Dissertations
The section has also been active in the area of ELT research for many years and has a long history of international publications and cooperations.
Since winter semester 2013/14, the University of Graz also has a Doctoral School for Research into Teaching and Learning. Within the Doctoral School, there is also a specialized programme for Language Learning and Teaching Research headed by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sarah Mercer. This Doctoral Programme is designed to promote focused academic exchange in this specialized area and encourage networking across foreign language disciplines.
In DoCNet, professors for language didactics from the universities of Graz, Erfurt and Klagenfurt have been working together with all of their PhD students for an intensive weekend of seminars, presentations and workshops. Every year, Prof. Sarah Mercer (University of Graz), Prof. Friederike Klippel (LMU München) and Prof. Petra Kirchhoff (University of Erfurt, formerly at University of Regensburg) organise a symposium, which gives students the chance to present and discuss their research, theoretical frameworks and empirical methods.
Below you'll find a list of dissertations that have been written in the area of ELT in the department.
Ongoing Dissertations
- Gruber, Johanna, The Use of CLIL in Styrian Upper School EFL Classrooms
- Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD
- Hempkin, Kirsten Margaret, The Path Less-Travelled: Language Teacher Identity Outside the State Context
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Kletzenbauer, Petra: Challenges and Perspectives of CLIL practice in higher education: Linguistic and pedagogical initiatives at the University of Applied Sciences
Supervisor: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.phil. Margit Reitbauer - Kocsis, Viktor: Investigating the Efficacy of Linguistic Strategies in the EFL Classroom
Supervisor: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.phil. Margit Reitbauer - Lämmerer, Anita: Exploring the Psychology of Pre-service Teachers in CLIL Teacher Education
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Mairi, Salam, Investigating teacher educators' professional growth and perceived challenges during the COVID-19 online teaching period in the context of English language teacher education programs (ELTEP) in Indonesia
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Mairitsch, Astrid, Teacher status and Teachers portrayal in Austrian newspapers during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Meštrović Štajduhar, Irene: Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in speaking and writing: Exploring Croatian university students' perceptions of factors affecting their WTC in an EFL classroom
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Platzer, Katharina, Global skills in the EFL classroom: Teacher and learner perspectives
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Seidl, Eva: Einsemestrige Auslandsstipendienaufenthalte aus studentischer Perspektive
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Shin, Eun-Sun, Examining the wellbeing of university EFL teachers in the Korean context
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Tezak, Katja: Student Task Engagement in EFL Creative Writing
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Vaić, Nikolina: A longitudinal study of Croatian Erasmus students' foreign language learning beliefs in a study abroad context
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD
- Babić, Sonja, Psychological capital in third-age language teachers. Positive psychological resources supporting third-age language teachers' professional well-being
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD
- Begić, Ines: Towards an understanding of the relations between time perspectives and L2 motivation
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD - Talbot, Kyle, University ESL/EFL teachers' professional subjective well-being and modes of self-regulation
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA MSc PhD
- Rusinovci, Xhevdet: EFL students' perceptions and pracitces of process-genre approach in writing compositions. A study in a Kosovan high school
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Elizabeth Erling, PhD
- Oberdorfer, Pia: How CLIL R U? The Teacher Identities, Beliefs and Reported Practices of CLIL Teachers in Austrian Secondary Schools
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Mercer, BA MA PhD
- Hofer, Marie-Theres: PrimA-CLIL. Multiple Stakeholders' Perceptions of CLIL and Its Implementation at the Primary School Level in Austria
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Mercer, BA MA PhD - Saleem, Mehvish: Exploring ESL teachers' psychology from a holistic perspective
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Sarah Jane Mercer, BA MA PhD - Schumm Fauster, Jennifer: Using Young Adult Literature at the tertiary level: An Intercultural Approach to EFL
Supervisor: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Margit Reitbauer - Fasching, Maria: Drama- und Theaterpädagogik im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Zur Evaluierung und Implementierung eines dramapädagogisch-orientierten Fremdsprachenunterrichts von der Primar- bis zur Sekundarstufe II
Supervisor: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. David Newby - Waldhaus, Christoph: Komplexe Dynamische Evaluation (KDE) – Annäherung an ein Instrument zur Optimierung des universitären Fremdsprachenunterrichts
First Supervisor: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. David Newby
Second Supervisor: O. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Paul Portmann-Tselikas
