Gerhard Wazel

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Gerhard Wazel

Gerhard Wazel (born March 24, 1939 in Niederfalkenau near Děčín ) is a German specialist in German and English.

Fields of activity

After studying to be a teacher in German, English and pedagogy at the University of Jena (1957–1962), Wazel passed the state examination before becoming a Dr. phil. and in 1978 Dr. sc. paed. received his doctorate. From 1962 to 1964 he worked as a teacher for German and English at the Humboldt High School in Erfurt, then from 1964 to 1991 as a research assistant and later as a university professor at the University of Jena . His teaching and research activities also extend to universities and language institutes in Belgium, Bosnia, Finland, Denmark, Germany, France, Georgia, India, Italy, Canada, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Norway, Austria, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and the USA. Gerhard Wazel is the author and editor of publications, teaching materials and software in the areas of didactics - German as a foreign language , applied linguistics , intercultural communication and multimedia / interactive media in education, business and administration.

Educational software

Since his doctorate on programmed grammar lessons in 1969, Gerhard Wazel has been working on the development, testing and didactic evaluation of learning software in the field of German as a foreign language with the aim of “working out criteria for the selection and elaboration of software in the various areas of application, popularizing it and the users to familiarize them with it, in order to enable them to actively, critically use the excessive supply. "

Intercultural communication

A second focus in research and teaching is dealing with the intercultural conditions of successful business partnerships between German and foreign companies. Those who do not know and observe the norms of foreign cultures “do bad business and make few friends”. Since “intercultural sensitivity does not correspond to the original nature of the human being”, it has to be “developed and trained.” G. Wazel's examination of intercultural competence is strongly practice-oriented, for example when dealing with websites and advertising strategies of globally operating companies.

Managing Director of the IIK

IIK branch in Ansbach

As a founding member and managing director, Wazel has been working at the Institute for Intercultural Communication (IIK) since 1991 . The association wants to "contribute to international understanding through courses, seminars, conferences, symposia, excursions, through the promotion of scientific research projects, through the production of publications, translations, multimedia productions, through contacts and encounters between people from German, European and non-European regions." In particular, as coordinator of and participant in EU education projects, Gerhard Wazel and IIK eV combine the focus of intercultural communication and software development for foreign language teaching . An example of this is the development of blended learning concepts, such as 2011: "Business Communication German" - Multilingual intercultural business communication for Europe, and most recently in 2014: "Intercultural Medical Communication in Europe".

Publications (selection)

  • Modern language teaching - teacher training and teacher training, conference report V. International German teachers conference. Leipzig 1979.
  • Prolegomena for German studies abroad for native speakers. In: G. Wazel et al. (Ed.): Recent developments in German as a foreign language. Scientific contributions from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena 1989.
  • Not Just Five Difficulties in Writing the Truth: How to Treat Modern History in Language Classes. AATG Kassel, 1996.
  • with Hartmut Schröder (Ed.): Foreign language learning and interactive media, documentation of a colloquium at the European University Viadrina. Publishing house Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1996.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The pedagogical, methodological and linguistic requirements and regularities of complex language teaching with foreign German teacher students: illustrated using the example of the development, determination and evaluation of speech performance. Habilitation (Diss. B). Univ., Social Science Fak., Jena 1978.
  2. ↑ List of publications: books and magazine articles (PDF; 54 kB)
  3. ↑ Annemarie Kramarczyk, Gerhard Wazel: Learning programs in grammar lessons: Investigations for the elaboration, testing and optimization of learning programs for the 5th and 6th grade and their didactic integration into the teaching process. Dissertation . Social sciences F., Jena, February 10, 1969.
  4. ↑ G. Wazel: Effects of the use of interactive media on the teaching and learning process. IIK Ansbach eV, 2000. (Electronic publication: http://www.iik.de/ )
  5. ↑ Slalom around the fat bowls. Professor Gerhard Wazel teaches respect for foreign cultures. iik.de
  6. ↑ Intercultural marketing communication via new media. In: G. Wazel (Ed.): Intercultural communication in business and foreign language teaching. (= German as a foreign language under discussion. Volume 5). Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2001, ISBN 3-631-38063-1 , pp. 17-68, p. 33.
  7. ↑ s. e.g .: digital intercultural marketing for small and medium-sized companies. In: Martin Hahn, Sabine Ylönen (Hrsg.): Advertising communication in change. Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2001, ISBN 3-631-36564-0 , pp. 19-40.
  8. ↑ Martin Hahn, Gerhard Wazel (Ed.): Theory and practice of DaF and DaZ lessons today. 20 years Institute for Intercultural Communication eV Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2011, foreword, p. 7.
  9. ↑ mig-komm.eu
  10. ↑ imed-komm.eu

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personal data
SURNAME Wazel, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German specialist in German and English
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederfalkenau near Děčín