Prof. Dr. Sandra Götz-Lehmann

Sandra Götz-Lehmann
Foto: Markus Farnung

Universitätsprofessorin

Kontaktdaten

+49 6421 28-25579 +49 6421 28-26673 sandra.goetzlehmann@ 1 Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6
35032 Marburg
W|02 Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute (Raum: 00015)

  • Biography

    Work Experience

    since 2020 Associate Professor Didactics and Linguistics of the English Language ("Sprachdidaktik und Sprachwissenschaft des Englischen"), Philipps University, Marburg
    2016-2020 Akademische Oberrätin in English Linguistis, Justus Liebig University, Giessen
    2014-2016 Tenured Senior Lecturer (Akademische Rätin) in English Linguistics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen
    2012-2014 Senior Lecturer (Akademische Rätin a.Z.) in English Linguistics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen
    Spring 2009 Teaching Assistant, Macquarie University, Sydney
    2006-2012 Research Assistant in English Linguistics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen

    International Short-Term Research/Teaching Stays

    09/2019 Visiting Scholar at the English Department, University of Turku, Finland (by invitation)
    03/2019 Visiting Scholar at Macquarie University, Sydney
    (DAAD PPP mobility)
    04/2017 Visiting Scholar at the English Department, Charles University, Prague
    (ERASMUS+ staff mobility)
    08/2013 Visiting Scholar at the English Department, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
    (DAAD ISAP mobility)
    03/2013 Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Language and Communication (Centre for English Corpus Linguistics), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (ERASMUS+ staff mobility)
    03/2012 Visiting Scholar at the English Department, University of Ghana, Legon
    (DAAD ISAP mobility)
    2009 Visiting scholar and fieldwork at Macquarie University, Sydney (spring term February-May)
    (MQ-RES & DAAD scholarships)
    2008 Visiting scholar and fieldwork at Macquarie University, Sydney (spring term February-May)
    (MQ-RES scholarship)
    2002-2003 Exchange student at the University of California, Los Angeles
    (EAP scholarship)

    Academic Education

    2011 PhD in English Linguistics / European Languages with a dissertation on "Fluency in Native and Nonnative English Speech" (Cotutelle-PhD of Justus Liebig University, Giessen & Macquarie University, Sydney)
    2006 M.A. "Language Technology and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning" at Justus Liebig University, Giessen
    2004 B.A. "English and American Language, Literature, and Culture" (minors: applied informatics, Spanish) at University of Bayreuth & University of California, Los Angeles

    Memberships and Activities

    since 2021 Co-Editor of the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research (IJLCR)
    since 2014 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC)
    since 2011  Member of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME)
    2014-2022 Board Member of the Learner Corpus Association (LCA) 
    2013-2020 Book Review Editor of the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research (IJLCR)
    2009-2011 Member of the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)
    2007-2020 Member of the Center for Media and Interactivity (ZMI), Section 3: Educational Linguistics
    2006-2013 Coordination of the Research Network Educational Linguistics

  • Publications

    Monographs, Edited Volumes and Special Issues

    • Leńko-Szymańska, Agnieszka & Sandra Götz (eds) (2022): Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Learner Corpus Research. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
    • Götz, Sandra & Joybrato Mukherjee (eds) (2019): Learner Corpora and Language Teaching. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
    • Deshors, Sandra C., Sandra Götz & Samantha Laporte (eds) (2018): Corpus-Linguistic Perspectives on Linguistic Innovations in Non-Native Englishes. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [reprint of Deshors, Götz & Laporte (eds) (2016)]
    • Deshors, Sandra C., Sandra Götz & Samantha Laporte (eds) (2016): International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 2(2): Special issue on "Corpus-Linguistic Perspectives on Linguistic Innovations in Non-Native Englishes".
    • Callies, Marcus & Sandra Götz (eds) (2015): Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
    • Götz, Sandra (2013): Fluency in Native and Nonnative English Speech. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
    • Dose, Stefanie, Sandra Götz, Thorsten Brato & Christiane Brand (eds) (2010): Norms in Educational Linguistics: Linguistic, didactic and cultural perspectives - Normen in Educational Linguistics: Sprachwissenschaftliche, didaktische und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.  

    Articles and Book Chapters

    To Appear

    • Götz, Sandra & Kathrin Kircili (to appear): „Non-canonical Syntax in South Asian Varieties of English: A Corpus-based Study on the Introductory it Pattern". In: Teresa Pham & Sven Leuckert (eds), Non-Canonical English Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
    • Götz, Sandra (to appear): „Corpora in Teaching EIL“. In: Nicola Galloway & Ali Fuad Selvi (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English as an International Language. London/New York: Routledge.
    • Puga, Karin, Kathrin Kircili & Sandra Götz (to appear): „Syntactic segmentation of spoken corpus data: What prosody can contribute“. In: Sarah Buschfeld, Theresa Neumaier, Patricia Ronan, Andreas Weilinghoff & Lisa Westermayer (eds), Crossing Boundaries through Corpora: Innovative approaches to corpus linguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

    2023

    • Peltonen, Pauliina, Loulou Kosmala, Sandra Götz & Pekka Lintunen (2023): „The interplay between speech fluency and gesture in L1 Finnish and L2 English task-based interactions“. Proceedings of Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech 2023. University of Bielefeld.

