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Prof. Dr. Theresa Summer

Benjamin Herges/Uni Bamberg

Jr.-Prof. of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
Juniorprofessur für Fachdidaktik Englisch
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Contact

Room U9/00.03
An der Universität 9
96047 Bamberg

Phone +49 (0)951/863 2164

E-Mail: theresa.summer(at)uni-bamberg.de

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-6266  

FIS: https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/cris/rp/rp17825/publications.html

    Office hours

    Tuesdays from 14-15hrs (please arrange an appointment via email).

    • Since 10/2023: Speaker of the Centre of Teacher Education (ZLB)
    • since April 2021: Jr.-Prof. of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (Fachdidaktik Englisch), University of Bamberg (W1 with tenure track W2)
    • August 2016-March 2021: Lecturer of English Language Education, University of Würzburg (Abordnung)
    • 2018: University Teaching Certificate (Zertifikat Hochschullehre der Bayerischen Universitäten)
    • April 2018-July 2018: Parental leave, birth of my second child
    • January 2016-July 2016: Parental leave, birth of my first child
    • 2012-2015: Secondary school teacher of English and Music (Realschule in Großostheim; Hösbach)
    • 2012: Second state examination (English and Music, Realschullehramt)
    • 2010-2012: Teacher training programme in Bavaria (Referendariat)
    • 2010: PhD (Dr. phil.) in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, University of Würzburg, Bildungsforschungspreis 2012
    • 2007-2010: PhD student and lecturer at the University of Würzburg, full-time scholarship sdw (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft), guest lecturer and visiting scholar in London, Auckland, Hong Kong
    • 2007: First state examination (English and Music, Realschullehramt)
    • 2002-2007: Studies in English and Music for secondary school teaching at the University of Würzburg and Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg, sdw scholarship, Erasmus term in Barcelona (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), international TEFL certificate in Prague
    • 2001: European Baccalaureate, European School in Culham (Oxfordshire)

    • learner perspectives of ELT
    • critical language pedagogy and taboos
    • pop culture and music/songs in ELT
    • global education and ecopedagogy
    • grammar education

    You can find an overview of current projects here.

    Publications

    • Summer, Theresa (in preparation). Pop Culture in English Language Education: From Theory to Practice. Erich Schmidt Verlag.
    • Summer, Theresa (2011). An Evaluation of Methodological Options for Grammar Instruction in EFL Textbooks: Are Methods Dead?, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.

    • Ludwig, C., & Summer, T. (2023). Taboos and Controversial Issues in Foreign Language Education. Routledge. The introduction is available here.
    • Summer, Theresa & Böttger, Heiner (Eds.) (2022). English in Primary Education: Concepts, Research, Practice. Bamberg. University of Bamberg Press. Available here.
    • Summer, Theresa (Ed.) (2019). Culture and Literature in EFL Education: Relating Theory to Practice. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
    • Eisenmann, Maria & Summer, Theresa (Eds.) (2012, 2013: 2nd ed., 2013: 3rd ed.). Basic Issues in EFL Teaching and Learning, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.

