I go\nwalking or trekking when I am short of new ideas for my writing. I go to the forest\nto clear my mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remember when two years ago I came up with a brilliant idea for research when trekking in the Bieszczady. Professor Jaros\u0142aw Krajka had invited me to write a chapter for a book edited by him and professor Magdalena Sowa \u2013 an opportunity that you do not reject. First, I had to submit an abstract and for the abstract I needed an interesting topic and a research proposal which would motivate me to design it, conduct it and then write about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went trekking to the Wetli\u0144ska Mountain Pasture in late December when the sun sets around 3.30pm, the day is short and the trails are empty. The silence around and perhaps only the sound of wind let me concentrate on my moves first, the feeling of the ground under my boots, slow steps to avoid getting tired too quickly, the view of blue sky above the tops of the trees\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then the idea came to contact my former students and ask them how their English skills were tested during their first job interviews. I was interested to know whether I was teaching them the right skills to help them succeed in getting their entry jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did as I thought and collected over 20 interviews and managed to write a chapter \u201cIncreasing Law Students\u2019 Employability Skills in the English for Legal Purposes (ELP) Classroom\u201d published in: Magdalena Sowa, Jaros\u0142aw Krajka (eds.),\u00a0Innovations in Languages for Specific Purposes – Present Challenges and Future Promises<\/em>\u00a0(pp. 131-147). Frankurt am Main: Peter Lang.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3726\/b10915<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Later that year I presented the paper on \u201cWhat Shall\nWe Teach in the Legal English Classroom? The Students\u2019 Perspective\u201d at a\nconference \u201cSpecialized Languages in Teaching and Translation: Theory and\nPractice organized by Institute of Applied Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University\nin Pozna\u0144 in November 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n