Mag. Dr. Helen Heaney, BA

T: +43-1-4277-42418

helen.heaney@univie.ac.at

Consultation hours: In teaching weeks (W25):
Tuesday14.00-15.00 (+43(0)1 4277-42418)
Email contact preferred; you will get a quick response. :-)

Winter term 2025

120022 SE Staff Seminar - Principles of Course development

120422 VU BEd 02.2: Introduction to Information and Research Literacy (IRL)

121010 VO STEOP: Language Analysis

126211 KU BEd 11.2: KU Practicum Coaching, Materials Evaluation and Development

126710 FK BEd 07.1: FK Language Assessment and Feedback

126720 VK BEd 7.2: VK Principles of English Language Teaching (Methodology, Materials, Media)

Summer term 2025

120422 VU BEd 02.2: Introduction to Information and Research Literacy (IRL)

126211 KU BEd 11.2: KU Practicum Coaching, Materials Evaluation and Development

126710 FK BEd 07.1: FK Language Assessment and Feedback

126720 VK BEd 7.2: VK Principles of English Language Teaching (Methodology, Materials, Media)

Winter term 2024

120422 VU BEd 02.2: Introduction to Information and Research Literacy (IRL)

121010 VO STEOP: Language Analysis

126211 KU BEd 11.2: KU Practicum Coaching, Materials Evaluation and Development

126710 FK BEd 07.1: FK Language Assessment and Feedback

126720 VK BEd 7.2: VK Principles of English Language Teaching (Methodology, Materials, Media)

Bacovsky-Novak, T., Dalton-Puffer, C., Heaney, H., & Hüttner, J. (Eds.) (2025). Current Challenges in Language Teacher Education. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Bauer-Marschallinger, S., Dalton-Puffer, C., Heaney, H., Katzinger, L., & Smit, U. (2023). CLIL for all? An exploratory study of reported pedagogical practices in Austrian secondary schools. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 26(9), 1050-1065. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2021.1996533

Berger, A., Heaney, H., & Sigott, G. (2023). Dimensions of language assessment literacy and their difficulty for pre-service teachers of English in Austria. In C. Amerstorfer, & M. V. Blanckenburg (Eds.), Activating and engaging learners and teachers: Perspectives for English language education (pp. 159-182). Narr Francke Attempto. https://doi.org/10.24053/9783823394600

Berger, A., & Heaney, H. (2023). Language Assessment Literacy in teacher education: Factoring difficulty into course design. In H. Cesnik, N. Dobric, & C. Harsch (Eds.), Festschrift in honour of Günther Sigott: Advanced methods in language testing (pp. 53-76). Peter Lang.

Heaney, H. (2022). Advanced Students’ and Lecturers’ Views on the Usefulness of Vocabulary Logs for Expanding Vocabulary. In A. Berger, H. Heaney, P. Resnik, A. Rieder-Bünemann, & G. Savukova (Eds.), Developing advanced English language competence: A research-informed approach at tertiary level (pp. 257-279). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79241-1_24

Heaney, H., & Kaltenböck, G. (2022). Language Analysis & Grammar in Use. In A. Berger, H. Heaney, P. Resnik, A. Rieder-Bünemann, & G. Savukova (Eds.), Developing advanced English language competence: A research-informed approach at tertiary level (pp. 27-34). Springer.

Berger, A., Heaney, H., Resnik, P., Rieder-Bünemann, A., & Savukova, G. (Eds.) (2021). Developing advanced English language competence: A research-informed approach at tertiary level. Springer. English Language Education

Heaney, H., & Berger, A. (2019). From local islands of knowledge to a shared, global understanding: a concept for improving assessment literacy in pre-service teachers of English at Vienna University, Austria. In C. Falkenhagen, H. Funk, M. Reinfried, & L. Volkmann (Eds.), Sprachen lernen integriert - global, regional, lokal: Dokumentation zum 27. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (DGFF) Jena, 27.-30. September 2017 (pp. 187-200). Schneider Verlag Hohengehren.