    • Summer, Theresa (Ed.) (2023). Englisch 5-10 [Embracing diversity], Heft 63. Friedrich Verlag, Hannover.
    • Becker, Daniel; Ludwig, Christian & Summer, Theresa (Eds.) (2022). Taboo(ed) Issues in ELT through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy. Teacher Development Academic Journal (TDAJ) [special issue] 2(2). https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n2/
    • Summer, Theresa (Ed.) (2022). Englisch 5-10 [Song lyrics], Heft 58. Friedrich Verlag, Hannover.
    • Summer, Theresa (Ed.) (2021). Englisch 5-10 [Eco tasks: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit], Heft 55. Friedrich Verlag, Hannover.
    • Summer, Theresa (Ed.) (2020). Englisch 5-10 [Pop Culture], Heft 49. Friedrich Verlag, Hannover.
    • Summer, Theresa (Ed.) (2018). Englisch 5-10 [Pronunciation], Heft 41. Friedrich Verlag, Hannover.
    • Summer, Theresa (Ed.) (2016). Englisch 5-10 [Celebrities], Heft 34. Friedrich Verlag, Hannover.
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    • Zirkel, M. & Summer, T. (2024). Empowering English Language Teachers to Use Immersive Virtual Reality for Global Citizenship Education. WorldCALL2023: Official Conference Proceedings. Nagoya, Japan: The International Academic Forum. 217-224. DOI: 10.22492 https://papers.iafor.org/wp-content/uploads/conference-proceedings/WorldCALL/WorldCALL2023_proceedings.pdf
    • Summer, Theresa (2023). Eco-picturebooks for older learners: Features, selection criteria, and practical suggestions. In Grit Alter & Thorsten Merse (Eds.). Re-thinking Picturebooks for Intermediate and Advanced Learners: Perspectives for Secondary English Language Education. Tübingen: Narr, 33-55.
    • Werner, Valentin & Summer, Theresa (2023). Mental Health Songs: Corpus-based Analysis and Implications for EFL Education. R. Montoro and V. Werner (Eds.) English Text Construction [special issue: Interdisciplinary approaches to the language of pop culture 16:2] Amsterdam: Benjamins, 169-196.
    • Summer, Theresa & Eisenmann, Maria (2023). Diversity in ELT: Einen Englischunterricht der Vielfalt gestalten.Englisch 5-10 63, pp. 28-34.
    • Keimerl, Verena F.; Summer, Theresa; Berschin, Benno; Birzer, Sandra; Conrad, Beate; Hess, Miriam (2023). Mehrsprachige Bildungspraxis in universitären Lehrveranstaltungen ─ Bildungswissenschaften im Dialog mit romanischer, englischer und russischer Fremdsprachendidaktik. In E. Hack-Cengizalp, M. David-Erb & I. Corvacho del Toro (Eds.), Mehrsprachigkeit und Bildungspraxis (pp. 231-246). Bielefeld: wbv-Verlag. Available here
    • Ludwig, Christian & Summer, Theresa (2023). Approaching Taboos and Controversial Issues in Foreign Language Education. In Christian Ludwig & Theresa Summer (Eds.), Taboos and Controversial Issues in Foreign Language Education, (pp. 3-20). London: Routledge. Available open access. 
    • Summer, Theresa & Steinbock, Jeanine (2023). Learner Perceptions of Taboo Topics in English Language Teaching. In Christian Ludwig & Theresa Summer (Eds.), Taboos and Controversial Issues in Foreign Language Education, (pp. 71-80). London: Routledge.
    • Summer, Theresa & Ludwig, Christian (2023). Taboos in Language Teacher Education: A Survey of Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitudes. In Christian Ludwig & Theresa Summer (Eds.), Taboos and Controversial Issues in Foreign Language Education, (pp. 81-92). London: Routledge.
    • Summer, Theresa & Böttger, Heiner (2022). Essentials: Teaching English to Young Learners in Primary School. In Theresa Summer & Heiner Böttger (Eds.) English in Primary Education: Concepts, Research, Practice, (pp. 9-47). Bamberg. University of Bamberg Press. Available here
    • Böttger, Heiner & Summer, Theresa (2022). A Look Ahead: Foreign Language Encounters and Future Challenges of Primary English Language Education. In Theresa Summer & Heiner Böttger (Eds.) English in Primary Education: Concepts, Research, Practice, (pp. 213-222). Bamberg. University of Bamberg Press. Available here
    • Ludwig, Christian & Summer, Theresa (2022). Integrating Taboo Topics into ELT: Investigating Future English Teachers’ Points of View. Teacher Development Academic Journal (TDAJ) 2(2), pp. 42-48. https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n2/
    • Becker, Daniel; Ludwig, Christian & Summer, Theresa (2022). Taboos in ELT through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy. Teacher Development Academic Journal (TDAJ) 2(2), pp. 9-16. https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n2/
    • Summer, Theresa (2022). Digital Picturebooks in Times of Crisis: From Picturebooks about Covid-19 to Developing Critical Environmental Literacies. In Amos Paran & Sandra Stadler-Heer (Eds.), Taking Literature and Langauge Learning Online: New Perspectives on Teaching, Research and Technology, (pp. 71-91). London: Bloomsbury.
    • Summer, Theresa & Werner, Valentin (2022). Song lyrics im Englischunterricht: Sprachliche Besonderheiten und praktische Einsatzmöglichkeiten. Englisch 5-10 58, pp. 24-29.
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Making the case for eco-artefacts in English language education. In Christian Ludwig & Claudia Deetjen (Eds.), The World Beyond: Developing Critical Environmental Literacies in EFL (pp. 163-180). Heidelberg: Winter.
    • Ludwig, Christian & Summer, Theresa (2021). Critical environmental literacy entwickeln: Wie sich eco-artefacts und eco-tasks im Unterricht einsetzen lassen. Englisch 5-10 55, pp. 26-31.
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Applying Ecomusicology to foreign language education. Ecozon@ 12 (1), pp. 50-65. https://ecozona.eu/article/view/3857/4923
