areas of interest
- grammar and vocabulary acquisition
- variation theory & learning studies
- foreign language aptitude
memberships
- BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics)
- AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée)
- DGFF (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung)
- ÖGSD (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Sprachendidaktik)
research projects
- irregular verb morphology in young Austrian learners of English, 2013-2018
- discet 3: Diagnostic screeningtools for English at tertiary level, 2015-2021
- giftedness and FL didactics: language aptitude and foreign language didactics, 2015-2020
- variate 2|3: the potential of variation theory in EFL teaching & learning, 2015-2020
- FLAME: Foreign Language Aptitude & Motivation in English at Primary Schools 2020-2023
- DIGIT:TIME: Digital Technologies, Innovations and Media in English Language Teaching, 2020-2024
- ProGram: Professional grammaring. From rule application to linguistic understanding, 2020-2023
- My research usually is data-driven and of a quantitative nature, although I have been involved in mixed-methods-designs. For quantitative data analysis, I have been primarily using R as a statistical tool. (For a statement on my research, click here)
grants and scholarships
- 2000-2003: Lecturer and research scholarship at Dublin City University, Ireland, German Academic Exchange Service
- 2011-2013: Research grant "BMUKK-20.040/0012-I/7/2011", Austrian ministry for education (Bmbf)
teaching experience (for a statement on teaching click here)
Bischöfliches Gymnasium Linz (Grammar School, Austria)
- English, all grades, A1 - B2, and leaving certificate
- Music, all grades, and leaving certificate
- Gifted Education, pull-out courses on various topics
University College of Education Upper Austria (Austria)
- Phonetics and Phonology, 2012-2016
- Language Work & General Language Training, 2013-2017
- Foundations of Foreign Language Teaching, 2013-2014
- CLIL, Content and Language Integrated Learning, fall 2013-2014
- Foreign Language Aptitude, fall 2015-2016 (Diploma & Master in Gifted Education)
- Advanced Grammar, since 2016
- Introduction to English Linguistics, since 2017
- Pragmatics, since 2017
- Applied Linguistics, since 2018
- Second Language Acquisition, since 2018
- Seminar in English Linguistics, since 2019
- Supervision of Bachelor and Master theses in EFL, applied linguistics, and gifted education
Johannes-Kepler-University Linz (Austria)
- German as a Second Language, A1-A2, 2004-2006
Siegen University, Department of English (Germany)
- Translation, fall 2003-2004
- Introduction to Linguistics, fall 2003-2004
- Second Language Acquisition, summer 2004
Dublin City University, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Communication (Ireland)
- German as a Foreign Language, A1-B2, 2000-2003
- Business German, 2000-2003