09/2009 – 04/2012 Lecturer B, Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
10/2005 – 04/2010 Director of the EAP/Study Skills Programms, Lancaster University
08/2005 – 08/2009 Lecturer A, Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
2005 PhD in English Studies, School of English Studies, Nottingham University (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Zoltan Dörnyei, Prof. Dr. Svenja Adolphs)
03/2003 – 06/2005 Research assistant of Prof. Svenja Adolphs, School of English Studies, Nottingham University
01/2003 – 06/2005 Seminar tutor, School of English Studies, Nottingham University
02/2002 - 01/2003 German for Business Purposes teacher, Language Service to Businesses, Nottingham University
2001 M.A. in English Studies (with distinction), School of English Studies, Nottingham University
Plenaries
Teaching L2 pragmatics with children’s books and graphic novels, Storytelling in Primary CLIL Conference, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 3rd June 2022.
Foreign language pragmatic development in an instructed context - investigating input and output, Teaching and Learning L2 Pragmatics conference at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England, 28-29 June, 2018.
Eliciting data with the Multimedia Elicitation Task: a comparison of learners' requests in study abroad and EFL contexts, Universitat Jaume I, Spain, 8-9 November 2007.
Invited presentations
L2 Pragmatics and young learners - focus on (instructional) materials, Universitá di Padova, Italy, 8th May 2024.
Exploring the potential of 4 graphic novels for teaching L2 pragmatics to young EFL learners in primary school, University of Oxford, England, 28th February 2023.
Pragmatik im Fremdsprachenunterricht der Sekundarschule [Pragmatics in foreign language education in secondary schools], University of Leipzig, 1st February 2023.
Intercultural Competence and Diversity Competence, invited podcast, Diversity Workshop, University of Erfurt, 13th October 2022.
L2 Pragmatics and teaching young learners: focus on input, Research in TESOL: New directions, new Practices and current challenges”, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, Online Event, 13th November 2021.
Teaching L2 pragmatics to young learners with children's books and graphic novels, ITAP Session on Pragmatics in Primary Education Online Event, 26 October 2021.
Teaching pragmatics in the EFL context: textbooks and other input options, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, 22 June 2015.
Interlanguage pragmatics: What learners need to learn and teachers need to teach,University of Bonn, 10 June 2013.
Developing productive and receptive pragmatic competence in the study abroad context: a multimedia investigation,University of Bristol, 15 February, 2006.
Conference presentations
Addressing diversity issues with graphic novels in the secondary EFL classroom: focus on health and bullying, 20th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Lyon, France, 17-21 Juli 2023.
Teaching L2 pragmatics to young EFL learners: exploring the potential of two graphic novels, Advances of Teaching Foreign Languages to Young Learners (ATFLY) Online Conference, 22-23 September 2022.
Picturebooks, pragmatics and teaching young L2 learners of English: an investigation of five children’s books, AILA 2021 Congress, Groningen, The Netherlands, 15-21 August 2021.
Being (dis)agreeable: investigating pragmatic strategies for agreeing and disagreeing in English as a foreign language (EFL) in secondary general and intermediate secondary schools in Germany, 15th International Pragmatics Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 16 - 21 July, 2017.
Thanking and responding to thanks: Comparing speech act input provided in EFL textbooks & EFL learners' pragmatic output, 14th International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 26 - 31 July, 2015.
"It's really insulting to say something like that to anyone": an investigation of English and German native speakers' impoliteness perceptions, 6th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication , Valletta, Malta, 30 May - 1 June, 2014.
Impoliteness and culture: investigating English and German native speakers' perceptions of impoliteness events reported in England and Germany, Teaching and Learning (Im)politeness conference, London, 8-10 July, 2013.
