PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Piotr Baleja

I think that the most important thing in every activity is to develop a proper plan and consistently move towards the set goals.

My life motto is the words of Natan Tenenbaum: "So defend me from hatred and keep me from contempt." I believe that everyone deserves respect and subjective treatment.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree: Russian Philology (spec. including Ukrainian language), University of Lodz - 2020;
• Master's degree: Russian Philology (specialization in translation studies and specialized languages; teaching qualification), University of Lodz - 2022;
• postgraduate studies: Editing of literary and applied texts, University of Lodz - 2023;
• study of professional preparation: Methodology of teaching Russian as a foreign language, Moscow State University - 2019.

Study trips abroad:

• semester study at the Russian State Social University in Moscow - summer semester of the 2018/2019 academic year;
• one-year studies at the University of Latvia in Riga - academic year 2021/2022.

Selected courses/training:

• First Young Translator's School "Poland-Russia" - Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow, Center for Slavic Cultures in Moscow, Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Agreement, Moscow - 2019;
• How to use traditional printed textbooks in an online course? - Zlatoust Scientific and Publishing Center, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) - 2020;
• Digital pedagogy - Russian University of Friendship of Nations, Moscow (Russian Federation) - 2020;
• Internet promotion - Russian University of Friendship of Nations, Moscow (Russian Federation) - 2020.

• Literary translation;
• Cultural memory;
• Contemporary literature;
• Drama;
• Methodology of teaching foreign languages;
• Interpreting: practice and methodology of simultaneous interpreting (SI) and consecutive interpreting (CI).