TESOL / Advanced Academic English
Team

TESOL Team

Junior Professor

Portrait: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jennifer Schluer
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jennifer Schluer

Research Assistant

Portrait: Katharina Maschke, M.A.
Katharina Maschke, M.A.

Doctoral Students

Portrait: Yarong Liu, M.A.
Yarong Liu, M.A.
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  • Research interests:
    culture learning
    content-based instruction
    reflective learning
  • PhD project:
    East Meets West: An interventional study on learners’ intercultural communicative competence

Portrait: Sumeyya Sarikaya, M.A.
Sumeyya Sarikaya, M.A.
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  • Research interests:
    Task-based digital learning
    Collaborative learning and peer feedback
    Metacognitive awareness and reflective teaching practices
  • PhD project:
    The impact of peer feedback on the metacognitive awareness of Turkish EFL learners’ virtual presentation skills

Portrait: Ola Shakhshir, M.A.
Ola Shakhshir, M.A.
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  • Research interests:
    Digital-Based Learning
    E-learning, 21st Century methodologies and sustainable learning
  • PhD project:
    Using Digital Feedback Portfolios for Developing English Language Students’ Written Communication Skills

Portrait: Mina Raeisi Nafchi, M.A.
Mina Raeisi Nafchi, M.A.
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  • Research interests:
    Robot-assisted language learning (RALL)
    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
    Teaching English to students with ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
    The usage of technology in teaching
  • PhD project:
    Effects of using feedback modes by a teaching-assistant humanoid robot on improving English as a foreign language of young DHD students and improving their concentration rate