Mag. Dr. Helen Heaney, BA

T: +43-1-4277-42418

helen.heaney@univie.ac.at

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Consultation hours: In teaching weeks (S22):
Wednesday 11.00-12.00 (+43(0)1 4277-42418)
Email contact preferred; you will get a quick response.

Summer term 2022

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

124071 FK BEd 07.1: Materials Evaluation and Development

126241 FK Assessment

126242 FK Assessment

126290 KO Principles of English Language Teaching Methodology

Winter term 2021

120016 SE MEd 03: SE Applied Research Seminar - Language test development and validation: research perspectives

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

121010 VO STEOP: Language Analysis

124071 FK BEd 07.1: Materials Evaluation and Development

126241 FK Assessment / EFL Testing and Assessment

126242 FK Assessment / EFL Testing and Assessment

126290 KO Principles of English Language Teaching Methodology

Bauer-Marschallinger, S., Dalton-Puffer, C., Heaney, H., Katzinger, L., & Smit, U. (2021). CLIL for all? An exploratory study of reported pedagogical practices in Austrian secondary schools. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Special issue , 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2021.1996533

Heaney, H. (Accepted/In press). 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 Springer. English Language Education

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., & Kaltenböck, G. (Accepted/In press). 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 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. Beiträge zur Fremdsprachenforschung Vol. 15

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. Language Testing and Evaluation

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. Fremdsprachen in Lehre und Forschung Vol. 51

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. Language Testing and Evaluation

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

The difficulty of understanding the links between language assessment, teaching, and learning: An empirical continuum of assessment-related competencies

Armin Berger (Speaker) & Helen Heaney (Speaker)

10 Mar 2022

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

CLILvoc follow-up

Helen Heaney (Speaker) & Keith Kelly (Speaker)

18 Jan 2021

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