dr Karolina Czopek
Department of Applied Linguistics
assistant professor
email: k.czopek@uw.edu.pl
Degrees
PhD in linguistics (University of Warsaw, 2024)
Postgraduate studies in Psychogerontology (University of Wrocław, 2022)
BA in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology (University of Warsaw, 2014-2017)
MA in English Studies (University of Warsaw, 2014-2016)
BA in English Studies (Jagiellonian University, 2011-2014)
Research interests and projects
● age factor in language acquisition ● neurodiversity ● learner well-being ● individual differences ● emotions in language learning ● ethnographic method in SLA research
Selected publications
Paradowski, M., Czopek, K., Palmini, A., Jarynowski, A. (2025, in press). Ukrainian refugees learning Polish: Language background, affective factors, and social networks. In C. Sanz, A. Morales-Front, Y. Ku & E. Kim (Eds.), Education Abroad: Language, Learners, and Communities. Georgetown University Press.
Paradowski, M., Czopek, K., Palmini, A., Belik, V., Jarynowski, A. (2025, in press). Social networks and language learning in forced immersion: Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Journal of International Migration and Integration.
Czopek, K. (2024). Understanding older adult language learners: two stories from an EFL classroom. Tapestry: A multimedia journal for teachers and English learners, 1, 10-15.
Kałdonek‐ Crnjaković, A., & Czopek, K. (2023). Peace, emotion labor, and language teacher identity in times of war: The stories of two Ukrainian English university teachers. TESOL Journal, e725. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.725
Czopek, K. (2022). Computer-assisted language learning in the context of digital skills of older adults. KULTURA–PRZEMIANY–EDUKACJA, 11, 171-186.
Paradowski, M. B., Jarynowski, A., Czopek, K., & Jelińska, M. (2021). Peer Interactions and Second Language Learning: The Contributions of Social Network Analysis in Study Abroad versus At-Home Environments. In R. Mitchell & H. Tyne (Eds.), Language, mobility and study abroad in the contemporary European context (pp. 99-116). Taylor & Francis.
Paradowski, M. B., Jarynowski, A., Jelińska, M., & Czopek, K. (2021). Out-of-class peer interactions matter for second language acquisition during short-term overseas sojourns: The contributions of Social Network Analysis. Language Teaching, 54(1), 139-143. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444820000580
Jarynowski, A., Czopek, K., & Paradowski, M. B. (2021). "Keep your friends close": Przyswajanie języka obcego poprzez interakcje rówieśnicze a edukacja zdalna w dobie pandemii. Acta Neophilologica, 2(XXIII), 115-132. https://doi.org/10.31648/an.6660
Jarynowski, A., Wójta-Kempa, M., Płatek, D., & Czopek, K. (2020). Attempt to understand public health relevant social dimensions of COVID-19 outbreak in Poland. Society Register, 4(3), 7-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3570609
Czopek, K. (2018). Robienie jako kategoria organizująca codzienność członkiń Uniwersytetu Trzeciego Wieku i Klubu Singla w Sokółce. Etnografia Polska, 62(1-2), 61-83.
Older publications can be found on the complete list in PBN
Conferences
Conferences
“Complexity of language learning in late adulthood” (conference Diversity and Inclusivity in English Language Education, 2024, Japan)
"Individual differences of older language learners" (conference Multilingual Education in Linguistically Diverse Contexts, 2022, Albania).
“Peer learner networks and second language acquisition during intensive courses” (conference “Advances in Second/Foreign Language Acquisition: Heritage Language Acquisition and Learning”, 2022, Cyprus)
“Harnessing social network science in second language development research” (conference Second Language Research Forum, 2019, USA)
“Older language learner: a comparative corpus study of FL performance and learning materials” (conference Corpora for Language and Aging Research, 2019, Finland)
"Language learning in forced immersion: Proximal sociolinguistic context, peer networks, and progress in Ukrainian refugee students’ acquisition of L3 Polish" (conference Uczenie się i nauczanie języków obcych na podstawie interkomprehensji, 2022, Gdańsk)
"Dynamics of individual differences of older language learners" ( ICFLSA conference, 2021, Szczyrk)
“The impact of peer communication in second language acquisition” (PLM conference, 2021, Poznań)
Other
Member of the MedLog project: “Attitudes, Beliefs, Fears, and Knowledge of Doctors and Speech Therapists on Bilingualism/Multilingualism in the Context of Neurodevelopmental Conditions” financed by IDUB UW
Member of the 4EU+ grant: “Raising Accessibility in Tertiary Education: 3D Teaching and Learning Aids in the Multisensory Approach (3MultiAccess)", led by dr Agnieszka Kałdonek- Crnjaković (2023-2024).
Member of NEED: Neurodiversity in Language Education Research Group (2023 - present).
Member of EMERGE: English Medium Education Research Group for Excellence (2024-present).
Team member in the NCN grant (2018 - 2023), SONATA-BIS: „How Peer Interaction Mediates SLA (from a Social Network Perspective)”, led by dr hab. Michał Paradowski.
Trainer in the POWER project (2022 - 2023), „University of Warsaw for Ukraine”, led by dr Agnieszka Różycka.
Trainer in the POWER project (2019 - 2022), „Third Mission of the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Warsaw”, led by dr Agnieszka Różycka.