Monika Łakuta

Monika Łakuta serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Language Acquisition and Teaching at the Institute of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Her academic profile centers on Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) pedagogy with emphasis on cultural competence development, International Baccalaureate program implementation, and educational materials design for language acquisition.

Her research investigates cultural representation in ELE teaching resources and virtual environment applications for intercultural communication training. Current work focuses on digital methodologies for developing oral proficiency in Spanish learners, while maintaining longstanding expertise in IB language curriculum development and examiner training protocols. She examines how cultural components are integrated into teaching materials to foster authentic cross-cultural understanding.

Analysis of her publication history reveals consistent thematic evolution from foundational IB program research (2016-2018) toward contemporary virtual environment applications (2021), with persistent focus on cultural competence across all works. Recent scholarship demonstrates increasing methodological sophistication in virtual learning contexts while retaining core commitment to practical classroom applications.

Award recognitions include:

• Medal of the National Education Commission (2023)
• Bronze Medal for Long Service (2020)
• Training Course for ELE Teachers Scholarship (2023)
• Salamanca Training Scholarship for Spanish Teachers (2015, 2018)

Dr. Łakuta contributes extensively to academic service as Provincial Competition Commission member and IB examiner trainer. She participated as contractor in the National Centre for Research and Development project 'Vocational education in modern languages' (2014). University promotional activities include Spanish exam revision classes and Lublin Science Festival lectures on Spanish inventions and Latin American Nobel laureates.