    2022

    • Götz, Sandra (2022): "Epicentral influences of Indian English on Nepali English“, World Englishes 41(3), 347-360.
    • Götz, Sandra (2022): "Learner corpora to inform testing and assessment”. In: Reka R. Jablonkai & Eniko Csomay (eds), Routledge Handbook of Corpora and Language Teaching and Learning. London/New York: Routledge, 311-325.
    • Götz, Sandra, Christoph Wolk & Katja Jäschke (2022): "Contextualizing fluency in advanced spoken learner language: A contrastive interlanguage analysis across L1s, task types and learning context variables“. In: Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska & Sandra Götz (eds), Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Learner Corpus Research. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 273-297.
    • Leńko-Szymańska, Agnieszka & Sandra Götz (2022): "Complexity, accuracy and fluency in learner corpus research: Setting the Scene". In: Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska & Sandra Götz (eds): Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Learner Corpora. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1-19. 

    2021

    • Bernaisch, Tobias & Sandra Götz (2021): "Tracing stylistic variation in ENL, ESL and EFL: A corpus-based study on nominal and verbal styles of first-, second- and foreign-language users". In Pamela Peters & Kate Burridge (eds), Exploring the Ecology of World Englishes: Language, Society and Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 215-237.
    • Gerlach, David & Sandra Götz (2021a): "Kreatives Schreiben im Englischunterricht Eine korpuslinguistische und genreanalytische Betrachtung von Schreibprodukten der Sekundarstufe I", ZFF – Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung 32(2), 203-228. 
    • Gerlach, David & Sandra Götz (2021b): "The Creative Writing in English Teaching (CWiLT) Corpus: Handbook and Corpus Files“. Department of English and American Studies, Philipps University Marburg. Available at <http://dx.doi.org/10.17192/fdr/57>.
    • Götz, Sandra (2021): "Analyzing a learner corpus with a concordancer". In: Nicole Tracy-Ventura & Magali Paquot (eds), Routledge Handbook of SLA and Corpora. London/New York: Routledge, 68-89.
    • Werner, Valentin, Robert Fuchs & Sandra Götz (2021): "L1 influence vs. universal learning mechanisms: A case study on the acquisition of the English Present Perfect". In Bert Le Bruyn & Magali Paquot (eds), Second Language Acquisition and Learner Corpora. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 39-66. 
    • Wolk, Christoph, Sandra Götz & Katja Jäschke (2021): "Possibilities and drawbacks of using an online application for semi-automatic corpus analysis to investigate discourse markers and alternative fluency variables", Corpus Pragmatics 5(1), 7-36. (available here)

     2020

    • Deshors, Sandra C. & Sandra Götz (2020): "Common ground across globalized English varieties: A multivariate exploration of mental predicates in World Englishes", Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 16(1), 1-28.

    2019

    • Götz, Sandra (2019): "Filled pauses across proficiency levels, L1s and learning context variables: A multivariate exploration of the Trinity Lancaster Corpus Sample", International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 5(2), 159-180.
    • Götz, Sandra (2019): "Do learning context variables have an effect on learners' (dis)fluency? Language-specific vs. universal patterns in advanced learners' use of filled pauses". In Liesbeth Degand, Gaëtanelle Gilquin, Laurence Meurant, Anne Catherine Simon (eds), Fluency and Disfluency across Languages and Language Varieties. Louvain-la-neuve: Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 177-196.
    • Götz, Sandra & Joybrato Mukherjee (2019): "Introduction: Learner Corpora and Language Teaching". In Sandra Götz & Joybrato Mukherjee (eds), Learner Corpora and Language Teaching. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1-4.
    • Götz, Sandra, Valentin Werner & Robert Fuchs (2019): "Temporal adverbials in the acquisition of past-time reference: A cross-sectional study of L1 German and Cantonese learners of English". In Andrea Abel, Aivars Glaznieks, Verena Lyding & Lionel Nicolas (eds), Widening the Scope of Learner Corpus Research. Selected Papers from the Fourth Learner Corpus Research Conference. Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 43-70.

    2018

    • Deshors, Sandra C., Sandra Götz & Samantha Laporte (2018): "Linguistic innovations in EFL and ESL: Rethinking the linguistic creativity of non-native English speakers". In: Sandra C. Deshors, Sandra Götz & Samantha Laporte (eds), Corpus-Linguistic Perspectives on Linguistic Innovations in Non-Native Englishes. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1-20. [reprint of Deshors, Götz & Laporte (2016)]
    • Götz, Sandra & Joybrato Mukherjee (2018): "The effect of the study abroad variable in spoken learner language: A pseudo-longitudinal study on spoken German learner English". In: Vaclav Brezina & Lynne Flowerdew (eds), Learner Corpus Research: New perspectives and applications. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 47-65.

    2017

    • Götz, Sandra (2017): "Non-canonical syntax in south-Asian varieties of English: A corpus-based pilot study on fronting", ZAA - Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 65(3), 265-281.
    • Puga, Karin & Sandra Götz (2017): "Keep out of reach of children! Introducing the Corpus of Product Information (CoPI) and its potential for corpus-based genre teaching", Corpora 12(3), 393-423.

