prof. ucz. dr hab. Zbigniew Możejko

Department of Applied Linguistics

associate professor

Institute’s representative for teacher training

Room number: 3.229

email: z.mozejko@uw.edu.pl

  Office hours: During the Fall semester 2026/2027: WEDS 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm; (or arrange a different time via email), Room: 3.229.
prof. ucz. dr hab. Zbigniew Możejko

Degrees

1994, Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Poland

2002, PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Poland

2014, Dr habil. in Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Poland

Research interests and projects

  • pre-service and in-service teacher training (for TEFL)
  • Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
  • development of teaching materials (for TEFL)
  • language awareness, language play, pedagogical grammar
  • affective and cognitive factors influencing in-class FL instruction (incl. language learning strategies)
  • developing and researching advanced language skills
  • teaching English (TEFL) to advanced learners and teaching English for Academic Purposes
  • needs analysis, quality management, educational policy
  • research methods in education

Selected publications

Book

Możejko, Z. (2013). Teaching English at the Tertiary Level. A Study on Tokens of Advancedness, Perceptions of Needs and Quality Management. Warszawa: Nakł. Instytutu Anglistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.

Chapters

Możejko, Z. (2021). On the notion of effect size and teacher efficacy in distance teaching of foreign languages in higher education. In Karolczuk, M., Sawicka-Mierzyńska & E. Lewicka-Mroczek (Eds.). Kształcenie filologiczne. Od teorii do praktyki. (pp. 173-187). Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku.

Możejko, Z. (2020). L1/L2 readership beliefs and practices among pre-service EFL teachers: A case study. In I. Szymańska & A. Piskorska (Eds.). Between cultures, between languages: Essays in honour of Professor Aniela Korzeniowska. (pp. 155-169). Wydawnictwo Naukowe Semper. 

Możejko, Z. (2016). A Post-methods Perspective on ELT Materials in Pre-war Poland. In D. Gałajda, M. Pawlak & P. Zakrajewski (Eds.). Researching Second Language Learning and Teaching from a Psycholinguistic Perspective. Studies in Honour of Danuta Gabryś-Barker. (pp. 223-235). Springer.

Możejko, Z. (2014). Is language awareness actually part and parcel of FL teacher training?. In K. Szcześniak & A. Łyda (Eds.). Awareness in Action: The Role of Consciousness in Language Acquisition. (pp. 35-49). Springer.

Możejko, Z. (2013). On standards and advancedness in foreign language education. In D. Gabryś-Barker, E. Piechurska-Kuciel & J. Zybert (Eds.). Investigations in Teaching and Learning Languages. Studies in Honour of Hanna Komorowska. (pp. 171-180). Springer International Publishing.

Możejko, Z. (2013). The role of affective factors in CLIL provision in the secondary school. In J. Bielska & D. Gabryś-Barker (Eds.). The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition. (pp. 226-240). Multilingual Matters.

Możejko, Z. (2011). Student needs assessment in teaching English at the tertiary level: An individual learner differences perspective. In J. Arabski & A. Wojtaszek (Eds.). Individual Learner Differences in SLA. (pp. 184-196). Multilingual Matters.

Możejko, Z. (2010). Świadomość struktury informacyjnej tekstu pisanego w nauczaniu języka obcego. [w] J. Knieja, T. Zygmunt, i Ł. Brzana (red.) Literaturoznawstwo, językoznawstwo i kulturoznawstwo jako płaszczyzny przekazu we współczesnej glottodydaktyce. (str. 127-135). Wydawnictwo Werset.

Możejko, Z. (2009). Z badań nad kształceniem zawodowym i językowym przyszłych nauczycieli języka angielskiego. [w] H. Komorowska (red.). Kształcenie językowe w szkolnictwie wyższym. (str. 255-270). Wydawnictwo Academica.

Możejko, Z. (2005). Interpreting ambiguity: On the question of simultaneous processibility. In A. Korzeniowska & M. Grzegorzewska (Eds.). Relevance Studies in Poland, vol. 2. (pp. 63-73). Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. 

