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Alison Nagel, M.A.

Alison Nagel, M.A.

☎ +49 761 203-3339

R 4218 | KG IV

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

With a first degree in Language and Linguistics from the University of York, England, I have taught English – academic, general and business - in various schools and institutions, across all levels and age groups in Great Britain, Greece, Mauritus, Spain, and France. Since 2002 I have been teaching in higher educationand am at present a full-time lector at the University of Freiburg. In 2007 I completed an M.A. with distinction in English Language Teaching from the University of Reading, England, by distance study.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Elearning, autonomous learning, language(s) & intercultural communication – I am an avid learner of languages myself (French, German, Spanish, Greek, Hindi, Swedish, to various degrees of mastery!)

INTERNATIONAL TEACHING

I regularly take the opportunity to hold seminars and workshops as a guest lecturer outside Germany. Under the Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility Scheme I have held seminars at the Universities of Santiago and Lleida, Spain, and at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. In addition, I have been a guest lecturer at the University of Hanoi, Vietnam, and the University of Bangkok, Thailand. I have also held worksops in schools in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, and Zenica, Bosnia.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Nagel, Alison (May 2010). "A Dynamic Approach to the Teaching of Language and Culture: Intercultural Communication in Action on the University Learning Platform." In Mario Cal, Francisco Javier Fernández, Lidia Gómez and Ignacio M. Palacios (Eds). Current Issues in English Language Teaching and Learning: An International Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Nagel, Alison & Woodfin, Kai (May 2010). "Second Language Writing Instruction through Blended Learning." In Rotimi Taiwo (Ed). Handbook of Digital Communication. Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS

  • "I see red. Do you see red too?" Presented at COLORS & CULTURES--COULEURS & CULTURES, Mulhouse 2021 on Zoom. Presentation video available here.

  • „Vorsprung durch..." Intercultural Dialogue and Advertising. Workshop held at ALA (Association of Language Awareness) 2010, Kassel.
  • A Dynamic Approach to the Teaching of Language and Culture: Intercultural Communication in Action on the University Learning Platform. Workshop held at ICELT1 (International Conference on English Language Teaching) 2008. University of Santiago, Spain.
  • I am joint organiser of the annual Lektorenarbeitsgemeinschaft (Lectors' symposium) Baden-Württemberg and regularly contribute to the annual Bundestagslektorenkonferenz (National Conference for Lectors).