mgr Agnieszka Piasecka
Lecturer
Institute of English Studies, Department of English Linguistics
agnieszka.piasecka@uken.krakow.pl
room: 305
consultation: Mondays 15:00 – 15:30 room 1; or MS Teams by appointment
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- cognitive linguistics
- the use of the articles in English
- intensional theory of the article
- English in business and finance
- the language of advertising
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- English Phonetics 1
- English Phonetics 2
- Business English 1 and 2
- Descriptive Grammar of English
- Practical English Grammar
- Contrastive Grammar of English and Polish
- Introduction to Linguistics
- English: Integrated Skills
EDUCATION
1991 Master of Arts in English Studies, Jagiellonian University, Cracow; MA thesis: Cognitive Analysis of Space Metaphors in the Language of the American and Polish Press
supervisor prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Tabakowska
1994 Jagiellonian University and the consortium of Boston College, University of Massachusetts, Columbia University, University of Hartford – Postgraduate Program in Business Administration and Economics; thesis: Calculations of Beta Coefficients for Stocks Traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
1996 sworn translator of English
SCHOLARSHIPS
1998-1990 University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, USA 2 semesters of graduate courses in English and linguistics
1993 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA 1 semester of MBA studies
BOOKS
Agnieszka Piasecka. 2007. Jak stosować przedimek angielski: Ćwiczenia. Kielce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Umiejętności im. S. Staszica.
ARTICLES
Agnieszka Piasecka. 2007. The use of the articles with complex noun phrases in English within the framework of the intensional theory of the article. w I.R. Gay, J.I.A. Hernandez (eds.) New Trends in English Teacher Education. Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
Agnieszka Piasecka. 2007. Teaching implications arising from the intensional theory of the article w J. Arabski, D. Gabryś-Barker, A. Łyda (eds). PASE Papers: Studies in Language and Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages. Katowice: PARA.
Agnieszka Piasecka. 1993. Polysemy of the Polish verbal prefix prze- w E. Górska (ed). Images from the Cognitive Scene. Kraków: Universitas.
CONFERENCES
2015 Języki specjalistyczne w badaniach i praktyce: doświadczenia, horyzonty, wyzwania. Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
2007 PASE Szczyrk, Uniwersytet Śląski, A new approach to teaching how to use the English articles within the framework of the intensional theory.
INTERNATIONAL TEACHING MOBILITY – ERASMUS /GUEST LECTURES
2025 University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
2024 University of Florence, Italy
2023 Beit Berl College, Israel
2019 University of Milan, Italy
2006 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
MEMBERSHIP in ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
- Polskie Towarzystwo Językoznawstwa Kognitywnego;
- Krakowskie Towarzystwo Popularyzowania Wiedzy o Komunikacji Językowej “Tertium”
NON-ACADEMIC INTERESTS
music, plays the piano
alpine skiing, ski instructor, former racer
windsurfing
cycling