Elisabeth joined the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University as Austrian Lektorin (sent by the ÖK- Austrian Academic Exchange Organisation) from September 2007 to August 2011 and has been working as a sessional German tutor since October 2011.
Qualifications
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Current:PhD candidate at Aston University (Title of project: CLIL in UK Higher Education – Content and Language Integrated Learning in Modern Language Teaching, based on a case study in German at Aston University)
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Magister in Translation Studies at the University of Graz, Austria
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Postgraduate certificate “Teaching of German as a Foreign Language” at the University of Graz, Austria
Teaching and supervision
Membership of Professional Bodies
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ÖDaF - Österreicher Verband Deutsch als Fremdsprache/Zweitsprache
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ALL – Association for Language Learning
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SRHE – Society for Research into Higher Education
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WIGS – Women in German Studies
Research Interests
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Teaching of German as a Foreign Language
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Second Language Acquisition
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Content and Language Integrated Learning
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Audiovisual media in language teaching and learning
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Translation in Language Teaching