Assistant Professor at the Institute of Specialized and Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw. Her research interests include special educational needs, special needs and disabilities, inclusivity in education, children with central auditory processing disorders, and foreign language teaching. She is also interested in ENT and medical language and specialised communication in medicine due to her professional collaboration with the Institute of Sensory Organs and the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing. She is a member of numerous scientific associations. She is an co-organizer of „Language Career Fair” of the University of Warsaw (since 2023) and “Applied Linguistics Students in the Labour Market” since 2018.
Professional background
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Specialized and Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw.
- Senior Specialist of Science and Research, Institute of Sensory Organs.
- Cooperates with the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, and Center of Hearing and Speech MEDINCUS.
Scientific interests
special needs and disabilities, special educational needs (SEN), quality of life, neurodiversity;
central auditory processing disorders (CAPD), hearing screening, ENT, quality of life in ENT;
communication of law, law and regulations for people with special needs and disabilities;
plain language in medicine and pharmacy, plain language for children, materials for children and parents;
communication in medicine, medical discourse, patient’s perspective, voice and narrative approach.
Academic activity
- Member of the Laboratory for Experimental Eye Tracking Linguistics
- Member of Didactic Council of International Legal Communication Studies
- Co-coordinator of Applied linguistics students in the labor market programme
- Member of the Scientific Discipline Council of Linguistics (2019–2020)
Academic education
- PhD in linguistics, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Applied Linguistics (2014–2018)
- PhD thesis: ‘Polish and English medical case reports in confrontative framing, exemplified by otorhinolaryngological texts’.
- MA in International Legal Communication, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Applied Linguistics (research programme) (2022–present)
- MA in Linguistics, specialised translation in Russian, University of Warsaw (2012–2014)
- BA in Russian language, Higher School of Linguistics, Warsaw (2009–2012)
Additional academic education
- Programme for young females researchers and didactitions in the frame of the Excellence Initiative Research University (IDUB), University of Warsaw (2023–present)
- Pilot Programme „Young Didactitions” („Młodzi Dydaktycy”) in the frame of the University’s of Warsaw Integrated Development Programme (ZIP) (2021–2022).
Membership in scientific associations
- Treasurer of Polish Association of Applied Linguistics
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Polish Otorhinolaryngologists, Phoniatrists and Audiologists
- Polish Medical Writers Association
- Polish Society of Medical Communication
- The British Association of Applied Linguistics
- The Linguistics Association of Great Britain.
Projects
- ‘Equalizing educational chances for children with central auditory processing disorders in learning English’, Excellence Initiative Research University (IDUB, 2022–2023). Head of the project.
- ‘Statistics in humanities – workshops for applied linguistics students’ (2020–2021) (Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Andrychowicz-Trojanowska A.), The Program for the Individualisation of Education.
- ‘Applied linguistics students in the labor market 2’ (2020–2021) (Kudła D., Castelas M., Żelazowska-Sobczyk M.), The Program for the Individualisation of Education (PIK).
International and national cooperation
- Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR), Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 21–24.05.2024.
- Indiana University (Visiting Scholar), Bloomington, US, 17–23.03.2024.
- World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland.
- Center of Hearing and Speech MEDINCUS.
Editorial and reviewer activity
- Associate Editor of Journal of International Legal Communication
- Assistant to the Editor of Applied Linguistics Papers
- Editorial Board of the Journal of Hearing Science
- Volume editor of Applied of Linguistics Papers
- Reviewer of numerous MA theses in English and Russian
Scientific achievements in numbers
- Author and co-author of 44 scientific publications and 44 conference presentations in the field of special educational needs, communication in medicine, linguistics and ENT.
- Chairperson of 7 scientific sessions.
- Member of the Scienfitic Committee of international and national conferences.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of numerous international and national congresses.
- h-index – 4, citations – 34 (Google Scholar).
List of selected papers
Monographs
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., 2019, Polskie i angielskie opisy przypadków medycznych w ujęciu kontrastywnym (in English: ‘Polish and English medical case reports in confrontative framing’), Studi@ Naukowe 43. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKSI, 352 p.PDF
Chapters in collective monographs
Skarżyński PH., Świerniak W., Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Czajka N., Urban I., 2022. Autyzm a słuch (in English: ‘Hearing in autism’) (in:) E. Emich-Widera, B. Kazek, J. Paprocka (eds.), Autyzm (‘Autism’), PZWL, 2022.
Skarżyński PH., Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., 2020, Rozdział 16. COVID-19 a otolaryngologia (in English: ‘Chapter 16: COVID-19 and otolaryngology’) (in:) Koronawirus SARS-CoV-2 – zagrożenie dla współczesnego świata (in English: ‘Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – a threat to the modern world’), PZWL, pp. 259–27.
Zabielska M., Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., 2019, „Pamiętam, zdarzyło się to w sobotę rano, około 10”– fachowe publikacje medyczne oparte na relacjach pacjentów i lekarzy (in English: ‘I remember it happened to me on a Saturday morning, around 10 – professional medical publications based on patients’ and doctors’ narratives’) (in:) M. Chojnacka-Kuraś (ed.), Medycyna Narracyjna. Opowieści o doświadczeniu choroby w perspektywie medycznej i humanistycznej (in English: ‘Narrative medicine. Stories of experiencing the disease in the perspective of medicine and humanities’), Wydawnictwa UW, pp. 127–141. ISBN 978-235-4067-0.
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., 2019, Discourse in Medicine: a Brief Review of World Literature (in:) Язык. Текст. Книга (in English: ‘Language. Text. Book’), Yekaterinburg, pp. 35–42. ISBN 978–5–7996–2755–3.
