Judit Kormos Explained

Judit Kormos
Birth Date:	11 May 1970
Birth Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Fields:	Second Language Acquisition Motivation in second-language learning Second language learning Second language writing Dyslexia research
Workplaces:	Eötvös Loránd University Lancaster University University of Vienna
Alma Mater:	Eötvös Loránd University
Doctoral Advisor:	Zoltán Dörnyei
Known For:	Second Language Acquisition Motivation in second-language learning Second language writing Dyslexia research
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Judit Kormos (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈjudit ˈkormoʃ/) (born 1970) is a Hungarian linguist. She is a professor and the Director of Studies for the MA TESOL Distance programme at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, United Kingdom.^[1] She is renowned for her work on motivation in second language learning, and self-regulation in second language writing. Her current interest is in dyslexia in second language learning.

Career

Kormos graduated from ELTE Apáczai Csere János Gymnasium in 1989. In her final year, she received the Apáczai Award.^[2]

Kormos graduated at the School of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of 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 2008.^[4] and was promoted to a Readership in 2012. She chose to be called Reader in Second Language Acquisition.^[5] On 8 January 2015, Kormos was awarded a personal chair. Her title became "Professor of Second Language Acquisition".^[6]

She was one the coordinators of the Dyslexia For Teachers Of English Foreign Language Project, funded by the European Commission.^[7] Since 2011, she has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Second Language Writing.^[8] She has been an Editor of Special Thematic Issues and Associate Journal Editor of the Language Learning.^[9]

In 2012, Kormos was interviewed by the Hungarian television channel ATV on recent changes in foreign language teaching policies in Hungary. She emphasised the important role of teaching students to learn foreign languages independently and autonomously with the help of modern technological tools.^[10] 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.^{[11] [12]}

In 2014, Kormos together with a European team from five partner countries won the ELTons award of the British Council in the Excellence in Course Innovation category.^{[13] [14]}

Research

On 20 June 2014, she was cited in the Education webpage of the Guardian in a recent article on teaching languages to students with disabilities. She said that teaching methods and materials need to be adapted for dyslexic students, instead of taking them out of second language classes. Dyslexic students are able to acquire another language successfully and they have to be provided a chance. The teacher should be aware of the dyslexia and teach a bit differently. For example, teachers should include more visual materials, act things out and explain things slightly more explicitly than they would to other students. Some learners are more receptive to audio channels of learning, others to visual. Therefore, using a combination of the two may be really effective.^[15]

Academic Awards

• 2012: Duke of Edinburgh Book Prize Shortlist^[16]
• 2012: Pilkington Teaching Award^[17]
• 2013: National Teaching Fellowship^{[18] [19]}

Bibliography

Books

• Kontráné Hegybíró, E., & Kormos, J. (2006). Testing for language teachers. Budapest: Okker Kiadó.
• Kormos, J. (2006). Speech production and second language acquisition. (Cognitive sciences and second language acquisition). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Kormos, J., & Kontra, E. H. (2008). Language learners with special needs: an international perspective. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
• Kormos, J., & Smith, A. M. (2012). Teaching foreign languages to learners with specific learning differences. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
• Kormos, J. (Editor) (2014). Speech production and second language acquisition. Routledge.
• Dóczi, B., & Kormos, J. (2016). Longitudinal developments in vocabulary knowledge and lexical organization. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Kormos, J. (2017). The Second Language Learning Processes of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties. (Second Language Acquisition Research Series). New York: Routledge
• Kormos, J., & Smith, A. M. (2023). Teaching foreign languages to learners with specific learning differences. 2nd edition Channel View Publications

Articles and chapters

Top 5 articles and chapters based on Google Scholar.^[20]

• Dörnyei, Z., & Kormos, J. (2000). The role of individual and social variables in task performance. Language Teaching Research, 4(3), 275–300. doi:The role of individual and social variables in oral task performance
• Kormos, J. & Dénes M. (2004). Exploring measures and perceptions of fluency in the speech of second language learners. System, 32(2), 145–164.Exploring measures and perceptions of fluency in the speech of second language learners
• Kormos J. & Csizér K. (2008). Age‐related differences in the motivation of learning English as a foreign language: Attitudes, selves, and motivated learning behavior. Language Learning, 58(2), 327–355. doi:Age-Related Differences in the Motivation of Learning English as a Foreign Language: Attitudes, Selves, and Motivated Learning Behavior
• Csizér, K., & Kormos, J. (2009). Learning experiences, selves and motivated learning behaviour : a comparative analysis of structural models for Hungarian secondary and university learners of English. In Z. Dörnyei, & E. Ushioda (Eds.), Motivation, language identity and the L2 self. (pp. 98–117). Multilingual Matters.
• Kormos, J., Kiddle, T., & Csizér, K. (2011). Goals, attitudes and self-related beliefs in second language learning motivation : an interactive model of language learning motivation. Applied Linguistics, 32(5), 495.

External links

• Professor Kormos on Lancaster University's website: Judit Kormos

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr. Judit Kormos - Department of Linguistics and English Language. 5 July 2014. Lancaster University.
2. Web site: ELTE Apáczai Csere János Gyakorló Gimnázium és Kollégium . 2024-02-23 . www.apaczai.elte.hu . hu.
3. Web site: Személyi adatlap. 5 July 2014. ELTE BTK Doktori Iskola.
4. Web site: DR Judit Kormos. 5 July 2014. The Higher Education Academy. 8 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183059/http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/contacts/detail/ntfs/2013/Kormos_Judit_profile_ntfs_2013. 14 July 2014. dead.
5. Web site: Judit Kormos promoted to a Readership. 1 October 2012. Lancaster University. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107150340/http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/stories/1647/. 7 November 2012. dead.
6. Web site: Judit Kormos awarded a personal chair. https://archive.today/20150118130816/http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/stories/2482. dead. 18 January 2015. 8 January 2015. Lancaster University.
7. Web site: DysTEFL. 5 July 2014. DYSTEFL.
8. Web site: Journal of Second Language Writing Editorial Board. www.journals.elsevier.com.
9. Web site: Language Learning. 2018. Onlinelibrary.wiley.com. 10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9922.
10. Web site: Interview on Hungarian television about language learning policy. 28 December 2012. DYSTEFL.
11. Web site: Judit Kormos features in lecture series on the effects of dyslexia on foreign language learning. 21 May 2014. Lancaster University. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051040/http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/stories/2299/. 8 August 2014. dead.
12. Web site: Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom: Part 1 . 2 April 2014. YouTube.
13. Web site: Judit Kormos and the Dystefl team win British Council ELTon award. 23 May 2014. Lancaster University. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150523032142/http://ling.lancs.ac.uk/stories/2300. 23 May 2015. dead.
14. Web site: The ELTons Awards 2014. 23 May 2014. British Council.
15. Web site: Inspiring students with learning disabilities to take up a language. 20 June 2014. Guardian.
16. Web site: Duke of Edinburgh Book Prize Shortlist. 30 November 2012. Lancaster University.
17. Web site: Pilkington Teaching Award. 5 June 2012. Lancaster University.
18. Web site: National Teaching Fellow 2013. 2 July 2013. Higher Education Academy.
19. Web site: Judit Kormos wins National Teaching Fellowship Award. 2 July 2013. Lancaster University.
20. Web site: Judit Kormos.