    2016

    • Deshors, Sandra C., Sandra Götz & Samantha Laporte (2016): "Linguistic innovations in EFL and ESL: Rethinking the linguistic creativity of non-native English speakers", International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 2(2), 131-150. 
    • Dose-Heidelmayer, Stefanie & Sandra Götz (2016): "The progressive in advanced spoken learner language: A corpus-based analysis of use and misuse", International Review of Applied Linguistics 54(3), 229-256. 
    • Falk, Simon & Sandra Götz (2016): "Interactivity in Mobile Learning Applications: A case study based on Duolingo". In: Tamara Zeyer, Sebastian Stuhlmann & Roger D. Jones (eds), Interaktivität beim Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen mit digitalen Medien. Hit oder Hype? Tübingen: Narr, 237-258.
    • Fuchs, Robert, Sandra Götz & Valentin Werner (2016): "The present perfect in learner Englishes: A corpus-based case study on L1 German intermediate and advanced speech and writing". In: Valentin Werner, Elena Seoane & Cristina Suárez-Gómez (eds), Re-Assessing the Present Perfect. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 297-337.
    • Pérez-Paredes, Pascual, Grainne Conole, Fanny Meunier, Sandra Götz, Dogan Bulut, Carlos Ordoñana, Karin Puga, Julie van de Vyver, Pilar Aguado, Gregorio Martínez, Purificación Sánchez, Ibrahim Ercan & Stefanie Hehner (2016): "Technical Report: Adult language learning in informal settings. The role of mobile learning". 
      <http://www.tellop.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Output_06.pdf> 
    • Pérez-Paredes, Pascual, Sandra Götz, Fanny Meunier, Dogan Bulut, Grainne Conole, Carlos Ordoñana, Karin Puga, Julie Van de Vyver, Pilar Aguado, Gregorio Martínez, Purificación Sánchez, Ibrahim Ercan & Stefanie Hehner (2016): "Language learning in Higher education institutions. The role of mobile learning and the possibilities of Data-driven language learning". <http://www.tellop.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Output_07.pdf>

    2015

    • Callies, Marcus & Sandra Götz (2015): "Learner corpora in language testing and assessment: Prospects and challenges". In: Marcus Callies & Sandra Götz (eds), Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1-9.
    • Götz, Sandra (2015): "Tense and aspect errors in spoken learner language: Implications for language testing and assessment". In: Marcus Callies & Sandra Götz (eds), Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 191-215.
    • Götz, Sandra (2015): "Fluency in ENL, ESL and EFL: A corpus-based pilot study". In: Robin Lickley (ed.), Proceedings of Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech 2015. An ICPhS Satellite Meeting. University of Edinburgh. 
    • Götz, Sandra & Karin Puga (2015). "Technical Report: A survey of existing OER resources in the field of language processing and their uptake: Germany". <http://www.tellop.eu/survey-report-germany/>. 
    • Mukherjee, Joybrato & Sandra Götz (2015): "Learner corpora and learning context". In: Sylviane Granger, Gaëtanelle Gilquin & Fanny Meunier (eds), Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 423-442.

    2013

    • Brand, Christiane & Sandra Götz (2013): "Fluency versus accuracy in advanced spoken learner language: A multi-method approach". In: Gaëtanelle Gilquin & Sylvie de Cock (eds), Errors and Dysfluencies in Spoken Corpora. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 117-137. [reprint of Brand & Götz (2011)]
    • Götz, Sandra (2013): "How fluent are advanced German learners of English (perceived to be)? Corpus findings versus native-speaker perception". In: Magnus Huber & Joybrato Mukherjee (eds), Corpus Linguistics and Variation in English: Focus on non-native Englishes. University of Helsinki: Varieng Electronic Series.

    2012

    • Dose, Stefanie & Sandra Götz (2012): "'and erm . he's having a young woman there who he wants to paint'; The progressive in spoken vs. written learner language". In: Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska (ed.), Electronic Proceedings of the 10th Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC 10). Warsaw: University of Warsaw.
    • Götz, Sandra (2012): "Testing task types in data-driven learning: Benefits and limitations". In: Katrin Biebighäuser, Marja Zibelius & Torben Schmidt (eds), Aufgaben 2.0 - Konzepte, Materialien und Methoden für das Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen mit digitalen Medien. Tübingen: Narr, 249-276.
    • Götz, Sandra (2012): "Temporal fluency variables in native and non-native English speech: Corpus findings and language-pedagogical implications". In: James Thomas & Alex Boulton (eds), Input, Process and Product: Developments in Teaching and Language Corpora. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 229-243.

    2011

    • Brand, Christiane & Sandra Götz (2011): "Fluency versus accuracy in advanced spoken learner language: A multi-method approach", International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 16(2), 255-275.
    • Götz, Sandra & Marco Schilk (2011): "Formulaic sequences in spoken ENL, ESL and EFL: Focus on British English, Indian English and Learner English of advanced German learners". In: Joybrato Mukherjee & Marianne Hundt (eds), Exploring Second-language Varieties of English and Learner Englishes: Bridging a paradigm gap. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 79-100. 

    2010

    • Brand, Christiane, Thorsten Brato, Stefanie Dose & Sandra Götz (2010): "Norms in educational linguistics: An introduction". In: Stefanie Dose, Sandra Götz, Thorsten Brato & Christiane Brand (eds), Norms in Educational Linguistics - Normen in Educational Linguistics: Linguistic, didactic and cultural perspectives - Sprachwissenschaftliche, didaktische und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1-7.

    2007

    • Götz, Sandra (2007): "Performanzphänomene in gesprochenem Lernerenglisch: eine korpusbasierte Pilotstudie", Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung 18(1), 67-84.

    2006

    • Götz, Sandra & Joybrato Mukherjee (2006): "Evaluation of data-driven learning in university teaching: A project report". In: Sabine Braun, Kurt Kohn & Joybrato Mukherjee (eds), Corpus Technology and Language Pedagogy: New resources, new tools, new methods. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 49-67.

    Reviews

    2013

    • Götz, Sandra (2013). rev. "Claudia Meindl: Methodik für Linguisten. Eine Einführung in Statistik und Versuchsplanung. Tübingen: Narr, 2011", Anglistik 24(1), 228-230.

    2012

    • Götz, Sandra (2012): rev. "Using corpora in language teaching: Resources, methods and evaluations. Review of Natalie Kübler (ed.): Corpora, Language, Teaching and Resources: From Theory to Practice. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011", Kult_online 32.

