dr Małgorzata Szupica-Pyrzanowska

Position: Assistant Professor; Deputy Director for Research and International Affairs
Department:
Room: 2.610
E-mail: m.szupica-pyrz(at)uw.edu.pl
Duty hours: Tuesdays 1:15-2:15, Wednesdays 11:15-12:00 (by appointment only)

Degrees:

MA (Master of Arts, Linguistics), City University of New York
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy, Linguistics), City University of New York

Research Interests:

L2/FL Acquisition
Bilingualism
Neurolinguistics
Psycholingusitics
Agrammatism/ Broca’s Aphasia
Eyetracking Studies

Teaching Experience (Courses Taught):

Introduction to Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Second Language Studies I
Second Language Studies II
Selected Topics in Bilingualism
English Language Practicum (Freshman Year)
English Language Practicum (Sophomore Year)
Proseminar on Second/Foreign Language Acquisition
Seminar on Second/Foreign Language Acquisition
Language and Culture

Teaching Professional Experience:

Queens College, City University of New York, Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders
St. John’s University, New York, Department of Languages and Literature
LaGuardia Community College, English Language Department
LaGuardia Community College, Center for Teaching and Learning/The Writing Center
Warsaw University, The Institute of Applied Linguistics

Conference Posters and Presentations:

“English Literacy Predictors within and across Languages”, Research Institute for the Studies of Language in an Urban Society (RISLUS) Research Forum 2002, City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center, May 17^th, 2002.
“The Role of Syntax in Reading Comprehension: A Study of Bilingual Readers”, NYS -TESOL‘s 25^th Annual Applied Linguistic Winter Conference, La Guardia Community College, City University of New York, February 22^nd, 2003.
“Supporting Language Skills in Immigrant Pre-schoolers: An Intervention Study”, NYS -TESOL‘s 25^th Annual Applied Linguistic Winter Conference La Guardia Community College, City University of New York, February 22^nd, 2003.
“First and Second Language Syntax in Bilingual Reading”, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference Arlington, Virginia, March 22^nd – 25^th, 2003.
“The Role of Syntax in Reading Comprehension : A Study of Bilingual Readers”, The 4^th International Symposium on Bilingualism Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, April 30^th-May 3^rd, 2003.
“Supporting Language Skills in Immigrant Pre-schoolers: An Intervention Study”, Research Institute for the Studies of Language in an Urban Society (RISLUS) Research Forum 2003, City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center, May 20^th, 2003.
“The Role of Syntax in Reading Comprehension: A Study of Bilingual Readers”, Research Institute for the Studies of Language in an Urban Society (RISLUS) Research Forum 2003, City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center, May 20^th, 2003.
“Supporting L2 reading through L1 skills in early bilinguals”, Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 1^st-3^rd, 2004.
“L2 reading comprehension in young bilingual readers: a special role for L1 syntax and complex syntax”, NYS -TESOL‘s 27^th Annual Applied Linguistic Winter Conference Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, February 12^th, 2005.
“The role of L1 and L2 syntax in L2 reading comprehension: a study of third grade bilingual readers”, The 5^th International Symposium on Bilingualism Barcelona, Spain, March 19^th-22^nd, 2005.
“Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum”, CUNY WAC – WID Conference Baruch College of City University of New York, New York, New York, April 19^th, 2007.
“Morphological and phonological contributions to the inflectional deficit in English agrammatism”, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention Boston, November 16th-18^th, 2007.
“Morphological and Phonological Contributions to the Inflectional Deficit in English-Speaking Agrammatic Aphasics”, International Workshop on Cross-Linguistic Aspects of Aphasia University of Potsdam, July 4^th– 5^th, 2008.
“Assessing morphological and phonological contributions to the inflectional deficit in agrammatism”, The 46^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia Turku, Finland, October 19^th-21^st, 2008.
“The Nature of Inflectional Deficit- Evidence from Late Language Acquisition and Language Attrition”, Applied Linguistics Institute, Warsaw University Warsaw, Poland, December 8^th, 2009.
“Explaining Agrammatism: Morphology vs. Phonology”, International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting Kraków, Poland, June 30^th-July 3^rd, 2010.
“The role of morphology and phonology in the production of English inflection”, Poznań Linguistic Meeting Poznań, Poland, August 29^th-September 1^st, 2013.