Judit Kormos

Judit Kormos
Born	11 May 1970 Budapest, Hungary
Residence	United Kingdom
Fields	Second Language Acquisition Motivation in second-language learning Second language learning Second language writing Dyslexia research
Institutions	Eötvös Loránd University Lancaster University
Alma mater	Eötvös Loránd University
Doctoral advisor	Zoltán Dörnyei
Doctoral students	Ágnes Albert Eszter Benke Katalin Brózik-Piniel Brigitta Dóczi Zsuzsanna Tóth Anna Trébits[1]
Known for	Second Language Acquisition Motivation in second-language learning Dyslexia research
Notable awards	Solidarity Award (2006) Pilkington Teaching Award (2012) Duke of Edinburgh Book Prize Shortlist (2012) National Teaching Fellowship Award (2013)
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Website Kormos on the website of Lancaster University

Judit Kormos is a Professor of Applied linguistics at the Lancaster University, United Kingdom.^[2] She is renowned for her work on second-language acquisition and second language teaching.

Career

Kormos graduated at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary in 1994. Kormos gained her PhD at the Eötvös Loránd University in 1999.^[3] Her PhD was supervised by Zoltán Dörnyei. Kormos took up a lecturer position at the Lancaster University in Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom in 2008.^[4] She is the coordinator of the Dyslexia for teachers of English foreign language project, funded by the European Commission.^[5]

In 2012, Kormos was interviewed by the Hungarian television channel ATV on recent changes in foreign language teaching policies in Hungary. Kormos emphasised the important role of teaching students to learn foreign languages independently and autonomously with the help of modern technological tools.^[6]

On 1 October 2012, Kormos was promoted to a Readership. She chose to be called Reader in Second Language Acquisition.^[7]

On 21 May 2014, Pearson Education released a new video lecture series on dyslexia and foreign language learning on YouTube. Kormos features in the first video of the series and discusses the psychological effects of dyslexia on the processes of foreign language learning.^[8][9]

On 23 May 2014, Kormos together with a European team of five partner countries have won the ELTons award of the British Council in the Excellence in Course Innovation category.^[10][11]

On 20 June 2014, Kormos was cited in the Education webpage of the Guardian in a recent article on teaching languages to students with disabilities.^[12]

On 8 January 2015, Kormos was awarded a personal chair. Her title became "Professor of Second Language Acquisition".^[13]

Academic Awards

• National Teaching Fellowship Award (2013)^[14][15]
• Duke of Edinburgh Book Prize Shortlist (2012) ^[16]
• Pilkington Teaching Award (2012) ^[17]

Bibliography

• Speech production and second language acquisition (2006)^[18]
• Language learners with special needs : an international perspective (2008)^[19]

References

1. "Hungarian Doctoral Council". Országos Doktori Tanács. 31 January 2015.
2. "DR Judit Kormos - Department of Linguistics and English Language". Lancaster University. 5 July 2014.
3. "Személyi adatlap". ELTE BTK Doktori Iskola. 5 July 2014.
4. "DR Judit Kormos". The Higher Education Academy. 5 July 2014.
5. "DysTEFL". DYSTEFL. 5 July 2014.
6. "Interview on Hungarian television about language learning policy". DYSTEFL. 28 December 2012.
7. "Judit Kormos promoted to a Readership". Lancaster University. 1 October 2012.
8. "Judit Kormos features in lecture series on the effects of dyslexia on foreign language learning". Lancaster University. 21 May 2014.
9. "Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom: Part 1". YouTube. 2 April 2014.
10. "Judit Kormos and the Dystefl team win British Council ELTon award". Lancaster University. 23 May 2014.
11. "The ELTons Awards 2014". British Council. 23 May 2014.
12. "Inspiring students with learning disabilities to take up a language". Guardian. 20 June 2014.
13. "Judit Kormos awarded a personal chair". Lancaster University. 8 January 2015.
14. "National Teaching Fellows 2013". Guardian. 2 July 2013.
15. "Judit Kormos wins National Teaching Fellowship Award". Lancaster University. 2 July 2013.
16. "Duke of Edinburgh Book Prize Shortlist". Lancaster University. 30 November 2012.
17. "Pilkington Teaching Award". Lancaster University. 5 June 2012.
18. Kormos, Judit (2006). Speech production and second language acquisition. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 221. ISBN 0805856579.
19. Kormos, Judit (2008). Language learners with special needs : an international perspective. Bristol : Multilingual Matters. p. 233. ISBN 9781847690906.

External links

• Professor Kormos on Lancaster University's website: http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/judit-kormos