  • Teaching

    Affiliation: Philipps University, Marburg

    Winter Semester 2023/2024
    VL Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language
    PS Language Structure: Morphology and Syntax
    PS/HS Varieties of English
    PS Anglophone Studies and the Teaching Profession/PS ProfiPraxis

    Summer Semester 2023
    PS Linguistic Theory and History of Linguistic Ideas
    HS/PS Sociolinguistics
    HS English as a foreign language
    PS Anglophone Studies and the Teaching Profession/PS ProfiPraxis
    Ü Colloquium for BA Thesis

    Winter Semester 2022/2023
    VL Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language
    VL/UE Introduction to English Linguistics
    PS/HS Varieties of English
    PS Anglophone Studies and the Teaching Profession/PS ProfiPraxis
    Summer Semester 2022
    PS Linguistic Theory and History of Linguistic Ideas
    HS/PS Varieties of English
    HS English as a foreign language
    PS Anglophone Studies and the Teaching Profession/PS ProfiPraxis
    Ü Colloquium for BA Thesis
    Winter Semester 2021/2022
    Maternity leave
    Summer Semester 2021
    Ü Introduction to Linguistics II
    HS/PS Varieties of English
    PS Anglophone Studies and the Teaching Profession/PS ProfiPraxis
    PS ProfiPraxis/ProfiWerk Englisch
    Winter Semester 2020/2021
    PS Anglophone Studies and the Teaching Profession
    VL/Ü Introduction to Linguistics (BA)
    VL Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language
    PS Language Structure
    Ü Linguistics (Introduction) - Tutorials
    Summer Semester 2020
    HS English as a Foreign Language
    PS ProfiPraxis/ProfiWerk Englisch
    HS Psycholinguistics (Language and the Mind)
    PS Varieties of English
     
    Affiliation: Justus Liebig University, Giessen
    Winter Semester 2019/2020
    GK A Introduction to English Linguistics
    HS I Varieties of English: South Asia
    HS I Language Acquisition
    HS II Corpus-based Sociolinguistics
    Summer Semester 2019
    PS I Syntax I
    PS I Syntax II 
    PS II Varieties of English around the World 
    HS II Analyzing Learner Language
    Winter Semester 2018/2019
    Maternity Leave
    Summer Semester 2018
    PS I Syntax I
    PS I Syntax II 
    PS II Varieties of English around the World 
    PS II Sociolinguistics
    Winter Semester 2017/2018
    GK A Introduction to English Linguistics
    PS II Varieties of English around the World
    PS II Pragmatics
    HS II Corpus Linguistics: Analyzing South Asian Varieties of English
    Summer Semester 2017
    PS I Lexicology I
    PS I Lexicology II
    HS I Spoken English
    HS I Phraseology
    Winter Semester 2016/2017
    GK A Introduction to English Linguistics
    PS II Varieties of English around the World
    HS I Varieties of English: New Englishes
    HS II Corpus Linguistics: Analyzing Spoken English
    Summer Semester 2016
    PS II Applied Linguistics I
    PS II Applied Linguistics II
    HS I Varieties of English: Asia
    HS I Phraseology
    Winter Semester 2015/2016
    GK A Introduction to English Linguistics
    PS II Corpora in/for English Language Teaching
    HS I Varieties of English around the World
    HS I Spoken English
    Summer Semester 2015
    PS I Lexicology I
    PS I Lexicology II
    PS II English in Australia
    HS I Phraseology
    Winter Semester 2014/2015
    GK A Introduction to English Linguistics
    PS I Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
    HS I South-Asian Varieties of English
    HS II Corpus-based Sociolinguistics
    Summer Semester 2014
    PS II Spoken English
    HS I History of Englishes around the World
    HS I Phraseology
    HS II Analyzing Learner Language
    Winter Semester 2013/2014
    HS I Stylistics of Present-Day English
    HS II Analyzing Spoken English
    Grundkurs Promotion Basismodul (GCSC)
    Summer Semester 2013
    PS Pragmatics
    PS Sociolinguistics
    Grundkurs Promotion Basismodul (GCSC)
    Winter Semester 2012/2013
    PS Semantics
    PS English around the World
    Grundkurs Promotion Basismodul (GCSC)
    Summer Semester 2012
    PS Phraseology
    Grundkurs Promotion Basismodul (GCSC)
    Winter Semester 2011/2012
    PS English Syntax
    PS Non-Native Varieties of English
    Summer Semester 2011
    PS Stylistics
    Winter Semester 2010/2011
    Introduction to English Linguistics
    PS Corpus Linguistics
    Summer Semester 2010
    PS Language Acquisition
    PS Pragmatics
    Winter Semester 2009/2010
    PS Text Linguistics
    Summer Semester 2009
    Intermediate German (TA at Macquarie)
    PS Spoken English
    Winter Semester 2008/2009
    Introduction to English Linguistics
    PS Australian English
    Summer Semester 2008
    PS Corpora in English Language Teaching
    Winter Semester 2007/2008
    Introduction to English Linguistics I (with Marco Schilk)
    Introduction to English Linguistics II
    Summer Semester 2007
    PS Pragmatics
    Winter Semester 2006/2007
    Introduction to English Linguistics
  • Research

    General Research Interests

    • (Learner) Corpus Linguistics
    • Teaching English as a Foreign Language
    • Applied/Educational Linguistics
    • Fluency and Spoken English
    • Second Language Acquisition
    • Syntax
    • Varieties of English

    Major On-Going Projects

    Complexity Development of Intermediate Learners of English: A longitudinal corpus-based study on MILE
    funded by the University of Marburg, 2023-2024
    Principal Investigator: Sandra Götz

