Sabina A. NOWAK, Ph.D.

Position:

• Research and Teaching Assistant Professor

Positions held in the Institute and the University:

• Supervisor of teaching practice in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs,
• Member of the Recruitment Committee team at the Institute of English Studies,
• Member of the Promotion Team for the Faculty of Humanities.

Degrees:

• 2017; Ph.D. in linguistics;
  Jagiellonian University;
  Thesis: „Rola refleksji i samooceny w rozwijaniu umiejętności językowo-przedmiotowych w szkole wyższej”;
  Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Władysław T. Miodunka, Uniwersytet Jagielloński;
  Reviewers: prof. dr hab. Danuta Gabryś-Barker, Uniwersytet Śląski, dr hab. Przemysław E. Gębal, prof. UW, Uniwersytet Warszawski.
• 2006; M.A. in English Language Studies;
  Uniwersytet Jagielloński;
  Thesis: “The Application of the Six Thinking Hats Method in Teaching Writing to Matura Students”;
  Supervisor: dr Ewa Witalisz, Uniwersytet Jagielloński.
• 1999; M.A. in Tourism and Recreation;
  Academy of Physical Education in Crakow;
  Thesis: “Geneza i rozwój zainteresowań nurkowaniem w świetle badań osób zrzeszonych w krakowskich klubach płetwonurków”;
  Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Ryszard Winiarski, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie.

Main field of research:

• Linguistics

Department:

• Department of English Language Studies

Research Interests:

• Content and language integrated learning (CLIL),
• Teacher Education Discourse (TED),
• Well-being,
• Testing,
• Teacher training and development (TT&D).

Teaching:

• B.A. and M.A. seminar,
• TEFL methodology,
• ICT in Language Education,
• CLIL monographic lecture
• Assessment in EFL.

Membership in Academic Societies:

• Modern Language Association of Poland,
• Polish Association of Educational Diagnostics.

Selected visiting lectures:

• 2024; Invited plenary lecture: Dobrostan uczniów i nauczycieli – mapa zagadnień, Foundation for the Development of the Education System, Gdynia
• 2019; Program Erasmus+ Comenius University, Bratislava, Słowacja,
• 2016; Program Erasmus+: Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Niemcy,
• 2010; Program Erasmus: Pädagogische Hochschule, Wiedeń, Austria.

Selected online lectures:

• 2024; Dobrostan w szkole. Noc Anglistów 2024; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHkcbBeCPc 

Main Publications:

Monographs:

• Gębal, P., Kiński, C., Mercer, S. Nowak, S. A., Szulc-Kurpaska, M. (2022). Teaching and Learning English. Education for Life. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. https://ksiegarnia.pwn.pl/Teaching-and-Learning-English,998119697,p.html
• Nowak, S. A. (2020). “Refleksja w kształceniu językowym”. Monografia nr 992. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie.

Articles/Chapters:

