Katrin Biebighäuser
- Function
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- Section 3
- Research Associate of ZMI-Transfer
- Section 3
- Katrin Biebighäuser
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- Contact
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ContactDepartment of German
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10 B (room B 11)
35394 Giessen
GermanyTel: +49 (0)641 99 29106Fax: +49 (0)641 99 29109
- Short Biography
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Professional milestones
- since 2011 Research Associate at the Department of German, Giessen University
- 10/2010 - 06/2012 teacher of German language at Goethe Institute in the virtual world of Second Life
- July 2010 co-founder of ZMI-Transfer
- 09/2008 – 09/2011 Research Associate in the Joint Research Project "Cultural Techniques and their Mediatization", Project B3: "Electronic literacy in history teaching and foreign language teaching"
- 07/2008 – 10/2010 tutor of the Goethe-Institutes Voice-Chat in the virtual world of Second Life
- 01/2008 – 09/2008 Research Associate in the project "JETZT Deutsch lernen" of Giessen University and Goethe-Institute
- 01/2008 – 07/2008 Research Associate at the professorchip German as foreign language
- 08/2006 – 11/2006 student assistant at the professorchip German as foreign language
- 03/2004 – 10/2008 tutor in the educational chat of the project "JETZT Deutsch lernen"
Studies
- Spring 2008 First state examination for teaching at grammar schools, additional examination for teaching German as a foreign language
- Fall 2007 First state examination for teaching German language and Social Science at grammar schools
- Examination paper: Use of digital media in the Orange Revolution in Ukraine
- 04/2005 – 05/2008 Additional subject German as foreign language (L3) at Giessen University; focus on generation of learning material, study with new media
- 10/2002 – 10/2007 German language and Social Science for teaching at grammar schools (L3) at Giessen University; focus on media and politics, use of media in class
- Main Research Interests
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- teaching of regional and cultural studies with the help of digital media during foreign language classes
- learning of foreign languages in virtual worlds
- task-oriented teaching of foreign languages