    Syntax beyond the Canon: Cutting-edge studies of non-canonical syntax in English
    Scientific network of young researchers in collaboration with University of Vechta, University of Dresden, University of Bayreuth, University of Düsseldorf, University of Regensburg, Oxford University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    funded by the German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2019-2024

    Fluency in ENL, ESL and EFL: A Contrastive Corpus-based Study of English as a First, Second, and Foreign Language
    funded by the University of Giessen, 2014-2015, and by the German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2017-2019
    Principal Investigators: Sandra Götz & Christoph Wolk

    Non-Canonical Syntax in South Asian Varieties of English
    Principal Investigator: Sandra Götz

    Compiling and Analyzing the Creative Writing in Language Teaching (CWiLT) Corpus: A corpus linguistic- and text-type analytical description of foreign language narrative writing competence at German secondary schools
    Principal Investigarors: David Gerlach & Sandra Götz

    Grammatical Nativisation in Spoken Sri Lankan English
    funded by the Forschungscampus Mittelhessen (FlexiFund), 2021-2022
    Principal Investigators: Sandra Götz & Tobias Bernaisch

    Major Completed Projects

    Linguistic Epicenters: Empirical Perspectives on Regional and International Influences in World Englishes
    funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (PPP, Programm Projektbezogener Personenaustausch Australien), 2018-2019
    In collaboration with Macquarie University Sydney
    Principal Investigators Giessen: Sandra Götz, Tobias Bernaisch & Joybrato Mukherjee
    Principal Investigator Sydney: Pamela Peters

    Transforming European Learner Language into Learning Opportunities (TELL-OP)
    In collaboration with University of Murcia, Université catholique de Louvain, Meliksah University Kayseri & Bath Spa University
    funded by the European Union, 2014-2017
    Principal Investigators
    Giessen: Sandra Götz
    Murcia: Pascual Pérez-Paredes/Pilar Aguado
    Louvain-la-Neuve: Fanny Meunier
    Kayseri: Dogan Bulut
    Bath: Grainne Conole/Danna Ruggiero

    The Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage (LINDSEI): Analyzing the German Component
  • Conferences and Workshops

    Co-Organized Conferences and Workshops

    2020

    • 2nd Official Research Meeting of the Scientific Network Syntax Beyond the Canon - Cutting-Edge
      Studies of Non-Canonical Syntax in English, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 26-29 February 2020
      (with Kathrin Kircili).

    2019

    • Pre-conference workshop for young researchers on "Learner corpora: from compilation to analysis"
      at the 34th congress of the German Society for Foreign Language Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft
      für Fremdsprachenforschung, DGFF), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 12-13 March 2019.

    2017

    • Workshop on "Corpus data: from compilation to statistical modelling" at the ISLE Summer School
      2017 on the theme of "Variation in World Englishes: advanced issues in theory and methodology", 
      University of Regensburg, 4-7 October 2017 (with Tobias Bernaisch).

    2016

    • 12th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC 12), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 20-23 
      July 2016 (with Joybrato Mukherjee). 
    • Pre-conference workshop "Learner Language, Corpus Linguistics and Mobile Learning" at the 12th 
      Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC 12), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 20 July 
      2016 (co-chair).

    2015

    • Pre-conference workshop "Corpus linguistics and linguistic innovations in non-native Englishes" at
      the 35th Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval 
      English (ICAME 35), University of Trier, 27 May 2015 (with Sandra C. Deshors and Samantha 
      Laporte).

    2013

    • Pre-conference workshop "(Learner) Corpora and their application in language testing and assess-
      ment" at the 34th Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medi-
      eval English (ICAME 34), University of Santiago de Compostela, 22 May 2013. (with Marcus 
      Callies).

    2010

    • 31st Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English 
      (ICAME 31), "Corpus Linguistics and Variation in English", Justus Liebig University Giessen, 26-
      30 May 2010 (member of the organizing committee). 
    • Workshop "The International Corpus of English: Compiling the spoken components of ICE Ghana and 
      ICE Sri Lanka", Justus Liebig University Giessen, 5-9 April 2010 (member of the organizing 
      committee). 

    2008

    • 1st Symposium for young researchers "Norms in Educational Linguistics: Linguistic, Didactic and 
      Cultural perspectives", Justus Liebig University Giessen, 1-2 September 2008 (co-chair).

    2007

    • 22nd Congress for Foreign Language Teaching of the German Society for Foreign Language Research 
      (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung , DGFF), "Learning languages – educating 
      people", Justus Liebig University Giessen, 3-6 October 2007 (member of the organizing committee).

    2006

    • 7th Creolistics Workshop: "Simplicity and complexity in pidgins and creoles", Justus Liebig University 
      Giessen, 6-8 April 2006 (as student assistant).

    Presentations, Posters, Guest- and Keynote Lectures

    2023

    • "Anne was 7 years old and lived in a pretty little house - Modellierung narrativer Kompetenzen
      in schriftlichen Erzähltexten aus dem Englischunterricht", Symposium on Lerner*innentexte im
      Fremdsprachenunterricht: Theorie, Konzepte, Praxis", Leuphana University Lüneburg, 24
      February 2023 (with David Gerlach).
    • "Non-canonical Syntax in South Asian Varieties of English: A corpus-based study on the
      introductory-it pattern", 5th Official Research Meeting of the Scientific Network Syntax Beyond
      the Canon - Cutting-Edge Studies of Non-Canonical Syntax in English (NoCaSynE 5),
      University of Oxford, 20-25 March 2023 (with Kathrin Kircili).
    • "Syntactic Complexity Development of Intermediate L2 English: A longitudinal, corpus-based
      study“, 44th annual conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval
      English (ICAME 44), North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, 17-21 May 2023 
      (with Philine Tschirner & Fabian Kettenhofen).
    • "It would take a lot for them to take to the streets – The introductory-it pattern in the news-
      paper language of South Asian Varieties of English“, 44th annual conference of the Interna-
      tional Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 44), North-West University,
      Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, 17-21 May 2023 (with Kathrin Kircili).
    • "The interplay between speech fluency and gesture in L1 Finnish and L2 English task-based
      interactions “, Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech Workshop 2023, University of Bielefeld,
      28-30 August 2023 (with Pauliina Peltonen, Loulou Kosmala & Pekka Lintunen).

