Dr. Susan Claire Dostert, staatl.-anerk. Übersetzerin

Curriculum Vitae

2006 - 2007: Participation in various didactic courses at the University of Düsseldorf (Basisqualifikation).

2005: Participation in the "Erwachsenenpädagogische Grundqualifikation für Kursleitende an Volkshochschulen in NRW" (Basic course in adult pedagogy) and related courses - passed January 2006.

2001 – 2002: Senior member of the Summer School team organizing Summer Program on "Formal and Functional Linguistics" in Düsseldorf, 14.7. – 3.8.2002

Since Sept. 2001: Lecturer and PhD student (Thesis title: "Multilingualism, L1 attrition and the concept of native speaker") in the Department of English Language and Linguistics (Chair Prof. Dieter Stein).

August 2001: MA degree (Thesis title: "Non-local agreement")

1999 – 2001: Research assistant in the Department of English Language and Linguistics; Member of the Summer School team organizing Summer Program on "Formal and Functional Linguistics" in Düsseldorf, 14.7. – 3.8.2002

1997 – 2001: Student tutor in the General Linguistics Department (Chair Prof. Dieter Wunderlich) for various undergraduate courses.

1995 – 2001: MA studies (General Linguistics and English) at the University of Düsseldorf

1994 – 1995: Part-time MA correspondence course (FernUni Hagen) in Political Science, History and Sociology

Since 1993: Member of various examination boards at the Düsseldorf Chamber of Commerce for English as a foreign language.

1993: Refresher course French

Since 1992: Part-time English teacher

1991 – 1992: Various 1-day seminars "Training in Advanced Level Translating and Interpreting"

1991: Management course "Business German" at IIK Düsseldorf (affiliated to University of Düsseldorf) – passed June 1991

Since 1990: Part-time translator (English / German)

1990 – 1992: Preparation for the Chamber of Commerce commercial translator exam "German for English native speakers" – passed March 1992

1989 – 1990: Maternity leave

1984 – 1989: Foreign-language secretary / clerk at Ramada Hotel Inc., Düsseldorf (International Accounting Dept.)

1983: BA studies (Linguistics, French and German) at Essex University, England

1982 – 1983: Au-pair in Metzkausen, near Düsseldorf

1982: ‘A’-levels in French, German, Sociology (Cornwall Technical College, England)

Research Interests/Projects

First language attrition

Concept of "native speaker"

Multilingualism

Language acquisition

Neuro- and Psycholinguistics

Morphology and Syntax, Grammar

Didactics (esp. teaching adults)

PhD Research project: "Multilingualism, L1 attrition and the concept of native speaker"

Selected Publications

2007	Langenscheidt Sprachkalender 2008 Business English. Langenscheidt.
	Language Attrition: Theoretical Perspectives. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. With Monika Schmid, Barbara Köpke & Merel Keijzer (eds.).
2004	"Sometimes I feel as if there's a big hole in my head where English used to be! - Attrition of L1 English." International Journal of Bilingualism, 8/3: 383-387.
2000	"Markedness and Greenberg's Universals." LANA - Duesseldorf Working Papers in Linguistics: 16-32.
1998	Zusatzqualifikation Englisch für kaufmännische Auszubildende. Aufgaben zur Vorbereitung auf die IHK-Prüfung. Stuttgart: Klett.

Teaching

Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Linguistics (University of Düsseldorf):

"Introduction to English linguistics – part I"

"Introduction to English linguistics – part II"

"English Lexicology"

"Semantics"

"English Syntax"

"Morphology"

"(Introduction to) Language Acquisition"

"Language Maintenance and Loss"

Student tutor in the General Linguistics Department (University of Düsseldorf):

"Introduction to General Linguistics" – Winter Semesters 1997 / 98 and 1998 / 99

"Introduction to Syntax" – Summer Semester 1997, Winter Semesters 1999 / 00 and 2000 /01

"Introduction to Morphology" – Summer Semesters 1999 and 2001
(all taught in German)

Part-time English teacher at Düsseldorf Chamber of Commerce (IHK) teaching Business English (English on the Phone etc.) since 1995

Part-time English teacher at Volkhochschule (VHS) Düsseldorf since 1992 (adult evening classes) - especially preparing for the Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency Exams.

Conferences

Sept. 2007: Planned presentation at the EUROSLA 17 meeting in Newcastle, UK. Topic: "The concept of native speaker within SLA and FL attrition."

Nov. 2005: Presentation at the Naples Colloquium at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf on "Dafür bin ich doch zu alt - Der Altersfaktor im Spracherwerb" (I'm too old for that! - the age factor in language learning).

Aug. 2005: Participant (with presentation) at the 2nd International conference on First Language Attrition at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on "What happens to a native speaker when s/he is no longer native?"

Jan. 2005: Participant (with presentation) at a 3-day graduate workshop on L1 attrition at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Nov. 2004: Presentation at "Tag der Forschung" at Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf on "Dafür bin ich doch zu alt - Der Altersfaktor im Spracherwerb" (I'm too old for that! - the age factor in language learning)

Sept. 2004: Participant (with poster) at the EUROSLA 14 meeting and the one-day conference on "The age factor in natural and foreign language contexts" in Donostia / San Sebastian.

Feb. 2004: Participant at the 26th annual meeting of the DGfs (German Linguistic Society) in Mainz.

Dec. 2003: Participant (with presentation) at a 2-day graduate workshop on "Research designs in L1 attrition studies" at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Nov. 2003: Participant at the 2-day course on "Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research" organized by the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT) in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Presentation at "Tag der Forschung" at Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf on "Wie wir eine Sprache lernen – und wieder verlernen!" (How we learn languages – and then lose them!)

Sept. 2003: Participant at the EuroSLA 13 meeting on "Formal and Functional Approaches to Second Language Acquisition" and the one-day conference on "The Cognitive Neuroscience of Second Language Acquisition" in Edinburgh.

Jan. 2003: Participant (with presentation) at a one-day graduate workshop on "Language attrition – methodological problems" at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

August 2002: Participant (with poster presentation) at "International conference on First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary perspectives on methodological issues" at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (organized by Dr. Monika Schmid and Barbara Köpke)