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Digital competence in a global world. In Christiane Lütge & Thorsten Merse (Eds.), Digital Teaching and Learning: Perspectives for English Language Education, (pp. 185-206). Tübingen: Narr.
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Eco-songs in foreign language education. In Valentin Werner & Friederike Tegge (Eds.), Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice (pp. 136-150). London: Routledge.
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Making the case for eco-artefacts in English language education. In Christian Ludwig & Claudia Deetjen (Eds.). The World Beyond: Developing Critical Environmental Literacies in ELT. (pp. 163-180). Heidelberg: Winter.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). Grammar Education in the Global Village: A Guideline for Grammar Activity Design. In Roland Ißler & Uwe Küchler (Eds.), Impulse zur Fremdsprachendidaktik – Issues in Foreign Language Education, (pp. 305-336). Bonn: V&R unipress.
    • Bastkowski, Martin & Summer, Theresa (2020). Grammatik bewegungsreich vermitteln: Wie sich sprachliche Phänomene motivierend einführen lassen. Englisch 5-10, 51, pp. 24-29.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). Multimodal Literature in ELT: Theory and Practice. CLELEjournal 8 (20), pp. 52-73. (with Maria Eisenmann) http://clelejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Multimodal-Literature-in-ELT-Theory-and-Practice-CLELE-8.1.pdf
    • Bastkowski, Martin / Brose, Claudia / Kuty, Margitta / Raith, Thomas / Straeter-Lietz, Claudia / Summer, Theresa (2020). The Ingredients of a Good English Lesson: Was eine gute Englischstunde ausmacht und wie man sie plant. Englisch 5-10, 50, pp. 30-33.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). Teaching pop: Pop culture literacy im Englischunterricht. Englisch 5-10, 49, pp. 28-31.
    • Summer, Theresa (2019). Romeo and Juliet goes pop: developing literature-related competences through illustrated texts, videos, and songs. In Eisenmann, Maria (Ed.). Teaching the Bard Today – Shakespeare-Didaktik in Forschung und Lehre (pp. 163-187), Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
    • Summer, Theresa (2019). Integrating Authentic Texts from Pop Culture in EFL Education. In: Summer, Theresa (Ed), Culture and Literature in EFL Education: Relating Theory to Practice (pp. 149-175). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
    • Summer, Theresa (2018). Fostering Gender Competence through Music Videos in Foreign Language Education. In Eisenmann, Maria & Ludwig, Christian (Eds.), Queer Beats: Gender and Literature in the EFL Classroom (pp. 39-66).  Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
    • Summer, Theresa (2018). Pronunciation training: Effektive und kreative Ausspracheförderung im Englischunterricht. Englisch 5-10, 41, pp. 28-31.
    • Summer, Theresa (2018). An Analysis of Pop Songs for Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Bridging the Gap Between Corpus Analysis and Teaching Practice. In Valentin Werner (Ed.), The Language of Pop Culture (pp. 187-209). New York: Routledge.
    • Summer, Theresa (2017). Speak with me! Mit einfachen Strategien kommunikative Kompetenzen fördern. Englisch 5-10, 39, pp. 28-31.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Tasks und kompetenzorientierte Lernaufgaben: Theoretische Grundlagen und Konzeption für die Praxis. Englisch 5-10, 34, pp. 28-32.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Lehr-/Lernmaterialien und Medien zum Grammatiklernen. In Eva Burwitz-Melzer, Grit Mehlhorn, Claudia Riemer, Karl-Richard Bausch & Hans-Jürgen Krumm (Eds.), Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht (pp. 448-452). 6th ed. Tübingen: A. Francke.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel: Grammatik. In Eva Burwitz-Melzer, Grit Mehlhorn, Claudia Riemer, Karl-Richard Bausch & Hans-Jürgen Krumm (Eds.), Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht (pp. 126-131). 6th ed. Tübingen: A. Francke.
    • Summer, Theresa (2015). Music and CLIL: Potentiale für inhaltsorientiertes Englischlernen mit Musik. Englisch 5-10, 31, pp. 30-33.
    • Summer, Theresa (2012). Introduction: From Method to Postmethod. In Maria Eisenmann & Theresa Summer (Eds.), Basic Issues in EFL Teaching and Learning (pp. 1-14). Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.
    • Eisenmann, Maria & Summer, Theresa (2012). Oral Tests: Preparing and Testing Students. In Maria Eisenmann & Theresa Summer (Eds.), Basic Issues in EFL Teaching and Learning (pp. 415-428), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter.
    • Summer, Theresa (2011). Many Kinds of Minds = Many Approaches? Individual Learner Differences and Task-based Language Teaching. In Maria Eisenmann, Maria (Ed.), Differenzierung im Englischunterricht (pp. 56-72). Eichstätt: Eichstaett Academic Press.
    • Summer, Theresa (2010). Key Concept: Learner Autonomy, Profil, 2, pp. 7-10. opus.bibliothek. uni-wuerzburg.de/volltexte/2010/4992/
    • Summer, Theresa (2010), The Role of English Songs in Students’ Lives: A Survey Report. In Gabriele Blell & Rita Kupetz (Eds.), Der Einsatz von Musik und die Entwicklung von Audio-Literacy im Fremdsprachenunterricht (pp. 317-329). Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang.
    • Summer, Theresa (2009). Teaching Grammar through Songs: Theoretical Claims and Practical Implications, VIEWS (Vienna English Working Papers) 18 (3), pp. 225-227. http://anglistik. univie.ac.at/views/