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Zabielska M., 2019, Spójność informacji w naukowych i popularnonaukowych artykułach medycznych (in English: ‘Cohesion of information in scientific and popular science medical articles’) (in:) Górnicz M., Kornacka M. (eds.), Spójność tekstu specjalistycznego 3 (in English: ‘Cohesion in specialised text’), Wydawnictwo IKSI UW, pp. 17–31. ISBN 978-83-64020-73-5.
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., 2017, Rozdział 13. Komunikacja lekarska (in English: ‘Doctor–doctor communication’) (in:) Alnajjar J. (ed.), Komunikacja w organizacjach. Teoria i praktyka (in English: ‘Organizational communication. Theory and practice’), Wydawnictwo Bezkresy Wiedzy, pp. 301–352. ISBN 978-3-639-89153-9.
Zabielska M., Żelazowska M., 2016, Spójność tekstu specjalistycznego a obraz pacjenta w medycznym opisie przypadku – kontynuacja badania (in English: ‘Cohesion in specialised text and the image of patient in the medical case report’) (in:) Górnicz M., Kornacka M. (eds.), Spójność tekstu specjalistycznego (in English: ‘Cohesion in specialised text’), Wydawnictwo IKSI UW, pp. 112–124. ISBN 978-83-64020-42-1.
Full-text papers
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Czajka N., Skarżyński PH., 2022, Ośrodkowe zaburzenia przetwarzania słuchowego u dzieci w wieku szkolnym w świetle uczenia (się) języka angielskiego (in English: ‘Central auditory processing disorders in school-aged children in the frame of teaching and learning of English language’) (in:) Applied Linguistics Papers 26(4), pp. 118–127. PDF
Zabielska M., Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., 2021. Biomedical and patient-centred discourse on the basis of Polish medical TV series Medics (Lekarze) (in:) pl.it | rassegna italiana di argomenti polacchi 12, pp. 92–109. PDF
Zabielska M., Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., 2019, Hearing aids and cochlear implants – a study of the discourse of patients’ English ENT online support forums (in:) Token. A Journal of English Linguistics 9, pp. 143–165. DOI: 10.25951/2960. PDF
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Zabielska M., 2019, Polskojęzyczne opisy przypadku z zakresu psychiatrii i psychologii – model tekstowy czy wyjątek? Część II (in English: ‘Case reports in the field of psychiatry and psychology in Polish – a text model or an exception? Part II’) (in:) Applied Linguistics Papers 26(2), pp. 1–19. PDF
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Zabielska M., 2019, Polskojęzyczne opisy przypadku z zakresu psychiatrii i psychologii – model tekstowy czy wyjątek? Część I (in English: ‘Case reports in the field of psychiatry and psychology in Polish – a text model or an exception? Part I’) (in:) Applied Linguistics Papers 26(1), pp. 65–83. PDF
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Zabielska M., 2018, Tytuły w polskojęzycznych opisach przypadków medycznych – wstęp do badań (in English: ‘Titles of medical case reports in Polish – a preliminary study’) (in:) Applied Linguistics Papers 2018, 25(2), pp. 183–202. PDF
Zabielska M., Żelazowska M., 2017, A new variety of medical case reporting as a tool in ESP teaching as well as in medical training and professional development (in:) Glottodidactica XLIV/1, pp. 183–194. PDF
Zabielska M., Żelazowska M., 2017, From breathing difficulty to dyspnea – the translation process from the patient’s story to the doctor’s report in interactive medical case reports (in:) Communication & Medicine 14(1), pp. 69–81. doi: 10.1558/cam.32846. URL
Żelazowska-Sobczyk M., Zabielska M., 2016, Case Reporting as a Microgenre and its Metadiscoursal Aspects – A Review of the Literature (in:) Language and Literary Studies of Warsaw 6, pp. 77–107.
Lectures at national and international conferences (selected)
- 2nd International Conference on Diversity and Inclusivity in English Language Education DIELE, 11-12.05.2024, Tokio, Japan.
- 2nd World Tinnitus Congress with the XIII Tinnitus Seminar, 11-12.09.2023, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB14), 26-30.06.2023, Sydney, Australia
- International Conference on Diversity and Inclusivity in English Language Education DIELE, 09-10.12.2022, Bangkok, Tailand
- XI International Academic Conference ORLIAC, 2023, Rome, Italy
- XXXV World Congress of Audiology, 10-13.04.2022, Warsaw, Poland
- V Congress of Otorinolaryngologists of Uzbekistan „Modern Otorinolaryngology: problems and innovations”, 09-10.09.2021, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- 49th Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM), 16-18.09.2019, Poznań, Poland
- International Conference on Medical Humanities 2017, 10-11.03.2017, Warsaw, Poland
- 6th International Conference „Dialogue of languages and Cultures” Innovations, Accomplishments, Projects, 01-02.06.2017, Warsaw, Poland
- 12th Warsaw International Medical Congress, 12.05.2016, Warsaw, Poland
- Sociolinguistics Symposium 21, 15-18.06.2016, Murcia, Spain
- 3rd Euro-Global Experts Meeting on Medical Case Reports, 30.06-02.07.2016, Valencia, Spain
- 24th Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE), 17-19.04.2015, Wrocław, Poland
- Health and Science Communication SIG, 09.11.2015, London, UK
- 5th International Medical Congress of Students and Young Doctors MedEspera, 14-17.05.2014, Chisinau, Moldova