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Annamaria Pinter was trained as an English language teacher in Hungary at the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest after studying linguistics and literature. She worked in Hungary for a number of years in a variety of contexts, including state primary and secondary schools, International House (IH) language schools and in a pre-service teacher training college. She completed her Masters and my PhD in ELT/Applied Linguistics at the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, and is now an Associate Professor at the Centre, teaching on the Masters in ELT and the EdD programs and supervising doctoral students. Since 2000, she has taught and supervised many Korean students on both masters and doctoral programs at the University of Warwick.
Dr. Pinter's research interests include second/foreign language acquisition and learning for children of all ages. She is interested in language learning processes in both formal and informal contexts, task-based learning, developing language learning materials for children, and issues related to working with children and research subjects. Dr. Pinter’s other interest is language teacher development, in particular concerning experienced teachers and the connections between materials design and professional growth. Dr. Pinter has published widely in the area of teaching English to young learners. She is author of Children Learning Second Languages (2011) and Teaching Young Language Learners (2006).