Investigating the effect of explicit, implicit and no instruction on L2 learners’ use of apologies in the study abroad context, 44th the Annual Conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Bristol, 1-3 September, 2011. (co-presented with Nicola Halenko)
Sorry may not be enough: Examining the effects of explicit, implicit and no instruction on L2 learners’ interlanguage pragmatic development in the study abroad context,12th International Pragmatics Conference, Manchester, 3-8 July, 2011. (co-presented with Nicola Halenko)
Impoliteness across cultures: a comparative analysis of impoliteness events in English and German, 4th International Conference Intercultural Pragmatics, Madrid, Spain, 15-17 November, 2010. (co-presented with Jonathan Culpeper)
Impoliteness events in English and German: a cross-cultural investigation, 37. Oesterreichische Linguistiktagung, Salzburg, Austria, 5-7 December, 2009. (co-presented with Jonathan Culpeper)
Impoliteness in interpersonal interactions: a cross-cultural analysis of English and German, Annual Conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Newcastle, 3-5 September, 2009. (co-presented with Jonathan Culpeper)
Student-tutor communication in the university context: an intercultural pragmatic investigation, 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Essen, Germany, 24-29 August, 2008.
The cross-cultural variation of impoliteness: A study of face-attack in impoliteness events reported by students in China, Britain, Germany and Turkey, 4th International Symposium on Politeness, Budapest, Hungary, 2-4 July, 2008. (co-presented with Jonathan Culpeper, Leyla Marti and Meilian Mei)
Communicating with university staff in a second language: frequent problems and possible solutions, BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG, Lancaster, 2-3 July, 2007.
Discussing students’ writing in academic tutorials: an interlanguage pragmatic investigation of institutional talk, Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Costa Mesa, USA, 21-24 April, 2007.
Which strategy? Language learners’ pragmatic choices in a study abroad and EFL context, joint AAAL and ACLA Conference, Montreal, Canada, 17-20 June, 2006.
Knowing when to say what to whom: a longitudinal investigation of students’ pragmatic development in a L2 university context, 31st LAUD Symposium, Landau, Germany, 27-30 March, 2006.
Noticing the p’s and q’s: the development of ESL learners’ pragmatic proficiency, Annual Conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Bristol, 15-17 September, 2005.
The development of ESL learners' pragmatic competence: A longitudinal investigation of awareness and production, 16th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, Indiana University – Bloomington, USA, 14-16 April, 2005.
To be direct or not to be direct: Learners’ and native speakers’ use of directness levels in requests, Politeness Conference: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Language and Culture, Nottingham, 12 March, 2005.
Interlanguage pragmatic development from two angles: production and comprehension, Annual Conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), London, 9-11 September, 2004.
The development of pragmatic awareness: A longitudinal study, Annual Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, OR, USA, 1-4 May, 2004.
May you speak louder maybe? Interlanguage pragmatic development in requests, Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), Edinburgh, 18-21 September, 2003.
Journals
Publishing houses
Founding Bodies
Completed
Current
MA Dissertations (Selection)
BA Dissertations (Selection)
PhD
2021 ‘The effects of sex and native culture on the apology performance of EFL learners and English native speakers', Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
2018 ‘An Exploratory Study of Expressing Disagreement in ELF Academic Group Discussion’, Lancaster University, England
2018 ‘Online sarcasm and its perception by second language learners: The case of Iraqi EFL learners in Iraq and the UK’, Lancaster University, England
2011 ‘Cross-cultural pragmatics: requests, and request refusals in Palestinian Arabic and British English’, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgien
Master
2008 - 2014 External Examiner for MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Manchester, England.
05/2024 Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer for the Faculty
10/2017 – 09/2019 Finance and Staffing committee, University of Erfurt (Chair)
10/2017 – 10/2019 Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Erfurt
05/2012 – Faculty board of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Erfurt (member 05/2012 – 09/2017, chair 10/2017 – 09/2019, elected member 10/2019 -)
10/2015 – 10/2016 Coordinator BA English & American Studies, MEd English, University of Erfurt
03/2011 – 05/2012 Coordinator MA in Applied Linguistics Double Degree with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Lancaster University
01/2012 - 05/2012 Departmental MA Studies Committee (Mitglied), Lancaster University
01/2011 – 05/2012 Director of Studies für MA Programme: Language Studies, Discourse Studies, English Language and Literary Studies, Lancaster University
2011 Departmental Postgraduate Studies Committee (Member), Lancaster University
01/2006 – 05/2006 Departmental Visiting Students & Scholars Coordinator, Lancaster University
09/2005 – 09/2006 Departmental Disability Officer, Lancaster University
2005 – 2008 Departmental Staffing Committee (Member), Lancaster University
2005 – 2012 Departmental Board (Member), Lancaster University