last update: 20/10/10

Teaching activities at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (2007 to present):

Fall 2010

▪     Linguistics 347/Psychology 349: "Talking Minds" (psychology of language); guest-teaching for Dr. Nick Ellis

▪     Education 737: "Discourse Analysis"; guest-teaching for Dr. Mary Schleppegrell

▪     English 225: "Academic Argumentation"; guest-teaching for Laura Aull

Summer 2010

▪     Practice teaching facilitator in a teacher training program for Engineering Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs)

Spring 2010

▪     Linguistics 351/Psychology 344: "Second Language Acquisition";  guest-teaching for Dr. Nick Ellis

Spring 2009

▪     Workshop for international graduate students on "Using corpora to improve your academic writing"; with Dr. Matthew O'Donnell

Spring 2008 - present

▪     Organization of the University of Michigan Corpus Analysis Group; conducting of monthly meetings; group website

Spring 2008

▪     Psychology 808: "Advanced Topics in Second Language Acquisition"; guest-teaching for Dr. Nick Ellis

Fall 2007

▪     Linguistics 350: "Perspectives on Second Language Learning and Second Language Instruction"; guest-teaching for Dr. Judy Dyer

Teaching activities at the Universities of Cologne and Hanover, Germany (2002 to 2007): 

Summer 2007

▪     Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

▪ PS Analysing Texts: Speech and Writing, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

Winter 2006-7

▪      Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover

▪   PS Semantics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

Summer 2006

▪      Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover

▪      HS Corpora and Language Teaching, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

Winter 2005-6

▪     Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

▪   PS World Englishes, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

Summer 2005

▪     Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

▪  PS Lexicology, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

Winter 2004-5

▪     Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

▪   PS Pragmatics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

Summer 2004

▪     Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

▪     PS Language and gender, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover, course description

Winter 2003-4

▪      Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover

▪ PS Intonation in action (Discourse Intonation), Universität Hannover/University of Hanover

▪   HS Corpus studies in English: Lexis and syntax, Universität zu Köln/University of Cologne (Krankheitsvertretung für Prof. W.-D. Bald/covering for Prof. W.-D. Bald)

Summer 2003

▪      Introduction to linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover

▪ PS Computer corpora in English linguistics, Universität Hannover/University of Hanover

Summer 2002

▪       PS Corpus linguistics, Universität zu Köln/University of Cologne

Winter 1996-7 to Summer 1998

▪   Tutorien zur englischen Sprachwissenschaft/Tutorials in English linguistics, Universität zu Köln/University of Cologne10