    2022

    • "Grammatical Nativization in Spoken South Asian Englishes: The Case of the Existential-there
      Construction", 43rd annual conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and
      Medieval English (ICAME 43), Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, 27-30 July 2022 (with Tobias
      Bernaisch,Julia Degenhardt & Kathrin Kircili). 
    • “Learner Corpora and DDL: A Promising Synergy?”, Special Interest Group on CorpusCALL in
      the context of the EuroCALL Conference, University of Iceland, 16-19 August 2022. 
    • "Non-canonical Syntax in South Asian Varieties of English: The Case of the Existential-there
      Construction",4th Official Research Meeting of the Scientific Network Syntax Beyond the Canon -
      Cutting-Edge Studies of Non-Canonical Syntax in English (NoCaSynE 4), University of Vechta,
      21-24 September 2022 (with Kathrin Kircili, Tobias Bernaisch & Julia Degenhardt).

    2021

    • "Learner corpus research in/for ELT", invited guest lecture in the ELT seminars at the English Depart-
      ment of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, 7 May 2021. 
    • "Sociolinguistic Aspects of Fillers and Filled Pauses in Learner Language: A Learner Corpus-based 
      Perspective“,invited plenary speaker at the 1st workshop on "Discourse-Pragmatic Markers, Fillers 
      and Filled Pauses: Pragmatic, multimodal, socio- and psycholinguistic perspectives“, UWE, Bristol, 
      14-15 July 2021. 
    • "Fluency in ENL, ESL, and EFL: an interdisciplinary approach to English as a foreign language", 
      invited featured Speaker at the symposium on "Interdisciplinary approaches to L2 fluency" in the 
      context of the AILA-Conference, 15-20 August 2021, University of Groningen. 
    • "Syntactic segmentation of spoken corpus data: What prosody can contribute", 42nd annual confe-
      rence of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 42), Technical
       University Dortmund, 18-21 August 2021 (with Karin Puga & Kathrin Kircili). 
    • "Tracing epicentral influences of Indian English on Nepali English: A short-term diachronic study on
       focus marking", Pre-conference Workshop on "Rescoping the theory and methodology of linguistic 
      Epicenters in Word Englishes" at the 42nd annual conference of the International Computer Archive 
      of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 42), Technical University Dortmund, 18 August 2021. 
    • "Genreorientiertes Schreiben im Englischunterricht: Ergebnisse einer Korpusanalyse", 29th Congress 
      of the German Association of Foreign Language Research (DGFF), University of Duisburg-Essen, 22-
      24 September 2021 (with David Gerlach).

    2020

    • "Non-Canonical Syntax in SAVE: The Case of the Introductory-It Pattern",  2nd Official Research Mee-
      ting of the Scientific Network Syntax Beyond the Canon - Cutting-Edge Studies of Non-Canonical 
      Syntax in English, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, 26-29 February 2020 (with Kathrin Kircili). 
    • "Fluency in advanced spoken learner language: Findings across L1s and learning context variables", 
      14th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC2020), University of Perpignan, 13-17 July 
      2020 (online, with Christoph Wolk & Katja Jäschke).

    2019

    • "Non-canonical Syntax in South Asian Varieties of English: A corpus-based pilot study on fronting", 
      6th workshop on Varieties of English in the Indo-Pacific (VEIP 6), Macquarie University Sydney, 17
       March 2019. 
    • "Non-canonical syntax in South Asian Varieties of English: A corpus-based study on fronting", 40th 
      International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 40), Université de 
      Neuchâtel, 1-5 June 2019. 
    • "Fluency in advanced spoken learner language: Findings across L1s and learning context variables", 
      40th International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 40), Université de
       Neuchâtel, 1-5 June 2019 (with Christoph Wolk & Katja Jäschke). 
    • "Fluency in spoken learner language: Findings across proficiency levels, L1s and learning context 
      variables", Invited guest lecture at the English department of the University of Turku, Finland, 6 
      September 2019. 
    • "Fluency in advanced spoken learner language: A Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis across L1s, task 
      types and learning context variables", 5th Learner Corpus Research Conference, University of Warsaw,
      12-14 September 2019 (with Christoph Wolk & Katja Jäschke). 
    • "Fronting in South-Asian Varieties of English",  1st Official Research Meeting of the Scientific Network 
      Syntax Beyond the Canon - Cutting-Edge Studies of Non-Canonical Syntax in English, Technical Uni-
      versity of Dresden, 21-23 October 2019.

    2018

    • "Fluency in ENL, ESL and EFL: Introducing a contrastive approach to English as a first, second, and 
      foreign language", 39th International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 39), 
      Tampere University, 30 May-3. June 2018 (with Christoph Wolk & Katja Jäschke). 
    • "Cross-linguistic effects vs. universal learning mechanisms: A corpus-based case study on temporal 
      expression", 39th International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 39), 
      Tampere University, 30 May-3. June 2018 (with Robert Fuchs & Valentin Werner). 
    • "Discourse markers in advanced English learner language: Possibilities and drawbacks using an 
      automatic, corpus-basedapproach", invited speaker at the 1st workshop on "Methodological 
      approaches to studying discourse markers in L2: the case of French, Spanish, Italian, English and
       German as foreign languages", University of Siegen, 25-26 June 2018 (with Christoph Wolk).
    • "Cross-linguistic effects or universal learning mechanisms? A case study on temporal expression", 
      13th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC 13), University of Cambridge, 18-21 July 
      2018 (with Valentin Werner and Robert Fuchs).

