Principles of Textual Communication. On the Basis of Polish Press Reports after President Obama’s 2009 Inauguration

On the basis of the assumption that any discourse is a highly context-dependent, and dynamically changing phenomenon of textual nature, and with reference to the fact that there may be used in linguistic research certain standards of textuality, the paper shows that the standards can be grouped into, e.g., three general sections (text-oriented, sender-oriented and context-oriented) which can be used as a starting point for further research in the study of textlinguistics and journalistic discourse

Jak wytrenować noblistę. Rzecz o społecznym odbiorze tutoringu w grupie studentów i tutorów Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego; badanie pilotażowe

It is one of the oldest and most effective methods of working with a student – a method which builds upon the growing relationship between the teacher and the student, often called the master‒student method or simply tutoring – and yet, it is still not common in Polish universities.One may say that from the view of the general public this method is considered elitist, because for various reasons it has been understood that only a small group of selected students can be taught this way, and only a few can use this method. Hence, in order to make certain how it is actually understood, a survey was prepared and presented to two groups of people: a group of students and graduates of the College of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Wrocław, and a group of 125 employees of the University of Wrocław who worked as tutors in the past. It remains to be hoped that tutoring will be introduced into the education system in Poland not only in higher education – as has already begun to happen – but also on a larger scale in secondary and primary education. Regardless of how tutoring is actually perceived fortunately it is becoming an increasingly popular teaching method in Poland

Events - Languages in Contact 2012

First Call for Papers International Conference LANGUAGES IN CONTACT 2012 26–27 May, 2012   organized by: Committee for Philology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw Branch, Poland Philological School of Higher Education  in Wroclaw, Polan

Time and boredom

W tekście przedstawiono ‒ poprzedzone krótkim wprowadzeniem ukazującym omawiane zagadnienia na nieco szerszym tle ‒ dwie koncepcje teoretyczne: Philipa G. Zimbardo i Johna Boyda, dotyczącą czasu psychologicznego, W tekście przedstawiono ‒ poprzedzone krótkim wprowadzeniem ukazującym omawiane zagadnienia na nieco szerszym tle ‒ dwie koncepcje teoretyczne: Philipa G. Zimbardo i Johna Boyda, dotyczącą czasu psychologicznego, oraz Shelley A. Fahlman, Kimberley B. Mercer-Lynn, Davida B. Flory i Johna D. Eastwooda, traktującą o nudzie. Ponadto przeanalizowano związek subiektywnej percepcji czasu z odczuwaniem nudy. W ramach dwóch wspomnianych koncepcji określono, na podstawie badań własnych, empiryczne zależności pomiędzy czasem psychologicznym a nudą. Uzyskane wyniki należy rozpatrywać w odniesieniu do jakości życia. oraz Shelley A. Fahlman, Kimberley B. Mercer-Lynn, Davida B. Flory i Johna D. Eastwooda, traktującą o nudzie. Ponadto przeanalizowano związek subiektywnej percepcji czasu z odczuwaniem nudy. W ramach dwóch wspomnianych koncepcji określono, na podstawie badań własnych, empiryczne zależności pomiędzy czasem psychologicznym a nudą. Uzyskane wyniki należy rozpatrywać w odniesieniu do jakości życia.The text presents two theoretical concepts: psychological time (by Philip G. Zimbardo and John Boyd) and boredom (by Shelley A. Fahlman, Kimberley B. Mercer-Lynn, David B. Flor and John D. Eastwood). A relationship between subjective perspective of time and feeling of boredom is described. Operating in the framework of the two concepts and basing on own research, the empirical relationship between psychological time and boredom was defined. The results should be analyzed with reference to life quality

Principles of Textual Communication. On the Basis of Polish Press Reports after President Obama’s 2009 Inauguration

On the basis of the assumption that any discourse is a highly context-dependent, and dynamically changing phenomenon of textual nature, and with reference to the fact that there may be used in linguistic research certain standards of textuality, the paper shows that the standards can be grouped into, e.g., three general sections (text-oriented, sender-oriented and context-oriented) which can be used as a starting point for further research in the study of textlinguistics and journalistic discourse