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CONFERENCES

Plenaries and invited talks

  • Opacki, M. (October, 2021) Perfunctory gamification in the world of second language learning. Plenary talk at the 2021 International Conference on CALL (ChinaCALL): Technology and Well-Being in Education. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, China.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (July, 2021) Between psycholinguistics and language education: Is “cognate awareness” a bonus in learning L2 words? Plenary talk at the International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB13, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa, Poland.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (May, 2021) Tell me your story! Bilingual children, qualitative data and measurable outcomes. Plenary talk at the 32st ICFSLA International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Uniwersytet Śląski, Szczyrk, Poland.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (March 2021) What is “cognate awareness” and does it help in learning L2 words? Lecture, Göteborgs Universitet, Institutionen för språk och litteraturer, Sweden.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (June 2019) Language Policy at the University of Warsaw. Invited talk at the international panel “European Language Policies in Higher Education”, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (October, 2018) Benefitting from Cognate Vocabulary. Invited lecture, Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (May, 2018) Wielojęzyczny uczeń i wielojęzyczny nauczyciel: gdzie jest ich miejsce w polskiej szkole? wystąpienie plenarne na konferencji Kształcenie językowe wobec wyzwań zmieniającej się szkoły zorganizowanej przez FRSE (Fundation for the Education System Development), SWPS, Warszawa, Poland.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (November, 2017) Czy warto “inwestować” w dwujęzyczność? Jak mówią po polsku dzieci dwujęzyczne? (Is it worth investing in bilingualism? How do Polish bilingual children speak?) – Plenary at a conference “Un bambino bilingue – problema o risorsa? Organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a Polish Institute in Rome, Italy.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (May 2017) Now you see it, now you don’t? Factors in benefitting from cognate vocabulary. Pleanry at the International Workshop on Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing and Use: Evidence in Multilingual research, UAM, Poznań, Poland.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (September 2015) Childhood bilingualism. What is the balance of gains and losses? Invited talk at the Trinity College Dublin, School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Ireland.
  • Haman, E., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., & Wodniecka Z. (September 2015) Dwujęzyczność w warunkach naturalnych. Rachunek zysków i strat. Plenary at the Polish coference Wielojęzyczność i międzykulturowość w glottodydaktyce. Konferencja Polskiego Towarzystwa Neofilologicznego, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (September 2014) The System of Education in Poland and Early Foreign Language Teaching in School Education. Invited talk at the Faculty of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Marecka, M., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (October, 2014) Phonological and Morpho-syntactic Features of Language and Discourse of Polish Children Raised Bilingually in Migrant Communities in Great Britain – Project Aims. Invited talk at the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM), University of Reading, Great Britain.

Conference presentations and posters (selected)

2021

  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Foryś-Nogala, M., Silva, B., Broniś, Janczarska, A., Królak-Zdunek, D. & Ambroziak, A. (November 2021) Using adapted Vocabulary Knowledge Scale to measure L3 lexical knowledge. New Approaches to Bi-/Multilingualism and Language Learning/Teaching (BiMuLT), University of Cyprus (online).
  • Foryś-Nogala, Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., M., Ambroziak, A., Silva, B., Broniś, O., Jamczarska, A. (July 2021) Adapting the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale to measure L3 lexical learning. International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB13, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa, Poland.
  • Silva, B., Kutylowska, K., & Otwinowska, A. (July 2021) Learning academic words through writing timed essays, untimed essays, or sentences: Does increased cognitive load affect task involvement? European Second Language Acquisition (EuroSLA) 2021, Barcelona, Spain (online)
  • Silva, B., Kutylowska, K., & Otwinowska, A. (April 2021) Learning academic words through writing sentences and compositions: Any signs of an increase in cognitive load? YLMP 2021 – Young Linguists Meeting in Poznan – Rethinking language and identity in the multilingual world, AMU, Poland (online).
  • Ambroziak, A. (April 2021) L2 motivational self system in a Polish context, and its connection to L2 Willingness To Communicate (WTC). YLMP 2021 – Young Linguists Meeting in Poznan – Rethinking language and identity in the multilingual world, AMU, Poland (online).

