WCGS

Lecturer, University of Waterloo

PhD (Waterloo)

I am a lecturer in the Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo. I received my MA in German at the University of Waterloo in 2005. My research background is in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), conversation analysis and discourse analysis. In my PhD dissertation, which is at the intersection of SLA and interactional sociolinguistics, I focus on language learning in peer-to-peer small group interactions in pedagogy-related contexts. Understanding the social, linguistic and cognitive dimensions of learning in social interaction using conversation analysis and activity theory is at the centre of my current research interests. I taught a variety of undergraduate language courses in German during my graduate studies, including distance education online courses in German language and culture.