Sunday, October 07, 2007

My mind is my home...

For all you non-readers of my blog; all those who never read what I post:
I'm a busy busy man I am... oh yes. I have no time for some things and even less time for everything else... and it's only the first week. One of the best things of this situation is that my mind goes blank...

Sunday, September 16, 2007

PLM 2007

Poznan Linguistic Meeting - conference in Gniezno

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

My first major gig...

PLM 2007 abstract

Krzysztof Wilk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)

The aim of this presentation is to provide a brief overview of a project undertaken in the School of English A. Mickiewicz University to adapt into Polish a test of foreign language aptitude, the so called MLAT (Modern Language Aptitude Test) designed and developed by Carroll and Sapon in 1959.
Despite the criticism leveled against MLAT, it has withstood the test of time as the most robust and theoretically accomplished operationalization of the classical model of the construct of foreign language aptitude. Over the years MLAT has become a kind of benchmark and the main reference in both, data and theory driven research of individual differences in FL/L2 acquisition/learning. To date, the test has been used in at least 150 research projects published in journals or monographies and is widely cited as the most frequent and reliable tool measuring FL aptitude. Since its publication the test has been adapted into languages other than English or has become the basis for similar tests constructed in France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Thailand, Denmark, and Hungary. In the light of the above it comes as a surprise that no such tool with strong psychometric characteristics similar to the MLAT has been developed in Poland. The current project is an attempt to remedy the situation.
The presentation will begin with the discussion of the reasons behind the motive to adapt MLAT rather than to develop an entirely new test of the construct in question. It will then highlight the strategy adopted in the adaptation and the stages which were followed in the process. Those will include, among others, the piloting of the test, item analysis and initial validation of the tool. Finally, possible applications of the MLAT-PL for diagnostic, research and prognostic purposes will be suggested. The
presentation will be accompanied by the samples of the test’s tasks.

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Tears...


For too long now there were secrets in my mind... I was waiting to find the place, the time, the hour... Again the pressure in me was building and now a cold wave only could make this go away. Where I am, I'm always full of tears I cannot cry... I make myself a martyr for the childish ideals I believe in. Hm... sounds pretty fucked up... It is. But slowly I awake; the water is moving; the waves have been released... I have to throw myself into the sea. Dear I do it?
Inspired by Bruce D
I lack some energy... some vitality...
Still... no one will see this post
Yeap... probably no one.
:)

Friday, May 11, 2007

hunrgy sally and some scribbles...

Getting on with my life quite well... Got work to do, got my mind busy; quite optimistically oriented; I had received some incentives and got to reviewing some stuff that I was assigned at steam; will probably participate in PLM in September, presenting a research project concerning the MLAT adaptation procedure (I wrote a note on this some time ago); my MA seminar deals with statistical logic at the time... its as crappy as it sounds, believe me... but I'm cool with it. More, I'm starting my work on a study of correlation between learning strategies and aptitude plus a few translation assignments for private entrepreneurs, private tutoring included. That's all from me for now... probably no one will care to read this stuff... so whatever;)

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

You're smilin, ain't you?


Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Monday, March 26, 2007

Let me find you to embrace you...

Dark room, only a lil candle burnin, jazz, the smell of vanilla ice-cream, and some thoughts… I talked a lot ‘bout love, however I cannot say much about it myself. It should be perfect, flawless, angel like, and, regardless of all the hardships it may come across, lasting. I know I do love her, I know she is out there; I’m waiting for her… I’ll offer her the boring always-by-her-side comfort – that’s a promise. What can I do… I am a boring guy ;)
”Embraceable you” by F. Rosolino – some smooth tones - polecam

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