Tanja Angelovska

photo by M. Bungratz

Contact information:

Prof. Dr. Tanja Angelovska

Research on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Institute for English and American Studies

FB 02 Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies

University of Kassel

Kurt-Wolters-Str. 5

34125 Kassel/Germany

E-Mail: angelovska@uni-kassel.de

RESEARCH INTERESTS (AND AREAS OF SUPERVISION):

Language Acquisition:

L2/L3 input processing by children and adults
Second and third (or additional) language acquisition in children and adults using behavioral and (neuro-) cognitive measures
Bilingual acquisition: Code-switching and the effects of bilingualism on cognitive functions in relation to factors, such as frequency, language dominance, proficiency, etc. using psycholinguistic methodologies
Multilingual acquisition: (morpho)syntactic transfer and (neuro-)cognitive constraints

Language Teaching:

Instructed L2/L3/Ln acquisition: (psycho/neuro)-linguistically-informed evidence-based pedagogies for L2/L3/Ln teaching; the effects of research-based grammar instructional interventions (e.g. Processing Instruction, Input Enhancement), etc.
Bilingual teaching
Multilingual education
Teachers' multilingual competences
Engagement in EFL Learning
Media Didactics: the use of digital tools in EFL learning and teaching, MALL, CALL, modality etc.
Early ELL in (pre-)primary school settings

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ROLES

RESEARCH GROUPS/LABS/CENTRES PARTNERSHIPS:

Since 2019: the Brain & Cognition Lab (Texas A&M University, USA)
Since 2018: international partner and a research group member of the project "Acquisition of English in the Multilingual Classroom" (2018-2022) funded by the Research Council of Norway at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Since 06/2018: the Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, & Cognition (LAM-C) Laboratory, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
Since 05/2019: the Centre for Research and Enterprise in Language (CREL), University of Greenwich, UK

Since 06/2018: the Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Language Sciences and Education (CARILSE), University of Portsmouth, UK
10/2014 - 05/2019: the Centre for Applied Research and Outreach in Language Education (CAROLE), University of Greenwich, UK

EDITORIAL WORK:

Associate Editor of Ampersand: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language Sciences and Bilingualism

Editorial Board Memberships:

Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices (Equinox Publishing)
Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Equinox Publishing)
Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2019 - 2021 (Equinox Publ.)
The Linguistics Journal

Ad-hoc reviewer for:

Journals:

The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Language Teaching
Language Teaching Research
International Journal of Bilingualism
System
The International Journal of Multilingualism
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (SSLLT)
Applied Linguistics
Language and Speech
International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Publishers:

Cambridge University Press
Bloomsbury Academic Publishing
John Benjamins
Wiley Publ.
Springer Publ.

Ad-hoc grant reviewer for:

The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium
The Research Fund of the Austrian National Bank (ÖNB), Austria
Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft (ÖFG), Austria
National Science Centre, Poland

FORMER ACTIVITIES AND ROLES IN AUSTRIA

Austrian Society for Language Learning and Teaching (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Sprachdidaktik/ ÖGSD) - Board member (Vorstandsmitglied)
Austrian Society for Teaching (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik (ÖGFD) )- Deputy member for ELT (Vorstandsmitglied für Englisch als Unterrichtsfach)

CV

Educational background:

04/ 2018

Habilitation (venia for "English Linguistics" and "Foreign Language Teaching")

Topic: Comprehension and Production in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA): Psycholinguistic Accounts and Teaching Implications

University of Salzburg, Austria

04/ 2006 – 07/2010

Ph.D. in English Linguistics and TESOL

Topic: Second Language Pronunciation: Attainment and Assessment

Ph.D. supervision: 1st Prof. Dr. Angela Hahn; 2nd Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmid

University of Munich (LMU), Germany

10/ 2001 – 02/2006

Master of Arts (Magisterartium) in English Linguistics (major) and German Linguistics and ELT Education (minors)

University of Munich (LMU), Germany

Current position (since 03/2024):

Full professor and chair holder of "Research on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching"

Institute for English and American Studies

University of Kassel, Germany

Previous positions:

06/2018-2/2024

Associate Professor of English Applied Linguistics and TEFL

Department for English and American Studies

University of Salzburg, Austria

03/2015 – 05/2018

Assistant Professor of English Applied Linguistics and TEFL

Department for English and American Studies

University of Salzburg, Austria

11/2012 – 02/2015

Post-doc in Linguistics and TEFL (wiss. Oberassistentin)

Department for English and American Studies

Applied Linguistics and Media Language Education (Prof. Dr. Angela Hahn)

University of Munich (LMU), Germany

02/2012 – 10/2012

Visiting Post-doc Leverhulme Research Fellow

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Research group of Alessandro Benati

University of Greenwich, London, UK

08/2010 – 01/2012

Post-doc in English Linguistics and TEFL (wiss. Mitarbeiterin)

Department for English and American Studies

Applied Linguistics and Media Language Education (Prof. Dr. Angela Hahn)

University of Munich (LMU), Germany

04/2006 – 07/2010

Adjunct Lecturer & PhD student (Lehrbeauftragte & Doktorandin)

Department for English and American Studies

University of Munich (LMU), Germany