Dr. Christine Schallmoser

Biography

Graduating from the University of Vienna, Christine Schallmoser holds MAs in Hispanic Linguistics (2008), Teaching and Education with a focus on German-Spanish (2011), and German as a Foreign Language (2012). She taught German at the Goethe-Institut in Buenos Aires and at the Vienna University of Technology before joining the German Department at King’s College London in 2011 as an OeAD-Lektorin. In 2016, she was appointed Language Co-ordinator and became a Lecturer in German Language Education in 2019. Christine’s research focuses on language acquisition and language teaching methodologies. She is actively involved in projects centered on inclusion, diversity, and decolonization in the Modern Language Curriculum, receiving funding from King’s Race Equity & Inclusive Education Fund (REIEF). She works closely with undergraduate research assistants to improve curriculum design based on student perspectives and collaborates with the University College of Teacher Education in Vienna/Krems on emotional aspects of language learning. Christine has also received funding from the AHRC for the Language Acts and Worldmaking project and explores e-tandem language learning effects on student engagement.

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