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Karen Bauer

Karen Bauer

Associate Professor of Foreign Language Didactics
Department of Teacher Education
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

karen.bauer@ntnu.no
Gunnerus gate 1, rom 316, Kalvskinnet, Akrinn Vest, 7012 Trondheim
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About

Academic interests:

Foreign language teaching and learning; Teaching German and French as a second language.
 

Background:

I studied French, German and German as a foreign language at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. I was awarded a studentship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out PhD research in the field of comparative literature and completed my PhD in 2001 at Freie Universität Berlin.

I have been working as a teacher of German and French for many years, and I have been a cultural coach at schools and universities and at Goethe-Institutes in different countries (France, The Netherlands, Norway, Germany and the US).

I have broad experience with the development of professional teaching materials and in-service training of teachers. In the past I had an active role in internationalization and educational exchange.

I have been training foreign language teachers of German, French and Spanish at NTNU since 2015.

Fields of interest:

I am especially interested in the development and implementation of new teaching methods and in the analysis of teaching material. I am  heading the recently founded research group textbook analysis.  Most of my research has focused on vocabulary learning strategies and I am particularly interested in the question of how bodily movement can be incorporated in language teaching. I am member of the research group for bodily learning.

Furthermore, I am interested in the analysis of teaching materials and I am part of a research project with UiO with the aim of mapping the quality of German textbooks published in Norway and Germany.

In addition, I am a member of the research group for students writing at NTNU with the objective of applying results from research to different types of students writing. The area of research falls under the category “academic literacy” and we are a sub-group in the research area faglig literacy i skole og lærerutdanning  at ILU/NTNU.

I am guest editor for the JASEd (Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education)  special issue: bodily learning conference 2021. 

 

 

 

Teacher education program (school grades 8-13): 

Course convenor /teacher  PPU4656  (German foreign language didactics/ methodology- part 1) and PPU4657 (German foreign language didactics /methodology - part 2).

PPU (Practical teacher training – post graduate studies): Course convenor/teacher PPU4246 (methodology of foreign language acquisition - full time) and PPU4546 (methodology of foreign language acquisition – part time)

2-year Master's degree programme for Didactics in English and foreign languages EDU 3980:

I am currently supervising one MA-student.

Competencies

  • Digital Storytelling
  • Foreign language education
  • Foreign language writing
  • General literature studies
  • German as foreign language
  • German literature
  • Subject didactics
  • Textbook analysis

Publications

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2022

  • Bauer, Karen; Orbæk, Trine. (2022) Editorial:Special issue: Bodily Learning Conference 2021. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education.
    Summary/Abstract

2021

  • Bauer, Karen. (2021) "Don't do your best". Hvordan improteater kan brukes for å dempe språkangst i fremmedspråksundervisningen.
    Web pages (information material)
  • Bauer, Karen. (2021) Kroppslig læring i fremmedspråk. Kroppslig læring - perspektiver og praksiser.
    Academic chapter/article

2017

  • Bauer, Karen; Sandvik, Lise Vikan. (2017) Digitales Geschichtenerzählen und Geschichte erzählen. Erinnerungsarbeit im Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Literaturvermittlung: Texte, Konzepte, Praxen ind Deutsch als Fremdsprache und den Fachdidaktiken Deutsch, English, Französisch.
    Academic chapter/article

2016

  • Bauer, Karen. (2016) Digitales Erzählen von Geschichte im DaF-Unterricht. Aktuelles für den Deutschunterricht in Norwegen. Vereinsmagazin von TYSKFORUM Norwegischer Deutschlehrerverband. volum 58 (2).
    Article
  • Bauer, Karen. (2016) Digitales Erzählen von Geschichte im DaF-Unterricht. LMS : Lingua. volum 2.
    Popular scientific article

2001

  • Bauer, Karen. (2001) Fontanes Frauenfiguren. Zur literarischen Gestaltung weiblicher Charaktere im 19.Jahrhundert. Peter Lang Publishing Group. 2001. ISBN 3-631-38897-7.
    Nonfiction book

1997

  • Bauer, Karen. (1997) Anhang, Bearbeitung Theodor Fontane. Große Brandenburger Ausgabe.Irrungen Wirrungen. 1997. ISBN 335103122-X.
    Popularized science book

1995

  • Bauer, Karen. (1995) Nachwort. Irrungen, Wirrungen.
    Other
  • Fontane, Theodor; Bauer, Karen. (1995) Irrungen, Wirrungen. 1995. ISBN 3-7466-52-63-4.
    Academic commentary

Journal publications

  • Bauer, Karen; Orbæk, Trine. (2022) Editorial:Special issue: Bodily Learning Conference 2021. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education.
    Summary/Abstract
  • Bauer, Karen. (2016) Digitales Erzählen von Geschichte im DaF-Unterricht. Aktuelles für den Deutschunterricht in Norwegen. Vereinsmagazin von TYSKFORUM Norwegischer Deutschlehrerverband. volum 58 (2).
    Article
  • Bauer, Karen. (2016) Digitales Erzählen von Geschichte im DaF-Unterricht. LMS : Lingua. volum 2.
    Popular scientific article