    2017

    • "Do (non-linguistic) variables affect learners' (dis)fluency? A learner corpus-based perspective",
      invited keynote speaker at the 1st (Dis)fluency Conference, Université catholique de Louvain,
      Louvain-la-Neuve, 15-17 February 2017. 
    • "L1 influence vs. universal learning mechanisms: A case study on the acquisition of the English
      Present Perfect", Learner Corpus based approaches to Second Language Acquisition, University
      of Utrecht, 31 March-1 April 2017 (with Valentin Werner & Robert Fuchs). 
    • "India and Sri Lanka: attitudes towards Englishes", World Humanities Conference, Co-organized by
      UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) and the Liège
      Foundation for the World Humanities Conference Liege, Liège, 6-12 August 2017 (with Tobias
      Bernaisch). 
    • "A Corpus-Based Study on Fronting in South Asian Varieties of English",  NoCaSynE – International
      Symposium New Perspectives on Non-Canonical Syntax in English, Technical University of Dresden,
      2-3 September 2017. 
    • "Looking for common ground across globalized English varieties: A multivariate exploration of mental
      predicates", 4th Learner Corpus Research Conference,  5-7 October 2017 (with Sandra C. Deshors).

    2016

    • "Error Analysis in Learner Corpus Research", invited guest lecture, University of Münster, 11 January
      2016. 
    • "Learner Corpus Linguistics: Concepts, Analysis and Implications", invited guest lecture, University of
      Zurich, 11 May 2016. 
    • "Acquisition of the present perfect in L1 German learner English", pre-conference workshop on "Tense
      and Aspect in Learner Language: Issues and Advances in the Use of Language Corpora" at the 12th
      Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC 12), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 20th July
      2016 (with Robert Fuchs & Valentin Werner).
    • "Tracing stylistic variation in ENL, ESL and EFL: A corpus-based study on nominal and verbal styles of
      first-, second- and foreign-language users", 37th Annual Conference of the International Computer
      Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 37), Chinese University of Hong Kong, 25-29 May
      2016 (with Tobias Bernaisch). 
    • "The effect of non-linguistic variables on spoken learner performance", 37th Annual Conference of
      theInternational Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 37), Chinese University
      of Hong Kong, 25-29 May 2016. 
    • "Keep out of reach of children! Introducing the Corpus of Product Information (CoPI) and its potential
      for corpus-based genre teaching", American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) and Technolo-
      gyfor Second Language Learning (TSLL) conference, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), 16-18 Septem-
      ber 2016 (with Karin Puga). 
    • "Non-canonical Syntax in South-Asian Varieties of English: A corpus-based pilot study", Anglistentag
      2016, University of Hamburg, 21-24 September 2016. 
    • "Analyzing disfluencies in spoken English", invited guest lecture, University of Trier, 16 December
      2016. 

    2015

    • "Corpora in/for English Language Teaching", invited guest lecture, University of Bamberg, 19 January
      2015. 
    • "Fluency in postcolonial varieties of English", invited project presentation, University of Bamberg, 19
      January 2015. 
    • "Corpus linguistics and linguistic innovations in non-native Englishes: A thematic introduction", pre-
      conference workshop "Corpus linguistics and Linguistic Innovations in Non-native Englishes" at the
      36th Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English
      (ICAME 36), University of Trier, 27 May 2015 (with Sandra C. Deshors & Samantha Laporte). 
    • "Fluency in ENL, ESL and EFL: A corpus-based pilot study", 16th Workshop on Disfluency in Sponta-
      neous Speech (DISS 2015), University of Edinburgh, 8-9 August 2015. 
    • "(Learner-)corpus-based mobile learning in higher and adult education: Introducing the TELL-OP
      strategic partnership", 3rd Learner Corpus Research (LCR 3), Radbound University Nijmegen, 10-
      13 September 2015 (with Doğan Bulut, Grainne Conole, Belén Díez-Bedmar, Fanny Meunier &
      Pascual Pérez-Paredes). 
    • "Investigating learning context variables in spoken learner corpora: Making use of learner pro­files", 
      3rd Learner Corpus Research (LCR 3), Radbound University Nijmegen, Netherlands, 10-13
      September 2015 (with Joybrato Mukherjee). 
    • "Style across three Kachruvian circles: Empirical perspectives on nominal and verbal styles", Varie-
      ties of English in the Indo-Pacific (VEIP), Inaugural Meeting, Macquarie University Sydney, 29-30
      November 2015 (with Tobias Bernaisch).

    2014

    • "Investigating fluency in postcolonial varieties of English: A corpus-based feasibility study", 35th
      Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English
      (ICAME 35), University of Nottingham, 30 April - 4 May 2014 (with Alicia Eckert & Amelie
      Waldhauer). 
    • "Error-tagging a spoken learner corpus: Methodology and application", invited guest lecture,
      University of Bremen, 8 July 2014. 
    • "Investigating learning context variables in spoken learner corpora: Making use of learner
      profiles", 11th Teaching and Langugage Corpora Conference (TaLC 11), Lancaster University, 20-
      23 July 2014 (with Joybrato Mukherjee). 
    • "Fluency across varieties of English: A pilot study on ENL vs. ESL varieties in the ICE-corpus",
      20th International Conference on World Englishes (20th IAWE), Amity University, Noida, Delhi-
      NCR, 18-20 December 2014 (with Joybrato Mukherjee).

