Paulina Nowakowska

Dr. Paulina Nowakowska is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Hispanistics, Institute of Modern Philology, Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Poland. She specializes in foreign language teaching psychology, intercultural competence development, and theater-based pedagogical methodologies for Polish students learning Spanish.

• PhD in Education (2020, Universidad de Granada)
• Bachelor's in Psychology (2018, UNED, Spain)
• Masters thesis on Spanish language teaching methodology (2015, Universidad de Granada)

Her research focuses on:

• Motivational dynamics in language acquisition
• Intercultural competence frameworks
• Psychological foundations of language didactics
• Educational innovation through theatrical methods

She coordinates international programs for student exchanges to Spain and serves as a pedagogical practice supervisor in the Department of Romance Philology.