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As a linguist, my research interests included Second Language Acquisition, English as a Foreign Language and Learner Corpus Research, in particular interactions between educational settings (e.g. CLIL vs. non-CLIL), individual differences (e.g. cognitive and affective learner variables), teaching materials/methodologies and the development of writing skills.
I currently work as a science communicator, teacher and educational counsellor.
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English as a Foreign Language (EFL) materials have often been criticized for a lack of
authenticity. However, their direct impact on learner language has rarely been assessed. We compare pedagogical input from EFL and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) materials to texts produced by learners taught via the textbooks in question. The an...
Following recommendations by the European Commission, bilingualism has been promoted in various ways in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Language classes and the concept of immersion were gradually introduced in primary schools, while, at the secondary level, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programmes were established....
Language Acquisition in CLIL and Non-CLIL Settings builds a bridge between Second Language Acquisition and Learner Corpus Research (LCR) methodologies to take the evaluation of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) to a new level. The study innovates in two main ways. First, it is based on a highly diversified L2 database which includes l...
In contrast to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, the study of individual differences, so far, has not been a prime concern of Learner Corpus Research (LCR). Statistical analyses in LCR have mostly included no more than a single predictor. By assessing the impact of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and its selectivity regard...