    2013

    • "Advanced learners’ errors in spoken English: Detection, classification and remedy", 16th Annual
      Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL), San Diego State University,
      18-20 January 2013. 
    • "Fluency in native and nonnative English speech: An integrated approach", ARC workshop on
      "Fluency", Univerisé catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 14 March 2013. 
    • "(Learner) corpora and their application in language testing and assessment: An Introduction",
      pre-conference Workshop "(Learner) Corpora and their application in language testing and assess-
      ment" at the 34th Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medi-
      eval English (ICAME 34), University of Santiago de Compostela, 22 May 2013 (with Marcus Callies). 
    • "Operationalizing fluency in (learner) corpora: Implications for language testing and assessment",
      pre-conference Workshop "(Learner) Corpora and their application in language testing and assess-
      ment" at the 34th Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medi-
      eval English (ICAME 34), University of Santiago de Compostela, 22 May 2013. 
    • "The Progressive in advanced spoken learner English: Frequency and Accuracy", 34th Annual
      Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 34),
      University of Santiago de Compostela, 22-26 May 2013 (with Stefanie Dose).

    2012

    • "er, erm, uh and uhm: Filled pauses in ENL, ESL and EFL", 33rd Annual Conference of the International 
      Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME 33), University of Leuven, 30 May - 3 June
      2012 (with Joybrato Mukherjee). 
    • "'and erm . he's having a young woman there who he wants to paint' – The progressive in spoken vs.
      written learner language", 10th Teaching and Langugage Corpora Conference (TaLC 10), University of
      Warsaw, 11-14 July 2012 (with Stefanie Dose).

    2011

    • "Fluency in advanced spoken learner language: Corpus findings and native-speaker perception",
      invited guest lecture, Philipps University Marburg, 27 January 2011. 
    • "How nativelike is advanced spoken learner language? Corpus findings vs. native speaker per-
      ception", invited guest lecture in the Mainzer Linguistisches Colloquium, Johannes Gutenberg
      University Mainz, 31 January 2011. 
    • "Fluency in native and non-native English speech: Theory, description, implications", 32nd
      Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English
      (ICAME 32), University of Oslo, 1-5 June 2011. 
    • "The role of second language acquisition in the genesis of pidgins and creoles: Typological
      parallels and disparities", Annual Summer Conference of the Society for Pidgins and Creoles
      (SPCL-Accra), University of Ghana, Legon, 2-6 August 2011 (with Magnus Huber & Viveka
      Velupillai). 

    2010

    • "How fluent are advanced German learners of English (perceived to be)? Corpus findings vs. native-
      speaker perception", 31st Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and 
      Medieval English (ICAME 31), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 26-30 May 2010. 
    • "Temporal fluency variables in native and non-native English speech: Corpus findings and language-
      pedagogical implications", 9th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC 9), University of
      Brno, 30 June - 3 July 2010. 
    • "Error tagging the German component of LINDSEI: Methodology and application", Multilingual
      Individuals and Multilingual Societies (MIMS 2010), University of Hamburg, 6-8 October 2010
      (with Susanne Kämmerer). 
    • "Corpus linguistics in/for English langauge teaching: Principles, tasks and applications", invited
      teacher training workshop at Weibelfeld High School, Dreieich, 24 November 2010.

    2009

    • "Fluency and accuracy in advanced spoken learner language: A multi-method approach", 30th
      Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English
      (ICAME 30), 27-31 May 2009 (with Christiane Brand). 

    2008

    • "Fluency in English speech: Methodological considerations", Workshop on "Empirical methods in
      Educational Linguistics", Justus Liebig University Giessen, 28 June 2008. 
    • "Formulaic sequences in spoken ENL, ESL and EFL: Focus on British English, Indian English and
      Learner English of advanced German learners", 1st Triennial Conference of the International
      Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE 1), University of Freiburg, 8-11 October 2008 (with
      Marco Schilk). 

    2007

    • "Fluency in native and non-native English speech - Corpus findings and language-pedagogical impli-
      cations", 4th Corpus Linguistics Conference (CLC 4), University of Birmingham, 27-30 July 2007
      (with Joybrato Mukherjee). 
    • "How fluent are advanced German learners of English? A corpus-based pilot study on performance 
      phenomena in native and non-native speech", 22nd Congress for Foreign Language Teaching of the
      German Society for Foreign Language Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung,
      DGFF), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 3-6 October 2007.

    Conference/Workshop Participation

    2011

    • Learner Corpus Research 1: "20 years of learner corpus research: Looking back, moving ahead",
      Université catholique de Louvain, Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, Louvain-la-Neuve, 15-17
      September 2011.

    2009

    • Symposium "Web as Culture: Ethnographic, Linguistic and Didactic Perspectives", Justus Liebig
      University Giessen, 16-18 July 2009.

    2007

    • 29th annual conference of the German Linguistic Society [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremd-
      sprachenforschung, DGfS] "System and Variation", University of Siegen, 28 February - 1
      March 2007. 
    • Anglistentag 2007, University of Münster, 23-26 September 2007.

    2006

    Anglistentag 2006, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 17-20 September 2006.

  • Current PhD Candidates

    Kircili, Kathrin: "Non-Canonical Syntax in Learner Languages: A Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis"

    Liu, Xiayu: "Cognitive Processes in L2 fluency: An experimental approach" (working title)

    Tschirner, Philine: "Complexity Development of Intermediate German Learners of English: A Longitudinal Corpus Analysis" (working title)

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