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

E-Mail: Carmen [dot] Amerstorfer [at] aau [dot] at
Telefon: +43 463 2700 2525
Raum: N.0.39 Hauptgebäude, Nordtrakt Mitte, Ebene 0

Sprechstunde: by appointment

Zugehörigkeit:

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Campus-Portal Visitenkarte | Lehrveranstaltungen | Forschung

Forschungsschwerpunkte / ÖSTAT-Sachgebiete

21st century skills teaching
Angewandte Pädagogik
Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft
Didaktik
Fachdidaktik Geisteswissenschaften
Hochschuldidaktik
Humanistic teaching approaches
Learner-centred teaching
Pädagogische Psychologie
Problem-based learning
Psychology of language learning and teaching
Schulpädagogik
Self-regulated learning
Sprachlehrforschung
Strategic language learning

Curriculum Vitae

Laufbahn

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, Belgium, Poland, 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, 21st century skills, 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 with Rebecca L. Oxford (2018, Bloomsbury) and Activating and Engaging Learners and Teachers: Perspectives for English Language Education with Max von Blanckenburg (2023, Narr Francke Attempto).

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

Guest Lecturer | Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland | October 2020 - February 2021

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

Ausbildung

Doktorat der Philosophie (PhD) | 2012 – 2016 | University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Master of Education TESOL | 2001 – 2004 | University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Diploma of Education | 1998 – 2002 | Private University College of Education Linz, Austria