Books

  • Bauer, Karen. (2001) Fontanes Frauenfiguren. Zur literarischen Gestaltung weiblicher Charaktere im 19.Jahrhundert. Peter Lang Publishing Group. 2001. ISBN 3-631-38897-7.
    Nonfiction book
  • Bauer, Karen. (1997) Anhang, Bearbeitung Theodor Fontane. Große Brandenburger Ausgabe.Irrungen Wirrungen. 1997. ISBN 335103122-X.
    Popularized science book
  • Fontane, Theodor; Bauer, Karen. (1995) Irrungen, Wirrungen. 1995. ISBN 3-7466-52-63-4.
    Academic commentary

Part of book/report

  • Bauer, Karen. (2021) Kroppslig læring i fremmedspråk. Kroppslig læring - perspektiver og praksiser.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Bauer, Karen; Sandvik, Lise Vikan. (2017) Digitales Geschichtenerzählen und Geschichte erzählen. Erinnerungsarbeit im Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Literaturvermittlung: Texte, Konzepte, Praxen ind Deutsch als Fremdsprache und den Fachdidaktiken Deutsch, English, Französisch.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Bauer, Karen. (1995) Nachwort. Irrungen, Wirrungen.
    Other

Teaching

Courses

  • PPU4656 - Teacher Education: Teaching German - Part 1
  • PPU4657 - Teacher Education: Teaching German - Part 2
  • PPU4246 - Education: Teaching Foreign Languages - Full Time
  • PPU4540 - Education: Teaching English and Foreign Languages - Part Time

Media

2022

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Bauer, Karen; Doetjes, Gerke (Gerard). (2022) Wortschatzarbeit im Deutschunterricht. Fremmedspråksenterets webinarserie . Fremmedspråksenteret; Webinar. 2022-05-11 - 2022-05-11.
  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen; Doetjes, Gerke (Gerard). (2022) Wortschatzaufbau in zwei Kursbüchern für Deutsch als Fremdsprache auf Niveau A1. Internationale Deutschlehrertagung (IDT) . Universität Wien; Wien. 2022-08-15 - 2022-08-19.
  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen; Farstad, Randi; Otnes, Hildegunn. (2022) Teacher educators' written feedback practice. Sig Writing ; 2022-06-20 - 2022-06-22.
  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen; Farstad, Randi; Otnes, Hildegunn. (2022) Å forske på egne responspraksiser ​ - muligheter og utfordringer. Skriv!Les! Nordisk forskerkonferanse om lesing, skriving og literacy . Skrivesenter; Trondheim. 2022-06-10 - 2022-06-11.

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2021) Bodily learning and language teaching - it's time to move!. Bodily learning . NTNU; 2021-03-22 - 2021-04-23.
  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen; Doetjes, Gerard. (2021) Forskjeller i oppbyggingen av ordforrådet i to begynnerlæreverk for tysk som fremmedspråk. ELE 2021 ; Oslo. 2021-06-09 - 2021-06-11.

2020

  • Lecture
    Otnes, Hildegunn; Opdal, Thea Selle; Bauer, Karen. (2020) Tre fagdidaktikeres responsstiler - og studentenes mottakelse av disse. Seminar . Forskergruppa "Studenters skriving"; TRondheim. 2020-09-22 - 2020-09-22.

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2019) Kroppslige og estetiske læringsprosesser. Nye veier i fremmedspråksundervisningen. Ordlæring i bevegelse. PPU 2020 Konferanse . NTNU; 2019-03-11 - 2019-03-12.

2018

  • Interview
    Bauer, Karen. (2018) Krise i fremmedspråksundervisningen?. Pyskologisk tidskrift [Fagblad]. 2018-04-30.
  • Lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2018) Muntlige ferdigheter i fremmedspråksundervisningen. Språkdagkonferanse ; 2018-09-26.

2017

  • Lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2017) Hvordan aktiviserer vi elevene muntlig i fremmespråksundervisningen?. Workshop ; 2017-03-24.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2017) Muntlige aktiviteter i fremmedspråksdidaktikk. Workshop muntlige aktiviteter . Blussuvoll UGS; 2017-03-19.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2017) Muntlige aktiviteter i fremmedspråksundervisningen. Fagdag for fremmedspråkslærere i Møre og Romsdal ; 2017-08-16.
  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2017) Vokabeln lernen- aber wie? Welches sind die besten Lernmethoden? Wie sinnvoll sind Vokabeltests?. Språkdagkonferanse ; 2017-09-26 - 2017-09-26.

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2016) Digital Geschichte erzählen im DaF-Unterricht. Språk så in i Norden ; 2016-04-18 - 2016-04-19.
  • Lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2016) Zeitzeugen - Digitale Geschichte im Unterricht. Fagdag for fremmedspråkslærere i Sør-Trøndelag ; 2016-04-13.

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2015) Digitales Geschichtenerzählen: Literaturvermittlung und moderne Medien im Unterricht. Konferanse . Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald; Greifswald. 2015-10-22 - 2015-10-24.
  • Lecture
    Bauer, Karen. (2015) Digitales Geschichtenerzählen: Literaturvermittlung und moderne Medien im Unterricht. Literaturvermittlung. Texte, Konzepte, Praxen in Deutsch als Fremdsprache und den Fachdidaktiken Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch ; Greifswald. 2015-10-22 - 2017-10-24.
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