Barbara Morcinek-Abramczyk

Dr. Barbara Morcinek-Abramczyk is an Assistant Professor at the School of Polish Language and Culture, University of Silesia, where she has taught since 2000. Holding a PhD in literary studies, her academic affiliations include guest lectureships at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2006-2009) and a visiting professorship at Indiana University Bloomington (2011-2012). She also holds multiple roles at Poland's State Commission for Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language.

Her research integrates comparative literature, language pedagogy, and cultural studies with focus areas including:

• Glottodidactics and foreign language teaching methodologies
• Polish, English, and Japanese literary analysis
• Silesian identity dynamics
• Gesture-based instructional techniques

She has developed specialized textbooks for diverse learners: co-authoring Polski niestranie for intermediate students, authoring Polski jest prostu for Japanese speakers, and co-creating Hello? This is Poland for Chinese learners. At postgraduate level, she teaches course design, multimedia applications, and content-selection frameworks for Polish language education.

Dr. Morcinek-Abramczyk maintains significant global engagement, having delivered workshops and lectures across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and regularly contributes to academic conferences worldwide.