Prof. Dr. Helmut J. Vollmer
C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Professor of English and Applied Linguistics
University of Osnabrueck
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
Department of English
D-49069 Osnabrueck, Germany.
Tel. +49-(541)-969-4260 or 969-4362/4195 (Secr.)
FAX +49-(541)-969-4886
e-mail:
hvollmer@uni-osnabru
eck.de
Office: Former „Kreishaus“, Neuer Graben 40, Room 216 (second floor)
1961-69 Studies in English, History and Sociology at the University
of Hamburg, Tuebingen and at the Free University of Berlin.
1969 M.A. (English, History, Sociology) at the Free University of Berlin.
1969-71 Post-graduate studies in Linguistics and Education at the Free
University of Berlin.
1971-1973 Curriculum planning and development, University of Bremen.
1973-74 Teaching English and Social Studies at a comprehensive school
in Bremen.
1975-76 Center for Pedagogical Practice and Research, University of
Osnabrueck.
1977-85 Research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Educational
Research in Berlin.
1981 Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics/Second Language Studies at the University
of Osnabrueck (Dissertation „Spracherwerb und Sprachbeherrschung: Untersuchungen
zur Struktur von Fremdsprachenfähigkeit“)
1977-1993 First Assistant, then Assoc. Prof. in English/Applied Linguistics
at the University of Osnabrueck.
1994 Habilitation (Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Foreign/Second
Language) University of Osnabrueck
1993-95 Visiting Professor at the University of Leipzig, Saxony.
1995 Six months of content-based language teaching (Social Studies in
English as L2) in a German "Gymnasium" (grade 9 & 11).
Since 1996 Professor of Applied Linguistics: Teaching English as Foreign/Second
Language.
Currently Director of a Post-Graduate Program in
Bilingual Teacher Education
, participation in the development of
European Modules
for the training of bilingual teachers (a SOKRATES program 2001-2003).
Research areas include: applied linguistics and second language
acquisition, language testing, pragmatics, sociolinguistics (bilingualism,
multilingualism, intercultural communication, language contact and
language planning), second language teaching and learning. Current
Research: See
Research Projects.
Member of several research units at the University of Osnabrueck:
Minority/Canadian Studies, European Studies, Bilingual Education.
Recipient of travel and research grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG), the Canadian Government, the British Council and the European
Union. See:
Work in Progress
.
Published widely (since 1972): see
List of Publications
; many presentations on national and international conferences:
see Recent&Forthcoming
Conference Presentations
.
Membership in Professional Organizations include: German Association
of Linguistics (DGfS); German Association of Applied Linguistics (GAL);
Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA); German
and International Association of University Professors of English (Anglistentag,
IAUPE), American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL); Teachers of
English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). German Association for
Modern Languages (FMF); Member of the Spring Conference for Research on
Foreign Language Learning and Teaching („Frühjahrskonferenz zur Erforschung
des Lehrens und fremder Sprachen“).
Co-founder of the German Association for Foreign Language Research
(" Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Fremdsprachenforschung
" - DGFF), 1993-95 Vice-President, currently serving on the Advisory
Board, Research Coordinator, Liaison Officer to the European Language
Council and the European Union.