Heaney, H., & Berger, A. (2018). Devloping rating instruments for the assessment of Academic Writing and Speaking at Austrian university English departments. In G. Sigott (Ed.), Language testing in Austria: Taking stock (Vol. 40, pp. 325-346). Peter Lang.

Berger, A., & Heaney, H. (2018). Extending CEFR descriptors for an analytic rating scale of academic writing at C1 to C2 - a stop-gap measure? In Der Gemeinsame Europäische Referenzrahmen für Sprachen und seine Adaption im Hochschulkontext: 6. Bremer Symposion zum Sprachenlernen und -lehren (pp. 106-117). AKS-Verlag.

Heaney, H. (2018). Operationalizing expeditious reading strategies in tests of English as a foreign language. In G. Sigott (Ed.), Language testing in Austria: Taking stock (Vol. 40, pp. 703-721). Peter Lang.

Heaney, H., & Mewald, C. (Ed.) (2014). Darstellung der Kompetenzorientierung durch E8 Bildungsstandards im Unterricht der SEK1 in einem Multimedia Paket: Bildungsstandards Englisch 8. Unterrichtsvideos und Begleitmaterialien: Teaching reading. bifie. Bildungsstandards: Unterrichtsvideos und Begleitmaterialien

Heaney, H. (2013). Fleshing out CEFR descriptors at C1 and above for the assessment of academic writing in Departments of English at Austrian universities. Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2(1), 43-56.

Heaney, H. (2011). Does my text mean the same as yours? Cultural bias in reading tests. In M. B. Vukanovic, & I. Vodopija-Krstanovic (Eds.), The Global and Local Dimensions of English: Exploring Issues of Language and Culture (pp. 45-58). LIT Verlag.

Heaney, H. (2011). Issues in developing a tertiary-level English reading comprehension test.

Heaney, H. (2009). The role of memory while reading. In P. Antonitsch, A. Scherbantin, A. Theuermann, & V. Wakounig (Eds.), Zeit erinnern. Zum interdisziplinären und pädagogischen Umgang mit Zeit und Erinnerung (pp. 171-191). Drava Verlag.

Heaney, H. (2007). Reading for bachelors – mistressing reading skills. In E.-M. Graf, & A. R. James (Eds.), English Studies in Flux. New Peaks, New Shores, New Crossings (pp. 127-137). Narr Verlag.

Curriculum vitae

2011 PhD (Dr.phil.) in Applied Linguistics (testing), University of Klagenfurt
1993 Master's degree (Mag.phil.) in English and French (teacher education), University of Klagenfurt
1988 B.A. (Honours) in German and French, University of Durham, Great Britain

Teaching

Current position: Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Vienna (teacher education; previously also linguistics and language competence)
Research and teaching post at the Department of English, University of Klagenfurt (teacher education, linguistics, language competence)
CLIL workshops (in-service teacher training)
ESP (Medical English, Business English, Export & Tourism, Business Administration, Media and Communications, Computing)Team teacher in CLIL programme at a grammar school in Klagenfurt (music, natural sciences)
Teacher of English and French at secondary school, Austria

Research interests

Teacher education: English as a Foreign Language
Language testing
Reading skills & strategies

Promoting Language Assessment Literacies: From a unified componential view to situated developmental views in Austria and North Macedonia

Berger, A. (Speaker), Heaney, H. (Speaker), Kamberi, L. (Speaker) & Ismaili, A. E. (Speaker)

13 Dec 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Advancing language assessment literacy in second language teacher education: A research-informed approach to course design

Berger, A. (Speaker) & Heaney, H. (Speaker)

4 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Reforming teacher education to enhance language assessment literacy: New insights from pre-service teachers’ reflections

Berger, A. (Speaker) & Heaney, H. (Speaker)

3 Jul 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Exploring the vertical dimension of language assessment literacy: A content analysis of pre-service teachers’ reflections

Berger, A. (Speaker) & Heaney, H. (Speaker)

7 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science