Kamil Malarski

Kamil Malarski is a Lecturer at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU), Poznań, Poland. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from both Adam Mickiewicz University and the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, awarded in 2021. His academic work is centered on phonetics and sociolinguistics, with a strong focus on the pronunciation and accents of English as a foreign language.

Research Interests: His primary research areas include sociophonetics, vowel dynamics in non-native speech, musical hearing in EFL pronunciation acquisition, and language attitudes. He investigates how Polish learners of English acquire and produce phonetic features, particularly intonation and vowel quality.

Professional Affiliations:

• Societas Linguistica Europaea (member)

Research Grants:

• 2014/15/N/HS2/03865 – Musical hearing in the acquisition of EFL pronunciation (NCN, co-investigator, 2015–2018)
• 2014/15/B/HS2/00452 – Vowel dynamics in the speech of Polish learners of English (NCN, research assistant, 2015–2018)

Scholarships:

• University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway (April–June 2015)

Conference Participation: Dr. Malarski has presented at numerous international linguistics conferences, including Accents series, Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM), Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE), New Sounds, NWAV, and IAM L3, demonstrating consistent scholarly engagement in phonetics and second language acquisition communities.

Teaching Experience: He has taught EFL at the university level, focusing on pronunciation and academic writing, as well as core courses in Phonetics and Phonology.