Dr Christopher Martowicz
Russian Language Assistant
- Russian Section
- Department of European Languages and Cultures
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
- Email: chris.martowicz@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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50 George Square
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9LH
Qualifications
- 2011, PhD in Russian studies, St Andrews University, Scotland
- thesis: The Work of Aleksandr Grin (1880-1932): A Study of Grin's Philosophical Outlook
- 2003, MA in Russian Studies (Literature Studies and Foreign Language Teaching), Gdańsk University, Poland
- thesis: Композиторское видение произведений русской литературы на примере избранных опер Сергея Сергеевича Прокофьева
Undergraduate teaching
- Russian 1A
- Foundation Russian Language 1
- Foundation Russian Language 2
Research summary
For the last 6 years I have been focused mainly on various aspects of language education, e.g.:
- methodology of teaching foreign languages and heritage languages
- conversational approach in teaching grammar
- psychology of second language acquisition
- bilingualism in children
Other fields of interest outside of language teaching:
- Russian literature: Alexandr Grin, Konstantin Balmont, Valery Briusov.
- Russian classical music from 1880 to 1953 (mainly Prokofiev, Miaskovsky and Scriabin)
- Christian existentialism (Søren A. Kierkegaard) and Lev Shestov
- early Christianity and Patristic literature