Melanie Bernstein

Credentials: German

Position title: Graduate Student

Email: mbernstein8@wisc.edu

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Languages: German, English, Norwegian


Area(s) of Study: German, SLA

About: Melanie is a German Ph.D. candidate with a focus on SLA. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Hannover with an M.A. in Education. Her majors were German and English. Simultaneously, she also graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with an M.A. in German Studies and a Minor in College Teaching. Her master thesis focused on the use of literature in a foreign language classroom.

Currently, she is working on her dissertation with the topic: Reading faces – How emotional meaning is communicated through facial expression in an L2.

Education:

– University of Wisconsin-Madison – Ph.D. Student (since 2020)
– Universität Hannover – M.A. Education in Sport und English (2020)
– University of Missouri-Columbia – M.A. German, Minor: College Teaching (2019)
– Universität Hannover – B.A. of Arts & Science (Sport, Englisch, Lehramt) (2016)

Courses Taught:

University of Wisconsin-Madison:
– German 258- Intermediate Reading (Fall 2023)
– LitTrans 327- The Vampire in Literature and Film (Summer 2023)
– German 262- Intermediate Writing (Fall 2022)
– German 204- Role of PCF (Spring 2022)

University of Missouri-Columbia:
– German 2100- Elementary German 3 (Spring 2019)
– German 2310- German Civilization, Writing Intense (Fall 2018)
– German 1100- Elementary German 1 (Spring 2018)
– German 1200- Elementary German 2 (Fall 2017)