Curriculum Vitae

Academic Position

Full Professor of Applied Languages, Saarland University of Applied Sciences (htw saar), Germany

Education

Ph.D. in Linguistics (Legal and Administrative French), Duisburg University, Germany

M.A. equivalent (French and English), Duisburg University, Germany

Research Interests 

•  Languages for special/specific purposes

•  Grammar and grammaticography

•  Research on writing

•  Language consciousness

•  Lexicography, meta-lexicography and dictionary work

•  Examination methodology and examination practice in German, French, English, and Spanish

Editorial Work

•  2011 to date: 

 Series Editor of 

 Saarbrücken Series on Linguistic and Language Methodology  (SSLLM)

 Saarbrücker Schriften zu Linguistik und Fremdsprachendidaktik (SSLF)

• 2010 to date:

Editor of the Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching (JLLT)

• 2003 (Jan.) – 2009 (Dec.):

Co-editor of the national pedagogic journal Fremdsprachen und Hochschule (FuH) (Foreign Languages and Universities)

Conference & Symposium Organisation 

• 2011 to date:

Chairman of  the Saarbrücken International Conference Series on Foreign Language Teaching (Internationale Saarbrücker Fremdsprachentagungen)

• 2014 to date: 

Chairman of  the Saarbrücken French Symposia (Saarbrücker Französisch-Symposien)

Service

• Since October 5, 2022: President of the Saarland Language Council (Sprachenrat Saar / Conseil linguistique de la Sarre)

• Since May 2022:  Board Member of ICC-The International Language Association

Memberships

• 2022 to date: Member of the German Association of Professors at Universities of Applied Sciences (Hochschullehrerbund)

• 2018 to date: GERAS (Groupe d'Études et de Recherche en Anglais de Spécialité) International Correspondent (GIC) in Germany

• 2008 to date:  Board Member of the German-Pennsylvanian Friendship Association, Saarbrücken

• 2004 – 2006: Member of the Permanent Board of the AKS (Association of Language Centres in Germany)

• 1995 – 2005 (Aug): Göttingen Representative of the UNIcert® Council

• 1994 to date: Member of the Association of German Romance Philologists

• 1994 to date: Member of the German Society of Applied Linguistics (GAL)

Working Languages

• German

• French 

• English 

• Spanish 

Languages of Interest

•  Italian (reading competence)

•  Chinese (basic)

•  Swedish (basic)