• Nowak, S. & Kaplan-Rakowski, R. (2024). The Impact of Relaxational Virtual Reality and Video Learning Activities on Subjective Vitality in a Blended Learning Environment. International Journal of E-Learning, 23(4), pp. 415-428. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225217/
• Nowak, S. A. & Rążewska, A.  (2024).  Challenging but Rewarding Aspects of Telecollaboration: The Case of Virtual Israeli-Polish (VIP) Project. Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition. 10(1).  pp.1-47. https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/issue/view/1350/1284
• Szulc-Kurpaska, M. & Nowak, S. (2024). Can We Modify Teacher Mindsets: Towards Well-being in Education. Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition. 10(2), http://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/13280/13767
• Pitura, J., Turula, A., Nowak, S., Jakubik, & Asotska-Wierzba, (2024). Mapping the landscape of serious digital language learning games: Towards a Serious-Digital Game-based Language Learning (S-DGBLL) teacher competence framework. Neofilolog. 62(2), pp. 482-501. https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/n/article/view/40142
• Nowak, S. A. (2024). Using board games for alternative assessment in CLIL. In T. Alexiou, & T. Karasimos (Eds.), Challenge Accepted! CLIL-ing through Board Games. De Gruyter Mouton. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110990911-006/html  
• Nowak, S. A. i Szulc-Kurpaska, M. (2022). W kierunku dobrostanu (ang. wellbeing) przyszłych nauczycieli języków obcych. Języki Obce w Szkole. Numer 2/2022. https://jows.pl/artykuly/w-kierunku-dobrostanu-przyszlych-nauczycieli-jezykow-obcych
• Nowak, S. (2022). Recenzja książki W. Król-Gierat: Teaching English to children with special educational needs.Neofilolog 58(2).
• Nowak, S. (2021). Samoocena w procesie uczenia się dzieci na podstawie opinii i obserwacji nauczycieli. (W:) J. Rokita-Jaśkow & K. Nosidlak Nauczanie języków obcych dzieci. Globalne wyzwania, lokalne rozwiązania. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego. Prace Monograficzne nr 999. http://www.wydawnictwoup.pl/865/Nauczanie-dzieci-jezykow-obcych-Globalne-wyzwania–lokalne-rozwiazania.html
• Nowak, S. A. (2016) “Nowa jakość oceniania: ocenianie kształtujące”. XXII Konferencja Diagnostyki Edukacyjnej Diagnozowanie twórczości uczniów i nauczycieli. Polskie Towarzystwo Diagnostyki Edukacyjnej. Kraków. 227-334.
• Nowak, S. A. (2015) “Students’ Evaluations of Writing Curriculum at Tertiary Level.” W: Paradowski, M. B. Productive Foreign Language Skills for an Intercultural World. A Guide (not only) for Teachers. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 221-236.

Science Popularization

• February 23, 2025 – Participation in The Versatilist Podcast, hosted by Prof. Patrick M. O’Shea from Appalachian State University, along with Dr. Regina Kaplan-Rakowski from the University of North Texas (UNT).
• November 24, 2024 – YouTube lecture: Well-being at School: A Buzzword, Lifesaver, or Life-Changer? as part of the nationwide Night of Anglicists.
• November 24, 2024 – Co-organization of the AccessAbility Kraków Orienteering Challenge with Dr. Werona Król-Gierat and Dr. Agnieszka Strzałka as part of the Night of Anglicists.
• June 5, 2024 – Organization of a lecture by Prof. Anna T. Litovkina from J. Selye University titled The Psychology of Joy.
• 2024 – Co-leading the Book Club with California State University, Bakersfield (Nicole Chung – All You Can Ever Know).
• 2023 – Co-leading the Book Club with California State University, Bakersfield (Rebekah Taussig – Sitting Pretty).
• 2022 – Co-leading the Book Club with California State University, Bakersfield (Carlotta Walls LaNier – A Mighty Long Way).
• March 14, 2022 – Conducting a workshop titled Well-being: How to Take Care of Student and Teacher Well-being?as part of the Second In-service Teacher Training Day at the Pedagogical University of Kraków (A Student with Refugee Experience in the Classroom: How to Handle It? Methodological Workshops for English Teachers… and Beyond).
• 2021-2022 – International collaboration with Susie Russak from Beit Berl College.
• April 28, 2021 – Organization of a lecture by Prof. Douglas K. Hartman from Michigan State University, USA, titled Improving the ‘Presentation Literacy’ of Faculty in Higher Education: An Information Design Approach.
• April 14, 2021 – Conducting a workshop titled Well-being: How to Improve Your Workplace Environment? for students and teachers of the international e-Twinning project at the invitation of the Principal of Sobieski High School, Kraków. https://v1.madmagz.com/magazine/1898235#/page/17 
• March 7, 2020 – Conducting a workshop for teachers titled Assessment in CLIL as part of the First In-service Teacher Training Day at the Pedagogical University of Kraków.
• 2018-2019 – International collaboration with David Richardson, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.