    • Summer, Theresa (2022). Song lyrics entdecken: Inhaltliche Einblicke und methodisch-didaktische Anregungen für den Englischunterricht. Englisch 5-10 58, p. 33.
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Kritische Fremdsprachendidaktik: Grundlagen, Ziele, Beispiele [Critical Foreign Language Education: Basics, Goals, Examples]. D. Gerlach (Ed.). Narr Francke Attempo, 2020, 236 pp. ELT Journal. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccab048
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Environmental learning: theory and practice – Neue didaktische Ansätze und fundierte Fakten zu Natur und Umwelt. Englisch 5-10 55, p. 39.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). Mit bewegten Bildern Kreativität wecken: Abwechslungsreiche Anregungen für die Filmarbeit im Unterricht. Englisch 5-10, 52, p. 39.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). Let’s play some games: Kommunikative Wortschatzspiele für den Englischunterricht. Englisch 5-10, 49, p. 39.
    • Summer, Theresa (2014). Review: Ahrens, Rüdiger (Ed.) The Construction of the Other in Early Modern Britain: Attraction, Rejection, Symbiosis, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2013”. In: Renaissance Quarterly, 67 (4), pp. 1373-1375.
    • Summer, Theresa (2010). Review: Delanoy, Werner & Volkmann, Laurenz (Eds.). Future Perspectives for English Language Teaching, Heidelberg: Winter, 2008. In Rüdiger Ahrens & Heinz Antor (Eds.). Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies, 21(2), pp. 233-235.

