Dr. Claudia Mustroph

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Curriculum vitae

Claudia Mustroph (née Owczarek) studied at the University of Göttingen and the Paris-Sorbonne University. She holds a master’s degree in ‘Teaching English as a Foreign Language’ (TEFL), in ‘Teaching French as a Foreign Language’ and in Philosophy. From 2010 to 2012, she was a scholar of the Hertie Foundation. In September 2016, Claudia Owczarek joined the Chair of TEFL at LMU Munich as a research associate.

In her doctoral thesis, Claudia conducted a mixed-methods-study on teachers' beliefs on multimodal literature in the EFL classroom. Her PhD project was completed with distinction (summa cum laude) in February 2022.

Claudia Mustroph is a member of the DGFF (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung) and alumnus of the Graduate School Language and Literature Munich (Class of Language Education). From 2020-2023, she was a member of the third-party funded ERASMUS+ project DiCE.Lang that focused on digital citizenship education in the foreign language classroom with project partners from Ireland, Portugal, Italy and Latvia. Currently, she is an associate member in the national BMBF project network Kokon which researches teacher cooperation in the context of digital school development https://kokon.digital.

Research interests

• Multiliteracies, multimodality, media literacy
• Digital literacy and literary learning
• Literature in foreign language teaching and learning
• Transcultural learning and digital citizenship education in EFL

Publications

• (2023) "Digitalität als Lerngegenstand im Englischunterricht". Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung, 34(1), 9-28. [peer-reviewed article].
• (2024, in print) "ChatGPT in foreign language education—Friend or foe? A quantitative study on pre-service teachers’ beliefs". Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, special issue "Language Learning and Teaching with ChatGPT“. (with Jeanine Steinbock) [peer-reviewed].
• (2024) "Theorie und Praxis waren optimal verknüpft." – Professionalisierung von Lehramtsstudierenden in der UNI-Klasse "Moderne Fremdsprachen"". Lehrerbildung@LMU, 28-43. https://doi.org/10.5282/LB/65 (with Michelle Stannard and Annkristin Schwalb).
• (2023) "Towards the Integration of Digital Citizenship in Foreign Language Education: Concepts, practices and training". Alsic. Apprentissage Des Langues et Systèmes d’Information et de Communication, Vol. 26, n° 1. https://doi.org/10.4000/alsic.6904 (with Giralt, M., Benini, S., Murray, L., Lütge, C., Erdemgil, Y., Simões, A. R., Senos, S., Bracci, L., Biagi, F., Čekse, I., & Merse, T.) [peer-reviewed].
• (2022). Zum Einsatz multimodaler Literatur im Englischunterricht: Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie zu den Überzeugungen bayerischer Lehrkräfte. LIT Verlag.
• (2022) „Intercultural Education through Civic Engagement: Service Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom.” In: McConachy, T., Golubeva, I. & Wagner, M. (Eds.). Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond: Evolving Concepts, Perspectives and Practices. Multilingual Matters. 149-167. (with Petra Rauschert).
• (2021) „In Real Life – Smart Gamer Girls advancing.” Englisch 5-10, 54(2). 18-21.
• (2020) "Digital Teaching and Learning: A Practical View.“ In: Lütge, Christiane & Merse, Thorsten, Eds.: Digital Teaching and Learning: Perspectives for English Language Education. Tübingen: Narr. 258-272.
• (2020) „Explore, Create, Collaborate: Open Educational Resources im Fremdsprachenunterricht.” In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht. 8-11. (with Christiane Lüge).
• (2019) „Konflikte friedlich lösen lernen - Zur Förderung demokratischer Kompetenzen im Fremdsprachenunterricht.“ In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 4/2019 (with Petra Rauschert).
• (2019) "Crossovers: Digitalization and Literature in Foreign Language Education", in: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, special issue 'Boarder Crossing in Language Education', 519-540 [peer-reviewed article]. (with Christiane Lütge, Thorsten Merse and Michelle Stannard).
• (2019) „Zur Rolle von Musik im kompetenzorientierten Fremdsprachenunterricht - audio literacy als Teil von multiliteracies.“ In: Falkenhagen, Charlott/Volkmann, Laurenz. Musik im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tübingen: Narr. (with Christiane Lütge).
• (2018) „Digitales Lernen im Englischunterricht.“ In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 4/2018 (with Christiane Lütge and Thorsten Merse).
• (2018) „Producing digital texts. Das Potential von digital storytelling im Englischunterricht nutzen.“ In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 4/2018.
• (2018) „Bildung in der digitalen Welt: eine Querschnittsaufgabe alles Fächer.“ In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 4/2018.
• (2018) „(Zu)hören im Medienzeitalter.“ In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 3/2018.
• (2017) "Intercultural Learning in the English Classroom through Chester Brown's Graphic Novel 'Louis Riel: A Comic‐Strip Biography'." Teaching Canada – Enseigner Le Canada. Wißner-Verlag. 267–276.
• (2017) "Summer Season Is Festival Season." Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 4/2017.

