Marion Spöring
Staff Profile
Contact Details:
Email: m.m.g.sporing@dundee.ac.uk
Tel: + 44 (0) 1382 384894
Qualifications
- First State Exam for Teachers (Erstes Staatsexamen in Germanistik, Russistik und Pädagogik),
Hamburg University, 1980 - Second State Exam for Teachers ( Zweites Staatsexamen), LEA Hamburg 1982 (teaching qualification)
- Master´s in Slavonic Studies, ( Magister artium) , Hamburg University, 1983
Membership of professional bodies
- Chartered Institute of Linguists
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Member of : IALIC, ALL, WEF, SIETAR
Career History
- 2004 to date: Senior Lecturer in Applied Language Studies
- 1994-2004: Lecturer in Language Studies in Continuing Education, then in CALS
- 1991-1994: Lecturer in German at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- 1989-1991: Teacher at Monkwearmouth School, Sunderland (member of GTC)
- 1988-1989: Lecturer at Wilmorton FE College, Derby
- 1986-1988: teacher /lecturer at New College, Durham, Longbenton Community High School, Newcastle and WEA
- 1984-1986: Lector in German at University of Newcastle (DAAD/ German Academic Exchange Service
- 1983-1984: part time lecturer Hamburg University and Bochum Lehrinstitut für Russische Sprache
- 1982-1983: research assistant Hamburg University, Slavonic Studies
- 1980-1982: student teacher in German and Russian at grammar schools in Hamburg
Teaching on undergraduate programme
- co-ordination of all German Undergraduate programmes
- teaching on all undergraduate German courses and LFA evening and summer classes
- teaching of Culture elements within the Language and Culture / Vision of Europe programme
Research and scholarly interests
- Intercultural awareness in language teaching and learning
- Post war German and Russian literature
- Benchmarking in languages and related studies
- Distance learning approaches in language teaching and learning
- Language teacher training and staff development
- European language policy
Main publications
Most recent
- Contributor to VENOCES, Vocational English online web based language learning platform (as part of European partner team) , 2008
- Languages on your Screen DVD with supporting website ( Baltic Languages for Beginners for speakers of English, German, French and Spanish) as part of European partner team, supported by SOCRATES), 2008 Networking on the Net. In EL Gazette. March 2006
- Spöring, M. (2005), I found myself hiding there between the lines. Holistic Approaches within a Virtual Learning Environment for Language Teaching Professionals. In: Penman, C. ed., Holistic Language Learning. Peter Lang. Frankfurt, p. 143-145
- McNeill, Spöring, Hartley, (2004), Benchmarking in Modern Languages in UK Higher Education: insights from the language teaching community. In: Language Learning journal: Winter, No. 30, p. 47-51
- Publications range from Russian literature to staff development , benchmarking and intercultural awareness from 1983 to date
Main current administrative roles (in programme under review)
- Co-ordinator of German modules
- Exams Officer
- Vision of Europe Co-ordinator
- Erasmus Officer
Other Roles
- Convener European Studies, MLitt in ELT/MLT
- Mediation panel for University
- DUCU Executive, SQA
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