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Part-time Instructor

Polish Language 

 

Email: amajkowskasmith@luc.edu

 

Office: Crown Center 206C

Phone: 773-508-7363

 

Research Interests:

• Polish language and culture
• Language and mass media
• Polish literature of the 20th century 
• Image of women in Witkay's writing 
• Witkacy's theory of pure form in theatre

Courses Taught:

• POLS 101 - Elementary Polish I
• POLS 102 - Intermediate Polish II
• POLS 103 - Intermediate Polish I
• POLS 104 - Advanced Polish II
• POLS 201 - Polish Medical Terminology 
• POLS 202 - Polish for Healthcare
• POLS 250 - Advanced Polish Composition and Conversation I 
• POLS 251 - Advanced Polish Composition and Conversation II

Service Outside Loyola:

• "Conceptual Metaphors in teaching Polish as a foreign language" at the Polish Teachers, Students, and Parents Conference, Chicago, 2016.
• State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency as a Foreign Language, member of the Committee- Examiner approved by The Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland, 2022-present
• Radio Host for Polski FM 92.7 FM in Chicago, 2018-present 
• Radio Host for Polskie Radio 1030 AM/104.7 FM in Chicago, 2017. 
• Helena Modrzejewska Polish chool in Naperville, Polish language teacher, 2015
• Szkoła Języka I Kultury Polskiej im. Z. Herberta w Palos Heights, Polish language teacher, 2015
• Polonicum Centre of Polish Language for Foreigners, University of Warsaw- Lecturer of Polish language and culture, 2006-2014
• The Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw- Lecturer of Polish language and culture, 2007-2011
• Warsaw School of Economics (SGH)- Lecturer of Polish language and culture, 2012-2013
• Lazarski University (Warsaw, Poland)- Lecturer of Polish language and culture, 2010-2011

Education:

• M.A. Polish Philology, University of Warsaw, (Literature and Linguistics), 2007
  • Specialization in teaching Polish as a foreign language 
• B.A. Polish Philology, University of Warsaw, (Literature and Linguistics), 2004