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Dr. Romana Kopeckova

Current affiliations

  • Professur für Englische Sprachwissenschaft (Prof. Gut)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Third language acquisition
  • Second language speech perception and production
  • The age factor

Academic Education

2007 - 2011Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
1999 - 2006M.A. in English Language and Literature & Philosophy (Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic)
2004 - 2005M.A. in Applied Linguistics (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)
2002 - 2004Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic)

Work Experience

since 2014Research Assistant (English Department, University of Münster)
2013 - 2014Language Instructor (English Department, University of Münster)
2011 - 2014Tutor in English for Academic Purposes (summer terms; School of Education, University of Nottingham)
2012 - 2013DAAD Scholar (English Department, University of Münster)
2007 - 2009Research Assistant (Project: Second Language Acquisition and Native Language Maintenance in the Polish Diaspora in Ireland and France; Centre for Communication and Language Studies, Trinity College Dublin)
2002 - 2007Tutor in English Language (English Department, Masaryk University Brno)

Publications

The relationship between language attitudes and metaphonological awareness with the pronunciation of adolescent learners of Polish as an L3
Kopečková, Romana; Li, Zeyu; Gut, Ulrike  (2025)
In: Linguistik Online, 134(2), 67-81. doi:10.13092/t9s5h358
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Phonetics and Phonology in Multilingual Language Development
Gut, Ulrike; Kopecková, Romana; Nelson, Christina (2023)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Book (monograph) | Published
Cross-Linguistic Interactions in Third Language Acquisition: Evidence from Multi-Feature Analysis of Speech Perception
Wrembel Magdalena, Gut Ulrike, Kopeckova Romana, Balas Anna (2020)
In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen)), 5(52), 1-21.
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Children’s and adults’ initial phonological acquisition of a foreign language
Kopeckova R., Dimroth C., Gut U. (2019)
In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen)), 5:3, 374-401. doi:10.1075/jslp.18033.kop
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Teaching English as a third language in primary and secondary school: The potential of pluralistic approaches to language learning.
Kopeckova R, Poarch GJ (2019)
In: Putjata G, Danilovich Y (eds.), Sprachliche Vielfalt im Unterricht: Fachdidaktische Perspektiven auf Lehre und Forschung im DaZ-Modul, 219-230. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-23254-2_12
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

MULTI-PHON - Phonological cross-linguistic influence in young Polish learning multilinguals
Duration: 01/07/2017 - 31/12/2019
Funded by: Deutsch-Polnische Wissenschaftsstiftung
Type of project: Individual project
Cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of phonology and phonetics by multilingual children and adults
Duration: 01/04/2017 - 30/09/2019 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project

Talks

Perceptuo-motor skills in the initial stages of L3 acquisition: A case of English and Polish /v/-/w/ learning by German children
Kopečková, Romana; Gut, Ulrike; Golin, Christina (14/09/2018)
IAM L3 Conference, Lissabon
Type of talk: scientific talk
Speech perception development in young L3 learners
Kopečková, Romana; Gut, Ulrike; Golin, Christina; Sigmeth, Kristy (03/02/2018)
LANGUAGE, IDENTITY AND EDUCATION IN MULTILINGUAL CONTEXTS (LIEMC18), Dublin
Type of talk: scientific talk
Young multilingual learners’ perception of relative proximity between their languages
Golin, Christina; Krzysik, Iga; Lewandowska, Halina; Kopeckova, Romana; Wrembel, Magdalena (02/02/2018)
LANGUAGE, IDENTITY AND EDUCATION IN MULTILINGUAL CONTEXTS (LIEMC18), Dublin
Type of talk: scientific talk