Bernd Rüschoff

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Bernd Rüschoff is a German English and linguist with a focus on applied linguistics and a specialist didactic and media scientist .

Life

Rüschoff studied from 1973 to 1977 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster the subjects English and Russian teacher , then studied at the University of Alberta in Canada and eventually received his doctorate in 1982 at the University of London in the UK . He has been teaching at the University of Duisburg-Essen since 1998 , where he heads the Didactics - Applied Linguistics - Technology-Supported Language Learning Department at the Institute for Anglophone Studies . The main research focus is on foreign language didactics , the use of digital media in foreign language teaching , principles of language acquisition and corpus linguistics and its potential for foreign language learning processes. Other areas of work are bilingualism and early foreign language acquisition as well as aspects of intercultural learning in foreign language classes. From 1993 to 1998 he taught English as a professor at the Karlsruhe University of Education . From 1983 to 1993, Bernd Rüschoff headed the department for language teaching and language teaching research at the AVMZ (media center) of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal .

In August 2011 Rüschoff was elected President of the World Association for Applied Linguistics - AILA Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée . He held this office until his resignation from the AILA executive as Past President until 2017. From 2000 to 2005 he was President of EUROCALL, the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning. From 2006 to 2012 he was President of the Society for Applied Linguistics eV

As part of his research, Bernd Rüschoff has carried out a large number of national and international projects on the use of digital media in language learning as well as innovative teaching and learning concepts for foreign language learning. In addition, he regularly works on media didactic projects of the Council of Europe . For AILA he is also a member of the Professional Network Forum, a think tank of the European Center for Foreign Languages ​​of the Council of Europe in Graz. Since 2018 he has been a member of an expert group of the Council of Europe, which supports activities in the context of the publication of the CEFR Companion Volume and the current extensions of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

literature

  • Foreign language teaching with computerized materials. Didactic considerations and examples. Munich 1988, ISBN 3-19-006986-7 .
  • with Dieter Wolff: Foreign language learning in the knowledge society: On the use of new technologies in schools and lessons. Munich 1999, ISBN 3-19-006627-2 .
  • with Dieter Wolff: Writing and speaking in foreign language work. Study letter linguistics English. Distance learning project: foreign languages ​​in elementary and secondary schools. University of Koblenz-Landau, Dept. Koblenz 2000.
  • with Katja Heim (Ed.): Involving Language Learners. Success stories and constraints. Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr, Duisburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-942158-20-6 .
  • Intercultural learning and digital media in foreign language lessons. In: E. Werlen, F. Tissot (ed.): Applied linguistics and language mediation in Europe. Contributions of applied linguistics to the dialogue between science and society. Volume 2, Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, Baltmannsweiler 2008, pp. 17–34.
  • Digital media and process-oriented learning to promote linguistic and strategic competence in foreign language learning. In: FLuL - foreign languages ​​teaching and learning. (Main focus: strategies in foreign language teaching) 38 (2009), ISBN 978-3-8233-5959-3 , pp. 175–188.
  • Output-Oriented Language Learning With Digital Media. In: M. Thomas (Ed.): Handbook of Research on Web 2.0 and Second Language Learning. Idea group Publishing, Hershey et al. 2009, ISBN 978-1-60566-190-2 , pp. 42-59.
  • Digital tools in foreign language teaching: from PC and tutor program to social software and participatory authoring in Web 2.0. In: M. Albl-Mikasa, S. Braun, S. Kalina (Ed.): Dimensions of Second Language Research. Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8233-6536-5 .
  • with Graham Davies and Sue Otto: Historical Perspective on CALL. In: M. Thomas, H. Reinders, M. Warschauer (Eds.): Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Contemporary Linguistics Series. Bloomsbury Academic, London / New York 2012, ISBN 978-1-4411-9362-9 , pp. 19-38.
  • Comics in Language Learning: The Pedagogical, Didactic, and Methodological Framework. In: C. Ludwig, FE Pointner (Ed.): Teaching Comics in the Foreign Language Classroom. WVT, Trier 2013, ISBN 978-3-86821-484-0 , pp. 5–25.
  • with Julian Sudhoff and Dieter Wolff: CLIL Revisited: A critical analysis of the current state of bilingual subject teaching. Frankfurt a. M., New York: Peter Lang Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3-631-65662-4
  • Teaching Aids and Materials . In: John Leontas et al. (Ed.): The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching . Wiley, 2018, ISBN 978-1-118-78422-8 , doi : 10.1002 / 9781118784235.eelt0189 (English).
  • Teaching Aids and Materials . In: John Leontas et al. (Ed.): The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching . Wiley, 2018, ISBN 978-1-118-78422-8 , doi : 10.1002 / 9781118784235.eelt0209 (English, with Julian Sudhoff).

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personal data
SURNAME Rüschoff, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German English and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century