-Jaśkow, J. and M. Ellis. (Eds). 2019. Early instructed SLA. Pathways to competence. Bristol: Multilingual Matters
• Rokita-Jaśkow, J. & K. Nosidlak (red.) 2020. Nauczanie języków obcych dzieci. Globalne wyzwania, lokalne rozwiązania. Kraków: Wydawnictwo UP,
• Rokita-Jaśkow, J. i W. Król-Gierat (red.). 2017.Wczesny start językowy. Wybrane zagadnienia. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego,
• Rokita-Jaśkow, J. 2013. Foreign language learning at pre-primary learning: parental aspirations and educational practice. Kraków: Wydawnictwo UP,
• Rokita- Jaśkow, J. 2010. Moje dziecko uczy się języka obcego. Najczęściej zadawane pytania. Kraków: Wydawnictwo UP,
• Rokita, J.2007. Lexical development in early L2 acquisition. Kraków: Wydawnictwo AP.