Research Interests

• Language testing
• Reading skills & strategies
• Foreign language teacher training
• Corpora in language learning

Selected Publications

• "Reading for bachelors – mistressing reading skills". In: Graf, E.-M. & James, A.R. (eds.) English Studies in Flux. New Peaks, New Shores, New Crossings (2007).Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, pp. 127-137.
• "Sprache und Gedächtnis: The role of memory while reading". In:
  Antonitsch, P. et al. (eds.) Zeit erinnern. Zum interdisziplinären und
  pädagogischen Umgang mit Zeit und Erinnerung (2009). Klagenfurt. Drava Verlag, pp. 171-191.
• Issues in developing a tertiary-level English reading comprehension test (2011). Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Klagenfurt.
• "Does my text mean the same as yours? Cultural bias in reading tests". In: Vukanovic, M.B. & Vodopija-Krstanovic, I. (eds.) The Global and Local Dimensions of English: Exploring Issues of Language and Culture (2011). Vienna: LIT Verlag, pp. 45-58.

CV

• 1988 B.A. (Honours) in German and French, University of Durham, Great
  Britain
• 1993 Master's degree (Mag.phil.) in English and French (teacher training), University of Klagenfurt
• 2011 PhD (Dr.phil.) in Applied Linguistics (testing), University of Klagenfurt
• Teacher of English and French at secondary school, Austria
• Team teacher in CLIL programme at a grammar school in Klagenfurt (music, natural sciences)
• ESP (medical English, business English, Export & Tourism, Business Administration, Media and Communications, Computing)
• Research and teaching post at the Department of English, University of Klagenfurt (linguistics, teacher training, language programme)
• Current position: Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Vienna (linguistics, teacher training, language programme)