Katarzyna Papaja ORCID iD Institute of English, University of Silesia, ul. Gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5, 41-205 Sosnowiec Poland
Katarzyna Papaja received her PhD degree in Applied Linguistics and works as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Linguistics, University of Silesia (Poland). She is a former Deputy Dean for Philology and Business Linguistics at the European Tischner University in Kraków. She specialises in Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Bilingual Education. She has published widely on bilingual education methodologies (mainly Content and Language Integrated Learning – CLIL). She was a part of the team, which conducted groundwork leading to the publication of Profile Report – Bilingual Education (English) in Poland. She was also awarded scholarships and, as a result, was able to gain teaching experience in countries such as Great Britain, the USA, Germany and Switzerland. She is one of the founders of the international LIF (LANGUAGE IN FOCUS) and FOL (FOCUS ON LANGUAGE) conferences during which she organises special CLIL and CLILiG symposia.
The most important publications:
2019: “I don’t want to teach anymore” – burnout syndrome among the English teachers. In O. Mentz, & H-P. Burth (Eds.), Border Studies: Concepts, Positions and Perspectives in Europe (pp. 259-277). Münster: Lit Verlag.
2014: Focus on CLIL. A qualitative evaluation of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Secondary Education. Newcastle, UK:Cambridge Scholars.