Overview
Grit Matthias Phelps joined the Department of German Studies in 2008 after completing her Master’s Degree in German as Foreign Language from the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany. She also studied in Heidelberg and Dresden, Germany. Her research and teaching interests include finding effective ways to incorporate emerging technologies into language teaching and promoting cultural communication, critical thinking, and language competencies for lifelong learners. Every semester her students work collaboratively via synchronous Computer Mediated Communication with students in Bielefeld, Germany. She loves Podcasts, and questioning the digital. She is also a Certified Tester for exams by the Goethe-Institut.
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