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Lecturer of German and Russian, University of Waterloo PhD (Waterloo) I am a lecturer in the Germanic and Slavic Studies Department at the University of Waterloo. I carry out research in multilingual interaction and second language acquisition (SLA). My particular research interests lie in learner talk analysis, use of the first language in collaboration with additional languages, intercultural communication, multilingualism and identity in educational as well as non-educational contexts. In terms of theory and methodology, I am inspired by cultural-historical and socio-cultural theories, which I bring together in my empirically-driven research. Understanding the social, linguistic and cognitive dimensions of learning in multilingual interaction using the methodological approach of conversation analysis (CA) framed by Vygotskian socio-cultural theory is at the centre of my research interests. My teaching interests reflect my research pursuits - in particular, collaborating insights from diverse linguistic subfields and other disciplines to develop tools applicable to research on multilingual interaction and second language acquisition. I have taught a variety of undergraduate courses in class and coordinated distance education German online courses at the University of Waterloo. |
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