    • Grund, Regina & Summer, Theresa (2022). The unsung heroes of the world: Anhand des Songs Superheroes über Heldinnen und Helden des Alltags reflektieren und sprechen. Englisch 5-10 58, pp. 34-35.
    • Summer, Theresa (2022). Cue card: Message to the artist. Englisch 5-10 58.
    • Labenz, Stefan & Summer, Theresa (2022). Poster: Cracking song lyrics. Englisch 5-10 58.
    • Summer, Theresa (2021). Behold the beauty of nature: Naturszenen beschreiben und ein Lapbook erstellen. Englisch 5-10 55, pp. 4-6.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). Sorry, I left my book at home: Classroom phrases aus einem Hörtext erwerben, üben und sichern. Englisch 5-10, 50, pp. 4-6.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). What does Covid-19 really teach us? Lerneinheit für die Klassen 9 und 10. Friedrich Verlag. https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/bildung-plus/gesundheit-und-schule/corona-virus-schule/covid-19-what-does-it-really-teach-us/
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). An App a Day: Edu-Apps ausprobieren und präsentieren. Englisch 5-10, 49, pp. 4-7.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). So many things! Wortschatz zu everyday objects spielerisch trainieren. Englisch 5-10, 49, pp. 8-11.
    • Summer, Theresa (2020). Tough boys and weak girls? Anhand von Werbespots gender stereotypes kritisch hinterfragen. Englisch 5-10, 49, pp. 24-27.
    • Schulbuch Red Line 3 Bayern (co-author), Stuttgart: Klett, 2019.
    • Workbook Red Line 3 Bayern (co-author), Stuttgart: Klett, 2019.
    • Summer, Theresa (2019). A greener Christmas: Ein Video über nachhaltige Weihnachten drehen. Englisch 5-10, 48, pp. 12-15.
    • Workbook Red Line 2 Bayern (co-author), Stuttgart: Klett, 2018.
    • Summer, Theresa (2018). Localise the tenses! Zeitformen wiederholen und im Klassenzimmer verorten. Englisch 5-10, 44, pp. 4-7.
    • Summer, Theresa (2018). Let’s Write a New Hit! Einen eigenen Pop Song schreiben. Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch (152), pp. 12-15.
    • Summer, Theresa (2018). The secret house party: Besonderheiten der englischen Aussprache erkennen und trainieren. Englisch 5-10, 41, pp. 12-15.
    • Chowanetz, Elisabeth & Summer, Theresa (2018). English around the world: Sprachvarianten erkennen und Englisch als Weltsprache erfahren. Englisch 5-10, 41, pp. 16-19.
    • Summer, Theresa (2017). Intercultural encounters – Anhand von Lernaufgaben interkulturelle Kompetenzen zu den Themen Begrüßung, Essen und Umgangsformen im alltäglichen Leben entwickeln (Klasse 6/7) RAAbits Englisch Mai.
    • Summer, Theresa (2017). Activities in NYC: Ein Video über New York sehen und verstehen. Englisch 5-10, 38, pp. 4-7.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Holy Fudge and Fiddlesticks! Englische Schimpfwörter verstehen und kreativ umgehen. Englisch 5-10, 36, pp. 14-17.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Music celebrities: einen Musikstar erraten und präsentieren. Englisch 5-10, 34, pp. 4-7.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Emma Watson: HeForShe Campaign – eine überzeugende Rede halten. Englisch 5-10, 34, pp. 20-23.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Für Zwischendurch: Celebrity quiz cards. Englisch 5-10, 34, pp. 36-37.
    • Summer, Theresa (2016). Let’s do magic! Einen Zaubertrick lesen, einüben und vorführen. Englisch 5-10, 33, pp. 4-7.
    • Summer, Theresa (2015). I wanna be the next superstar! – Mit superstar- und judges-Karten kommunikative Kompetenzen üben. Englisch 5-10, 31, pp. 36-39.
    • Summer, Theresa (2015). Talking about Music: Interactive Speaking Tests. Englisch 5-10, 31 (3), pp. 32-35.
    • Summer, Theresa (2015), A blog post: Jackson and Mozart. Reading, speaking und writing skills trainieren.Englisch 5-10, 31 (3), pp. 12-15.
    • Summer, Theresa (2015). Shopping food at Camden Lock Market: Vokabular und chunks zum Thema take away food im interkulturellen Kontext kommunikativ anwenden. Englisch 5-10, 29, pp. 16-19.
    • Summer, Theresa (2014). Telling the time in English: Die Uhrzeiten benennen und in kommunikativen Situationen anwenden können. Englisch 5-10, 26, pp. 8-11.
    • Summer, Theresa (2014). Time to play UNO’clock: Mit einem Kartenspiel die Uhrzeiten festigen. Englisch 5-10, 26, p. 36.

