Dipl.-Päd. Dr. Carmen Monika Amerstorfer MEd TESOL
- +43 463 2700 2525
- Carmen [dot] Amerstorfer [at] aau [dot] at
- N.0.39
- by appointment
- 21st century skills teaching
- Applied education
- Applied linguistics
- Didactics
- Educational psychology
- Humanistic teaching approaches
- Language teaching research
- Learner-centred teaching
- Problem-based learning
- Psychology of language learning and teaching
- School pedagogy
- Self-regulated learning
- Strategic language learning
- Subject didactics of humanities
- University didactics
Professional Experience
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
PhD from Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt
Master of Education TESOL from the University of Edinburgh, UK
Diploma of Education from the Private University College of Education Linz
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