TESOL / Advanced Academic English
Team
TESOL / Advanced Academic English 

TESOL Team

Junior Professor

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jennifer Schluer (derzeit beurlaubt/ on leave)

During Jun.-Prof. Dr. Schluer’s leave, please contact the research assistant Yarong Liu for questions concerning TESOL, the courses and internships as well as the supervision of master’s theses at Chemnitz University of Technology.

For information about Jun.-Prof. Dr. Schluer’s current projects and publications, please visit her external website.

Research Assistant

Elternzeit-Vertretung

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

In Elternzeit

Portrait: Katharina Maschke, M.A.
Katharina Maschke, M.A.
  • Room:
    Reichenhainer Straße 39, 211 (C46.211)
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  • Research interests:
    Content and Language Integrated Learning
    Teaching advanced English
    Automated Writing Evaluation
  • PhD project:
    The Impact of (Advanced) Automated Writing Evaluation on Linguistic Accuracy in Academic Theses: A Comparative Analysis

Doctoral Students

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 ADHD students and improving their concentration rate