    • Virtual reality and global learning in English language education: Innovations for English teacher education (Vortrag mit Michelle Zirkel). WorldCALL Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 09.-13.11.2023.
    • Advocating Social Justice in Digital Citizenship Education (Keynote). Symposium: Digital Citizenship Education and Foreign Language Learning / DiCE.Lang. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 23. Juni 2023*.
    • Taboos in EFL Education (Talk). Innovation Hub for EFL Education: Students meet Experts. Universität Duisburg-Essen. 22. Januar 2023*
    • Mental health songs: Corpus analysis and implications for ELT (Vortrag mit Valentin Werner). Interdisziplinäre Tagung: Reading Resistance – Widerstand und Kontroversität im Kontext gesellschaftlichen Wandels und gesellschaftlicher Transformation, Universität zu Köln. 27-29.10.2022.
    • Approaching Critical English Language Teacher Education: Essentials and Examples (Keynote).  Conference: Teachers for Social Justice – Taking Action Together in ELT Teacher Education, Bielefeld. 22.09.2022.*
    • Songs in ELT: A survey on university students‘ beliefs and their experiences in English lessons (Vortrag mit Regina Grund, Michelle Zirkel). Anglistentag: Sektion Englische Fachdidaktik/TEFL, Hannover. 2-5.09.2022.
    • Interesting, motivating, and relevant? Literature in ELT (Keynote). Lehrgang Dillingen: Teaching literature and beyond, 23. März 2022*.
    • Shakespeare and music: Analysing and adapting lyrical texts (Workshop mit Kerstin-Anja Münderlein). Symposium und Thementag: From Poetry to Song Lyrics: Analysing and Teaching Verse, 4. Februar 2022 an der Universität Bamberg.
    • Promoting student well-being through songs (Workshop). Taboo Topics Symposium Part II / TEFL Day, Universities of Bamberg, Berlin, Würzburg – online, 26.11.2021*.
    • Grammar in ELT: Key issues and the 3-phase model (Guest lecture). “Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language”, Marburg – online, 18.11.2021*.
    • Eco-songs and the development of critical environmental literacies in ELT. Fachtag Englisch: Environment and the Teaching of English, Tübingen – online, 11.11.2021*.
    • Global learning im (Englisch-)Unterricht. 15. Schulleitersymposium Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Themenblock 3: Im Kontext divergierender gesellschaftlicher Anforderungen: Nachhaltigkeit!, 02.11.2021*.
    • Ways of teaching English through pop culture (Workshop). Niedersächsischer Landessprachentag, 06.10.2021*.
    • Podcasts in der Lehrkräftebildung: Perspektiven der Fachdidaktik Englisch. Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs- und Vernetzungstag der Projekte LeHet, WegE und BaTEG, 18.06.2021.
    • Literary canon versus YouTube channels? Hunting for YouTube shorts in ELT. online symposium: Born-digital Texts in the Foreign Language Classroom, Freie Universität Berlin & University of Hertfordshire, 16.01.2021*. 
    • Moving on: Grammar in motion and competence-based (guest lecture at the University of Jena, Laurenz Volkmann, 02.12.2020*.
    • Those who must (not) be named!? – Addressing taboo topics in the light of critical language pedagogy (with Christian Ludwig, online symposium). Taboo topics in foreign language education, University of Würzburg, 13.11.2020.
    • A survey of learners’ perspectives on integrating taboo topics in English language education (with Jeanine Steinbock, online symposium). Taboo topics in foreign language education, University of Würzburg, 13.11.2020.
    • University students’ perspectives on addressing taboo issues in language teacher education (with Christian Ludwig, online symposium). Taboo topics in foreign language education, University of Würzburg, 13.11.2020.
    • What happened when we all stopped? Environmental learning through digital picturebooks in times of crisis. LiLLT/Literature in Language Teaching and Learning, online symposium: Taking literature online in times of crisis, 23.10.2020*.
    • ‘What have we done to the world?’ Environmental learning through eco-songs (workshop). 5. TEFL Day 2020: Environmental learning in the EFL classroom, University of Würzburg, 05.03.2020*.
    • Let’s take pop songs seriously! Developing gender competence and environmental awareness through pop songs (guest lecture). Lecture series: Applied Linguistics by Valentin Werner, University of Bamberg, 24.06.2019*.
    • Multimodal teenagers’ literature: potential for the EFL classroom and students’ perceptions (guest lecture). Reading in the classroom, reading for the world by Maria Eisenmann & Catrin Gersdorf, University of Würzburg, 06.11.2019*.
    • Exploring environmental (in)justice in EFL education through pop culture artefacts. Teaching for Environmental Justice: Environmental Education and the EFL Classroom, University of Würzburg, 09.02.2019*.
    • Crossing borders through literature: potentials of multimodal teenagers’ literature (with Maria Eisenmann). Language Education across Borders, University of Graz, 10.12.2017.
    • A method guide for teaching Shakespeare: graphic novels, films, music, and songs. Shakespeare conference, Burkardushaus Würzburg, 24.11.2017*.
    • An analysis of pop songs for teaching English as a foreign language (Workshop). Pop culture in Linguistics; ISLE4/International Society for the Linguistics of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, 21.09.2016*.
    • A method guide for teaching Shakespeare: graphic novels, films, music and songs. Shakespeare conference „Macht, Intrigen, Krisen und Skandale – The Bard will teach you“, at „Der Wolfsburg“, 31.10.2015*.
    • Grammar teaching and testing today: Challenges and ways forward. GMF-regional conference, University of Augsburg, 09.10.2015*.
    • Grammar teaching in the global village: Get it right (guest lecture). „Impulse zur Fremdsprachendidaktik – Issues in Foreign Language Education“, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 17.11.2014*.
    • Intercultural tasks for basic users of English. GMF Bundeskongress, Frankfurt, 22.3.2014.
    • How to Design Creative, Communicative and Engaging Grammar Activities: Principles for Task Design. Workshop, Realschultag Englisch, Würzburg, 28.02.2013*.
    • Designing Song-based Tasks for the EFL Classroom. Realschultag Englisch, Freising, 31.3.2011*.
    • Are Drills Dead? The Role of Grammar Exercises in EFL Textbooks (poster presentation). DGFF-Kongress, Leipzig, 30.9-3.10.2009.
    • Presentation PhD project. Bayerische Tagung für Fremdsprachenlehrer GMF, Nürnberg, 23. - 24.9.2009.
    • Many Kinds of Minds = Many Approaches? Individual Learner Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching. Conference „Differenzierung im Englischunterricht“, Erlangen-Nürnberg, 12. - 13.3.2009.

