Geb. 1958, Professor seit 1990, Birmingham, Großbritannien/Nordirland

Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft - Sprachwissenschaft (Fachgebiet) - Literature of the 'inner emigration' - Post-1945 literature - German language (Lehrgebiet)

Kontaktinformationen:

University of Birmingham - Dep. of German Studies, Centre for European Languages and Cultures, School of Humanities - Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT

Forschungsgebiete

• #Literatur im 20./21. Jahrhundert, Exilliteratur, Literatur seit 1945
• #Angewandte Linguistik
• #Bewertung, Leistungsmessung, Diagnostik
• #Grammatikunterricht, Reflexion über Sprache, Sprachbewusstheit

Besondere Forschungsgebiete

• Literature of the inner emigration
• Work of Stefan Andres
• Post-1945 German literature
• Evaluation of L2 development
• Language teaching methodology

Monographien

• Stefan Andres. The Christian Humanist as a Critic of his Times (1995)
• Foreign-Language Learning through Immersion: Germany's Bilingual-Wing Schools (1996)
• (with W. Dodd et al.) Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide (1996, 2003, 2011)
• (with T. McMahon) Aktion Grammatik! A New German Grammar (1996, 2000, 2006)
• (with W. Dodd et al.) Modern German Grammar: Workbook (1996, 2003, 2011)
• Der christliche Humanist als Zeitkritiker: Stefan Andres und sein Werk (1998)
• (with T. McMahon) Neue kommunikative Grammatik. A Communicative Grammar Worktext with Written and Oral Practice (Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1998)
• Understanding and Developing Good Practice: Teaching Languages in Higher Education (London: CILT, 2006)
• (with T. McMahon) Edexcel German Grammar for A Level (London: Hodder Educational, 2008)
• Nonconformist Writing in Nazi Germany: The Literature of Inner Emigration (Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2015).

Aufsätze und Beiträge

• Stefan Andres' mythisch-religiöse Auseinandersetzung mit seiner Zeit: Die Sintflut-Trilogie (MSAG, 1997)
• Language learning at school and university: the great grammar debate continues (LLJ, 1997, 1998)
• Das Samenkorn und das Kreuz. Christlicher Humanismus in der Sintflut-Trilogie, in Stefan Andres, Zeitzeuge des 20. Jahrhunderts. (ed. M. Braun et al.) (1999)
• Key aspects of teaching and learning in languages, in: A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ed. H, Fry et al.) (1999, 2003)
• The paradox of simultaneity: Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Paul Schallück's Engelbert Reineke, in The Challenge of German Culture (ed. M. Butler & R. Evans) (2000)
• Understanding language learning and second language acquisition, in Lifelong Language Learning (ed. L. Arthur & S. Hurd) (2001)
• (with J. Rees) Reviewing the case for explicit grammar instruction in the university foreign language learning context (LTR, 2003)
• A critical review of recent trends in language teaching (LLJ, 2003)
• (with J. Rees) An evaluation of entry levels and progress rates on a university foreign language programme (AEHE, 2004)
• (with J. Rees) Researching the benefits of residence abroad for students of modern foreign languages, in International Perspectives on Higher Education Research (ed. M. Tight) (2005)
• (with J. Rees) Analysing and evaluating the linguistic benefit of residence abroad for foreign language students' (AEHE, 2007)
• Stefan Andres: "Es ist schwer, aus einem Ende zu stammen, und doch Anfang zu sein." Innere Emigration' und Nachkriegszeit, in "Gerettet und zugleich von Scham verschlungen". Neue Annäherungen an die Literatur der 'Inneren Emigration' (ed. M. Braun & G. Guntermann)
• (with J. Rees) Issues in the quantitative longitudinal measurement of second language progress in the study abroad context, in The Longitudinal Study of Advanced L2 Capacities (ed. L. Ortega & H. Byrnes) (2008)