contact

LESNIEWSKIS@gmail.com

work

September 2021 – present

Bloomsbury Institute London

Senior Lecturer in Foundation Year Studies and Academic Lead for Research

2014 – present

Cambridge 105 Radio

Presenter

December 2017 – August 2021

Education First Cambridge

University Preparation Teacher

May – August 2021

University of Sheffield

Pre-sessional EAP Tutor

June – September 2020

University of Sheffield

Pre-sessional EAP Tutor

July – September 2017

King’s College London

Pre-sessional EAP Tutor

July – September 2013

University of Essex

Pre-sessional EAP Tutor

March 2010 – June 2017

Regent Cambridge

Teacher of English, Academic Manager

2009 – 2010

Pearson Education

External consultant for the Pearson Test of English

January 2008 – January 2010

The Gornall School of English

Director of Studies

October 2007 – January 2008

Thames International College

Teacher of English

August – October 2007

Studio Cambridge

Teacher of English

August 2003 – June 2007

GLOBO Language School

Director of Studies

2001 – 2005

Vigor FM Radio

Content Producer

education

2009 – 2016

Lancaster University

PhD in Applied Linguistics

May 2008

Trinity College London

Certificate in TESOL

2005 – 2007

Lancaster University

MA in Computer-based English Language Studies

2001 – 2004

Pomeranian University in Slupsk, Poland

BA in English Philology (DELTA equivalent)

1996 – 2001

Electrical Technical High School in Slupsk, Poland

Telecommunications Technician

other qualifications

2013 – A2 in French (grade B)

2012 – AS in French (grade A)

2011 – GCSE in French (grade A*)

2009 – Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

2008 – City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Learning Support

1999 – Driving Licence

languages

English – proficient

French – B2

Polish – native

other skills

good computer literacy and general tech savviness, touch typing, experience in teaching Polish, experience in English-Polish and Polish-English oral and written translation, proofreading, playing the guitar, playing the piano, choir singing

interests

music, working with voice, spoken performance, phonetics and phonology, literature, history of philosophy and religion, theatre, cinema, language of diplomacy, language in advertising and marketing, corpus linguistic analysis, information technology, keeping fit