| I have, over the past 12 years, been able to gain broad experience in academia as a lecturer of English and German language, linguistics and cultural studies. I enjoy working in direct response to the needs of students by offering them guidance in the development of knowledge about language and language use. For me, success in teaching means to get students to adopt fresh perspectives and to be able to solve problems independently, rather than to elicit theories and reproduce the thoughts of others. I do not see myself as a lecturer who delivers knowledge to a passive audience but as a mediator of knowledge who needs to understand the thinking of his audience in order to perform his job successfully. In this sense, no class is similar to another and no lecture can be repeated identically, as they are made of unique constellations and personalities. In terms of the theory that I teach, I tend to highlight the practical value of analytic concepts and try to avoid the discussion of theory if it is not directly relevant to the subject matter. I find teaching very rewarding as it adds a “soft” element to the intellectual side of academia. |
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I have taught in many different Bachelor programmes, including BA, BComm, LLB, BEd, BSc, and others. I have also taught at MA-level, co-supervised MA-theses in the field of English Linguistics and taught in adult education.
Teaching interests:
My teaching interests include communication (theory), textlinguistics, stylistics, language philosophy, language acquisition, multilingualism and language policy.
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