About me
Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska
I am a Lecturer at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw. My research interests are primarily in psycholinguistics, second language acquisition and corpus linguistics, especially in the issues related to lexis and phraseology in these fields. I have published a number of papers on the acquisition of second language vocabulary and formulaic language and on explorations of learner corpora. I teach courses in BA and MA programmes which cover applied linguistics, foreign language teaching methodology and second language acquisition as well as the applications of corpora in language teaching.
A list of my publications
Leńko-Szymańska, A. In preparation. The emergence of formulaic language in EFL writing: A cross-linguistic and cross-sectional perspective. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. Special Issue on International Corpus of Cross-Linguistic Interlanguage.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. & Boulton, A. (eds.) Forthcoming. Multiple affordances of language corpora for data-driven learning. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Leńko-Szymańka. In press. Is this enough? A qualitative evaluation of the effectiveness of a teacher-training course on the use of corpora in language education. ReCALL, 26(2). Special issue: Researching uses of corpora for language teaching and learning.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2012. The role of conventionalized language in the acquisition and use of articles by Polish EFL learners. In Developmental and Crosslinguistic Perspectives in Learner Corpus Research [Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 4], Y. Tono, Y. Kawaguchi & M. Minegishi (eds), 83-104. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2008. Non-native or non-expert? The use of connectors in native and foreign language learners’ texts. Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Etrangère 27: 99-108.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2008. Formulaic sequences in apprentice writing: Does more mean better? In Proceedings of the 8th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference, A. Frankenberg-Garcia (ed.), 207-212. Lisbon: ISLA Lisboa.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2007. The role of L1 influence and L2 instruction in the choice of rhetorical strategies by EFL learners. In Corpora and ICT in Language Studies, J. Waliński, K. Kredens & S. Góźdź-Roszkowski (eds), 357-372. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2007. Past progressive or simple past? The acquisition of progressive aspect by Polish advanced learners of English. In Corpora in the Foreign Language Classroom, E. Hidalgo, L. Quereda & J. Santana (eds), 253-266. Amsterdam / New York: Rodopi.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2006. The curse and the blessing of mobile phones: A corpus-based study into American and Polish rhetorical conventions. In Corpus Linguistics Around the World, A. Wilson, D. Archer & P. Rayson (eds), 141-154. Amsterdam / New York: Rodopi.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2006. Problemy metodologiczne Kontrastywnej Analizy Interjęzyka. In Korpusy w Angielsko-Polskim Językoznawstwie Kontrastywnym: Teoria i Praktyka, A. Duszak, E. Gajek & U. Okulska (eds), 101-114. Kraków: Universitas.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2005. Korpusy uczniowskie. In Wstęp do Językoznawstwa Korpusowego, B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (ed.), 201-220. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2005. Korpusy w nauczaniu języków obcych. In Wstęp do Językoznawstwa Korpusowego, B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (ed.), 221-239. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2005. Demonstratives as anaphora markers in advanced learners’ English. In Corpora and Language Learners [Studies in Corpus Linguistics 17], G. Aston, S. Bernardini & D. Stewart (eds), 89-107. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2003. Learner corpora and foreign language teaching. In Research and Scholarship in Integration Processes: Poland – USA – EU, E. Oleksy & B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (eds), 323-336. Łódź: Łódź University Press.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2002. Lexical problem areas in the advanced learner corpus of written data. In PALC’2001: Practical applications in language corpora, B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (ed.), 505-519. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2002. How to trace the growth in learners’ active vocabulary? A corpus-based study. In Teaching and Learning by Doing Corpus Analysis, B. Kettemann & G. Marko (eds), 217-230. Amsterdam / Atlanta: Rodopi.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2001. Passive and active vocabulary knowledge in advanced learners of English. Folia Linguistica Anglica 3: 107-118.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2000. Passive and active vocabulary knowledge in advanced learners of English. In PALC’99: Practical applications in language corpora, B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk & P. Melia (eds), 287-301. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B., Leńko-Szymańska, A. & McEnery, A. 2000. Lexical problem areas in the PELCRA learner corpus of English. In PALC’99: Practical applications in language corpora, B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk & P. Melia (eds), 303-312. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 2000. Implicit and explicit learning of collocations: Report on an experiment. In Studies in Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, J. Arabski (ed.), 197-222. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 1997. Corpora as a resource for non-native teachers of writing. In PALC’97: Practical applications in language corpora, B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk & P. Melia (eds), 74-89. Łódź: Łódź University Press.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 1997. Computers for teaching writing in a foreign language. Folia Linguistica 36: 295-304.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 1997. Bilingual lexicon and vocabulary teaching for translation and interpreting students. In Translation and Meaning (Part 4), M. Thelen & B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (eds), 325-332. Maastricht: Universitaire Pers Maastricht.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 1997. Visual support and vocabulary learning. In IATEFL 1997 Brighton Conference Selections, P. Grundy (ed.), 71. Whitstable: IATEFL.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 1996. The effectiveness of hypermedia computer programmes in teaching vocabulary to students of translation. In Translation and Meaning (Part 3), M. Thelen & B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (eds), 265-272. Maastricht: Universitaire Pers Maastricht.
Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B., Leńko, A. & Witczak, I. 1996. Język i komputer: Projekty opracowywane w Zakładzie Języka Angielskiego Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. In Język i Technologia, Z. Vetulani, W. Abramowicz & G. Vetulani (eds), 136-140. Warsaw: Akademicka Oficyna Wydawnicza PLJ.
Leńko-Szymańska, A. 1996. Memory and vocabulary learning and teaching. In IATEFL Research News, 17-28. Whitstable: IATEFL.
Leńko A. 1995. Computer programs for vocabulary training in foreign language learning. In Current Approaches to the Lexicon, R. Dirven & J. Vanparys (eds), 491-502. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
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