2019

  • Foryś-Nogala, M., Ambroziak, A., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (September 2019) Cognitive and linguistic predictors of the online and offline processing of L2 syntactic structures. Topics in Applied Linguistics: Classroom-oriented research, Uniwersytet Opolski, Poland.
  • Mieszkowska, K., Kołak, J., Haman, E., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Białecka-Pikul, M. (June 2019) Learning words in two languages: cross-language transfer of abstract mental verbs and easily imaginable verbs. ISB12 – 12thInternational Symposium on Bilingualism, Edmonton, Canada.
  • Silva, B. Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (2019, May) The lexical learning potential of writing in the light of The Involvement Load Hypothesis. ICFSLA 2019 – 31th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition (cykliczna konferencja o randze europejskiej), Szczyrk, UŚ, Poland.

2018

  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Foryś-Nogala, M, Opacki, M. Broniś, O. (September 2018) Metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency in sensitivity to null subject use in L3 Italian. 11th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism. University of Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Marecka, M. Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Durlik, J, Szewczyk, J., Opacki, M., Wodniecka (September 2018) Calques from English are Processed like Well-formed Collocations by Native Speakers of Polish: Evidence from N400. AMLaP 2018 – Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
  • Silva, B. Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (September 2018) Knowledge of academic words predicted by a combination of tests, despite cognate inflation. AMLaP 2018 – Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
  • Ringblom N., Karpava S., Meir N., La Morgia F. Otwinowska-Kasztelanic A. (June 2018) The predictors of literacy transmission in Heritage Language: Evidence from Sweden, Israel, Cyprus and Ireland. Sociolinguistics Symposium 22, Auckland, Nowa Zelandia.
  • Silva, B. Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (May 2018) VST as a reliable academic placement tool despite cognate inflation effects. 30th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Uniwersytet Śląski, Szczyrk, Poland
  • Plichta, P. Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (May 2018) The impact of CLIL on learners’ WTC in English. 30th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition (cykliczna konferencja o randze europejskiej), Uniwersytet Śląski, Szczyrk, Poland.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Foryś-Nogala, M. & Szewczyk, J. (March 2018) Learning cognate and non-cognate words: cross-linguistic awareness does not matter. AAAL 2018 – The American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, University of Chicago, USA.

2017

  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic A., Ringblom N., Karpava S., Meir N., La Morgia F. (September 2017) Transmitting Literacy in the Heritage Language: Evidence from Russian-Speaking Families in Israel, Sweden, Cyprus and Ireland. New Speakers Network COST Action 1306 Final Conference, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Kobosko, W. Foryś-Nogala, M. & Szewczyk, J. (September 2017) Metalinguistic awareness and learning cross-linguistically similar words. EuroSLA 27 The 27th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, University of Reading, Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism, Great Britain.
  • Kobosko, W., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (June 2017) Metalinguistic awareness and cross-linguistic differences in learning L3: what eliminates transfer? ISB 11 – 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism, University of Limerick, Ireland.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Kobosko, W. Foryś-Nogala, M. & Szewczyk, J. (May 2017) The impact of raising awareness of cross-linguistic similarity on the acquisition of cognate and non-cognate words. ICFSLA 2017 – 29th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk, UŚ, Poland.

