Dipl.-Päd. Dr. Carmen Monika Amerstorfer, MEd TESOL

Professional Experience

Carmen M. Amerstorfer is a senior scientist and teacher educator at the Department of English at the University of Klagenfurt. She has worked at educational institutions in Austria, the Netherlands, and China and taught learners of all ages. In her current position, she applies a problem-based learning approach to her EFL teaching methodology courses. Her research interests include learner-centred teaching, strategic language learning, and features of psychology in language learning and teaching. In 2015, Carmen organised an international conference about language learning strategies, which is hosted biennially throughout the world. She co-edited Language Learning Strategies and Individual Learner Characteristics: Situating Strategy Use in Diverse Contexts (2018, Bloomsbury) with Rebecca L. Oxford. For further information, see carmenamerstorfer.com.

Senior Scientist | University of Klagenfurt, Austria | since August 2016

University Assistant | University of Klagenfurt, Austria | August 2012 – July 2016

Senior Lecturer | University of Klagenfurt, Austria | October 2010 – July 2012

Supply Teacher | HS 5 Villach, Austria | January 2009 – September 2009

EAL Teacher | Shanghai Rego International School, China | September 2007 – December 2008

English Teacher | Fortune Kindergarten Shanghai, China | September 2006 – August 2007

University Lecturer | Maastricht University Language Centre, Netherlands | October 2002 – November 2006

PhD from  Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt

Master of Education TESOL from the University of Edinburgh, UK

Diploma of Education from the Private University College of Education Linz