Presentations and Workshops

• “Zwischen Hashtags und Hate-Speech: Kritisch-reflexive Medienkompetenz im Fremdsprachenunterricht“. Workshop at the teacher training day “Digital Together – Bildung in einer digitalen Welt gestalten”, Münchner Zentrum für Lehrerbildung, 01.07.2022, online.
• “Digitaler Fremdsprachenunterricht: Perspektiven und Potentiale.“ Presentation for the Stiftung Bildungspakt Bayern. 02.05.2022. (online, with Christiane Lütge).
• “Welche Überzeugungen haben Lehrkräfte zu Innovationen im Englischunterricht? Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie am Beispiel von multimodaler Literatur.“ Presentation at the DGFF-Kongress "Standortbestimmungen", Universität Duisburg-Essen, 16.09.2021, online.
• “Multimodal Literature in the EFL Classroom – Exploring German EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices.” Presentation at the World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Universität Groningen, Niederlande, 17.08.2021, online.
• “Service Learning in Foreign Language Education: Peace Education hands-on.” Workshop with Petra Rauschert at the TEFL Day 2019: Global Education in the EFL Classroom, LMU Munich, 26.03.2019.
• "Zum Einsatz multimodaler Literatur im Englischunterricht - eine empirische Studie zu den Vorstellungen von bayrischen Lehrkräften im Sekundarschulbereich.“ Presentation at the DGFF Arbeitstagung für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs, Gießen, 12- 13 March, 2019.
• "Digitalization and Literature in Foreign Language Education." Symposium at the international conference "Language Education Across Borders", University of Graz, Austria, 08.12.2017. (together with Christiane Lütge, Thorsten Merse and Michelle Stannard)
• „Vom Smombie zum digital citizen - Förderung kritisch-reflexiver Medienkompetenz im Englischunterricht." Workshop at the teacher training day Digitale Bildung – zwischen Hype & Hybris, Münchner Zentrum für Lehrerbildung, 10.10.2018.
• "Multimodal Literature in the EFL Classroom - Exploring German EFL Teachers' Beliefs and Practices." Presentation at the 3rd International Psychology of Language Learning Conference (PLL3), Tokyo, June 7-10, 2018.
• "Multimodal Literature in the EFL Classroom – A Study of German EFL Teachers' Beliefs." Presentation at the AILA Junior Researcher's Meeting in Applied Linguistics, Vienna, 07.09.2017.
• "Zum Einsatz multimodaler Literatur im Englischunterricht – eine empirische Studie zu den Überzeugungen von Lehrkräften im Sekundarschulbereich." Presentation at Forschungsforum Fraueninsel, Chiemsee, 18.05.2017.
• "So, what else can it do?" – Towards Critical Media Literacy in the EFL Classroom." Presentation at the conference "Media Literacy in Foreign Language Education: Digital and Multimodal Perspectives"at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 13.03.2017.
• "Intercultural Learning in the English Classroom through Chester Brown's Graphic Novel 'Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography'." Presentation at the conference "Teaching Canada" at the University of Marburg, 27.06.2015.

Teaching

• WÜ: Digitality in EFL Teaching (GY, RS) (summer term 2023)
• HS: Research Methodology (summer term 2023)
• WÜ: Texts in EFL Teaching (GY, RS) (winter term 2022/23)
• Lektürekurs: Current Issues in English Language Education (summer term 2022)
• Multimodal Literacies: Foreign Language Teaching in the Era of Digital Media (summer term 2020)
• Forschungsseminar: Graphic Narratives in TEFL (summer term 2020)
• WÜ: Multimodal Texts in the EFL Classroom (GY, RS) (summer term 2019)
• Uniklasse: Digital Media in the EFL Literature Classroom (summer term 2018)
• Forschungsseminar: Exploring the Potential of Intercultural Learning in the Production-oriented Literature Classroom (summer term 2018)
• WÜ: Literature in the EFL Classroom (summer term 2017)
• Theorie und Praxis der Unterrichtsgestaltung für Englisch mit/ohne Praktikum (GY, RS) (multiple terms)
• Grundlagen der Fremdsprachendidaktik (multiple terms)