2016

  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. Mieszkowska, K. Opacki, M. (November 2016) Narratives in the Assessment of Polish-English Bilingual Children, Bilingual Child Migrants in a Multilingual Europe. COST Action IS1306 Conference, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland.
  • Kobosko, W., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic A. (November 2016) Language transfer in multilinguals: Factors underlying the use of overt pronominal subjects in L3, Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznań 2016, 25-27 UAM, Poznań, Poland.
  • Mieszkowska, K., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic A. Opacki, M. (November 2016) Narrative abilities of simultaneous and sequential bilingual children”, Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznań 2016, UAM, Poznań, Poland.
  • Foryś-Nogala, M. Banasik, N., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Szewczyk, J. (November 2016) Linguistic and cognitive dimensions of children’s performance in sentence repetition tasks – results of an exploratory methodological study”, Young Linguists’ Meeting in Poznań 2016, UAM, Poznań, Poland.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Szewczyk, J. (September 2016) Dominant Language Constellations affect multilingual guessing of words. 10th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism. University of Vienna, Austria.
  • Marecka, M., Wrembel, M., Mieszkowska, K., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (June 2016,) The predictors of accentedness ratings in Polish-English bilingual children. New Sounds, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A.; Mieszkowska, K., Gagarina, N. (May 2016) Migrant children’s discourse skills: Slavic-speaking families in German- and English-speaking environments. COST IS1306 Whole Action Conference, Hamburg, Germany.

2015

  • Marecka, M., Wrembel, M., Zembrzuski, D., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (September 2015) Do early bilinguals speak differently than their monolingual peers? Phonological performance of Polish-English bilingual children. The International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2015, Chania, Greece.
  • Wrembel, M., Marecka, M., Zembrzuski, D., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (September 2015) Phonological profile of early Polish-English bilinguals. The 48th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Leiden, Holland.
  • Zembrzuski, D. Wrembel, M., Marecka, M., Szewczyk, J., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (August 2015) Exploring the acquisition of prosodic competence: word stress in the speech of Polish-English bilingual children. EUROSLA 25 – The 25th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, Aix de Provence, Université d’Aix-Marseille,
  • Foryś, M., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Banasik N., Szewczyk, J. (August 2015) Sentence Repetition Tasks in investigating children’s morpho-syntax: a study of Polish-English emergent bilinguals.  EUROSLA 25 – The 25th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, Aix de Provence, Université d’Aix-Marseille,
  • Mieszkowska, K., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (August 2015) Typology and/or proficiency? Cumulative learning experience helps understand an unknown language. EUROSLA 25 – The 25th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association, Aix de Provence, Université d’Aix-Marseille, France.
  • Marecka, M., Wrembel, M., Zembrzuski, D., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (August 2015,) Phonological development in the home language among early Polish-English bilinguals. ICPhS – 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2015, Glasgow, Great Britain.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Opacki, M, Mieszkowska, K. & Białecka-Pikul, M. (May 2015) Narratives in the Assessment of Polish-English Bilingual Children. ISB10 – The 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
  • Szewczyk, J., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Zembrzuski, D., Haman, E. & Wodniecka, Z. (May 2015) Nonword repetition performance by Polish-English emerging bilinguals and Polish monolinguals. ISB10 – The 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.

2014

  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (November 2014) Examining the languages of Polish children from migrant communities in the UK – methodological issues. 1st Whole Action Conference of the European Network on New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe (ISCH COST Action IS1306), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., Mieszkowska, K. & Szewczyk. J (June 2014) The more multilingual the better! L2/L3-Ln proficiency in using cognate-related affordances. 9th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Lijewska, A. & Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A (June 2014) Angela Merkel und Ratzinger move up. Unintended code switching in the context of famous people’s faces and names. 9th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Mieszkowska, K. & Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (June 2014) Mental state language in the narratives of Polish monolingual and Polish-English immigrant children living in the UK. The Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium (OLINCO),Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A., & Foryś, M. (March 2014) Affectivity in Bilingual Mathematics and Science in Elementary School. AAAL 2014 – The American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, University of Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • Opacki, M. & Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (March 2014) Narratives as a way of assessing Polish-English bilingual pre-schoolers. AAAL 2014 – The American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference,University of Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • Banasik, N., Opacki, M., Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, A. (March 2014) Using a Sentence Repetition Task and Narration as a means of assessing the grammatical competence of monolingual and bilingual children. AAAL 2014, University of Portland, Oregon, USA.