    (* = invited)

    • regular (online) TEFL lecture series 
    • GMF conference from 6 to 7 October 2023 at the University of Bamberg (cooperation between English Language Education, Romance studies, Slavic studies, Language Centre)
    • Symposium und Thementag:
      • Symposium and theme day: From Poetry to Song Lyrics: Analysing and Teaching Verse (with Prof. Dr. Pascal Fischer), from 4 to 5 February 2022 at the University of Bamberg (hybrid)
    • TEFL lecture series
      • “English in primary education: Concepts, research, practice”, summer term 2021 (University of Bamberg, in cooperation with the project WegE)
    • Symposium on Taboo topics
      • Part 2: Mental health (forthcoming) (with Maria Eisenmann and Christian Ludwig): Symposium & TEFL Day at the University of Würzburg, 26.-27. November 2021
      • Part 1: Taboo topics in foreign language education, November 2020 (with Christian Ludwig)
    • DGFF-Kongress “Sprachen, Kulturen, Identitäten - Umbrüche durch Digitalisierung”, 25.-28. September 2019 at the University of Würzburg (co-organiser)

    I have taught a variety of courses on TEFL focusing particularly on the use of multimodal texts, songs and pop culture, diversity, global education, grammar teaching and learning, and critical foreign language pedagogy. In my teaching, one of my main aims is to relate theory to practice and integrate interdisciplinary perspectives.

    • AKED: Arbeitskreis der Englischdidaktikerinnen & -didaktiker an bayerischen Universitäten
    • Deutscher Anglistenverband
    • DHV (Deutscher Hochschulverband)
    • DGFF (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung)
    • E&M (Verband Englisch & Mehrsprachigkeit)