Outreach

In April 2022, Marion Coumel and I were plenary speakers at a colloquium ("Formation des Formateurs") for primary education teacher educators in Saint-Éstève, France (Académie de Montpellier). In this talk, we presented our preliminary findings of a large-scale cross-country comparison of teacher motivation, self-confidence, and teaching practices in English Language Teaching. The presentation was video-recorded after the on-site event for dissemination.

In April 2021, Marion Coumel and I were interviewed by Tore Nilsson and Una Cunningham from Stockholm University on the role of grammar teaching. The interview is part of the CIRCLE (Current inquiry and research conversations in language education) project, an online, freely accessible research reading circle for language teachers across the world. The CIRCLE page on the module of grammar teaching can be accessed here.

In July 2021, I won the Impact Award awarded by the City of Vienna and the University of Vienna. This award allowed me to pack my research findings into short videos according to different topics. These videos will be used for future outreach projects, such as teacher workshops. 

This classroom intervention project is conducted with four elementary school teachers as well as their 4th and 5th grade students (N = 140) in the French school district Académie de Montpellier. The intervention, provided throughout 2024/25, was based on extensive audiovisual input. Its effectiveness is measured using tests of word meaning recognition, listening and speaking skills, as well as learner attitudes. This project is carried out in close collaboration with Jean-Claude Tocabens (pedagogical advisor), Valérie Coumel (teacher and teacher trainer), and Shona Whyte (Professor at Université Nice Côte d'Azur). The first OSF pre-registration is available here.

In January 2023, The Association of Teachers of English in Finland published the new issue of the Yours Truly magazine. Pia Sundqvist and I are happy to be part of it, with our article Learning English through online games and TV shows? Teachers' views on opportunities for learning and implications for teaching.