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 * EDUCATION: **

2014/2015 **ICT in Education (HiST)** 2010 **Special Needs Education (HiAk) ** 2009 **Digital Competence (HiAk) ** 2008 **University of Oslo (Norway)-Guidance and Communication** 2007 **MA. in English at the Silesian University** 2004- 2007 **Silesian University ** 2001- 2004 **BA. in English at the Silesian University ** 2003 **TEFL** 2000 **The Centre of Creating Leaders “Forge” ** 1997- 2001 **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">J. Paderewski High School **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Subjects studied ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Theory of teaching and learning, Methodology, American and British Literature

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">2015 Transatlantic Educators Dialogue 2 (European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2014 Future Classroom Scenarios <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2014 eTwinning Learning Lab (eTwinning and Social Media) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2014 Transatlantic Educators Dialogue (European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) 2013 Participation in the eTwinning Conference-Lisbon/Portugal 2013 eTwinning Learning Labs ( The Pedagogical Value of eTwinning projects/ Creative Drama in eTwinning Projects/ Teachers and Students in the eTwinning Classroom) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">2012 CLIL-Practical Ideas for the Classroom-Comenius (Exeter, England) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">2012 Teachers Summer Institute (Amherst, MA, USA) 2011 Participation in the European Workshop "Converging competences in action - How to promote the balanced learning of subject specific and transversal attitudes, skills and knowledge"- Estonia and Latvia 2011 Participation in a Southern Heritage Tour-South Carolina, Columbia <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">2011 Study visit- CLIL- a strategic approach to enhancing key qualifications-Vienna 2011 Test of Norwegian-advanced level (Bergenstest) 2010 Training in methodology or pedagogy of foreign language teaching-Comenius (Ipwsich, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">England) 2008 Norwegian Test 3 for Adult Immigrants 2005 Participation in Campus 15 Training Course 2005 in Bonn <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2005 Volunteer during XX World Youth Days in Cologne <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2005 Participation in an exchange programme ( “Keeping in touch with nature” ) in Portugal <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2004 Participation in an exchange programme ( “Youth Sports and Conflict Management “) in Bosnia and Herzegovina <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2002- 2003 Participation in a training for future travel guides <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2000 Participation and winning the third place in the competition” Europe at school” <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2000 Representation of Polish teenagers in Croatia <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2000 Participation in IMUNA-Holland (International Model of United Nations of Alkmaar) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1998 Participation in IMUNA-Holland (International Model of United Nations of Alkmaar)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ACHIEVEMENTS: **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">OTHER CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS : **

2014 Participation in a contact seminar-Gdansk (Polen)

2006 Participation in a conference “ TOEIC and TEOFL tests”

2006 Participation in a conference “ Key trends and dead ends”

2006 Participation in a conference “Developing skills with ProFile”

2005 Participation in a conference “Team up –on exploiting different interaction patterns and group dynamics”

2005 Participation in a conference “Analiza wyników nowego egzaminu maturalnego z języka angielskiego”

2005 Participation in a conference “A Picture is worth a thousand words- using visuals in the classroom)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2004 Participation in a conference “ Maximising Your Students’ Potential”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2004 Participation in a conference “Generating and Maintaining Motivation in the Primary Classroom”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2004 Participation in a training “Do not waste your time-read quicker”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2004 Participation in a conference “The European language portfolio and the purposes of teaching foreign languages in a secondary and primary school”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2003 Participation in a conference “ Teaching through Drama at Primary Levels”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2003 Participation in a symposium “ University and Church in Europe” in Rome


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">PUBLICATIONS: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lokøy,G., Hellesøy,S., Langseth,J., Lungren,H., Zielonka, B., Underwood,I.&Bockman,J.A. (2014).//Skills-Restaurant og Matfag//.Oslo: Gyldendal.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Zielonka, B.A., (2012). //Total Immersion in Southern American Heritage.// Tidsskrift for fag,kultur og utdanning.Lektorbladet, nr 4/2012, 28.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Zielonka, B.A., (2011). //Alternative Holidays for Teachers of English//. Magasin for fag, kultur og utdanning. Lektorbladet,nr 6/2010,22-23.