Articles

Możejko, Z. (2020). A reflective approach to CLIL instruction in the VET context. Edukacja ustawiczna dorosłych, 108(1), 56-65. doi.org /10.34866/7nd6-p290

Możejko, Z. (2020). From ESP to CLIL and back again: on linguistic aspects in vocational training. Edukacja ustawiczna dorosłych, 108(4), 27-37. doi.org /10.34866/5zjh-0w32

Jurkowski, M. J. & Możejko, Z.​​ (2016). The Role of CLIL Science Teachers in Teaching Writing Skills. Anglica Wratislaviensia, 54, pp. 87-98.

Krajka, J., Możejko, Z. & Gadomska, A.​​​​​ (2016). CLIL instruction in online interactive multimedia: a case study of Polish middle school learners of English. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, 26, pp. 168–182.

Możejko, Z. & Krajka, J.​​​​​ (2011). A Framework for evaluating digital coursebooks. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 15(1), pp. 167-173.

Older publications can be found on the complete list in PBN

Conferences

Conferences

(2023, May). EFL pre-service teacher-training from a psychological perspective: a meso-level analysis. Paper presented at the 34th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk: University of Silesia.

(2017, May). The effect of mode of delivery of instruction on the efficiency of ELT teacher-training courses. Paper presented at the 29th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk: University of Silesia.

(2013, October). Methods of researching quality of foreign language education at the tertiary level. Paper presented at the "3rd International Conference on Classroom-Oriented Research" in Konin, UAM Poznań.

(2013, May). The think-aloud protocol as a means of investigating Academic Writing skills. Paper presented at the 25th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk: University of Silesia.

(2012, May). Is language awareness actually part and parcel of FL teacher training? Paper presented at the 24th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk: University of Silesia.

(2011, September). Manipulating the structure of information in advanced written discourse of multilingual students of English. Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, Warsaw: University of Warsaw.

(2011, May). The role of affective factors in CLIL provision in the secondary school. Paper presented at the 23rd International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk: University of Silesia.

(2010, November). Measures of advancedness as tokens of linguistic change, Paper presented at the conference “Topics in Applied Linguistics: Stability and Variability”, Opole: Opole University.

(2010, May). Elements of culture in additional materials designed for EFL at the secondary school context, Paper presented at the 22nd International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk: University of Silesia.

(2010, May). Świadomość struktury informacyjnej tekstu pisanego w nauczaniu języka obcego. Paper presented at the conference ”Literaturoznawstwo, językoznawstwo i kulturoznawstwo jako płaszczyzny przekazu we współczesnej glottodydaktyce”, Chełm: Instytut Neofilologii Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Zawodowej w Chełmie.

(2010, April). CLIL activities – a teacher trainer's perspective. A workshop session at the 1st CLIL Conference, Ostrołęka: Institute of English Studies UW and Teacher Training College in Ostrołęka.

(2010, April). CLIL: the-state-of-the-art. Paper presented at the 1st CLIL Conference, Ostrołęka: Institute of English Studies UW and Teacher Training College in Ostrołęka.

Other

I suppervised the following doctoral dissertations:

  • dr Karolina Czopek (2024, unpublished PhD dissertation) Learning Trajectories in Late Adulthood: The Complexity of Selected Individual Differences of Third Age EFL Learners. University of Warsaw. 
    • Supervisor: Professor Zbigniew Możejko
    • Reviewer: Professor Jarosław Krajka, UMCS
    • Reviewer: Professor Justyna Leśniewska, UJ
    • Reviewer: Professor Anna Michońska-Stadnik, UWr
  • dr Issa Al-Qaderi (2023, unpublished PhD dissertation) Investigation of Pragmatic Competence of Polish and Yemeni Students of English as a Foreign Language at the Tertiary Level. University of Warsaw.
    • Supervisor: Professor Zbigniew Możejko
    • Reviewer: Professor Maria Jodłowiec, UJ
    • Reviewer: Professor Agnieszka Piskorska, UW
  • dr Ammar Al-Khawlani (2022, unpublished PhD dissertation) The Effect of Self-Regulation, Metacognition and Learning Strategies on English Language Learning at the Tertiary Level: A Study of Polish and Yemeni EFL Learners. University of Warsaw. 
    • Supervisor: Professor Zbigniew Możejko
    • Reviewer: Professor Jarosław Krajka, UMCS
    • Reviewer: Professor Romuald Gozdawa-Gołębiowski, UW