Curriculum Vitae

Prof. i.V. Dr. Euline Cutrim Schmid

Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching

Personal Information

Work Experience

10/2011 to

present

Professor ("Vertretungsprofessorin")

Department of English, University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule), Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Responsibilities: teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, supervision of teaching practise (primary school), mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students, examinations, conducting research in the area of applied linguistics and English language teaching, and contribution to the design of a new M.A. programme in the area of Early Education

04/2006 to

09/2011

Assistant Professor ("Juniorprofessorin")

Department of English, University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule), Heidelberg, Germany
Responsibilities: teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, supervision of teaching practise (secondary school), mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students, examinations, conducting research in the area of applied linguistics and English language teaching, and acquisition of research funding

09/2010 to

03/2011

Visiting Professor

Department of English, Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.
Responsibilities: research collaboration with Prof. Volker Hegelheimer in the area of technology and language assessment, leading a research group on teacher education in computer assisted language learning, lectures on my current research activities and results, workshop on use of the interactive whiteboard in the language classroom

09/2003 to

12/2005

Teaching Assistant

Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, U.K.
Responsibilities: running undergraduate seminars, delivering lectures in under- and postgraduate courses, supervising undergraduate dissertations, teaching an online postgraduate course, designing electronic teaching materials for advanced English courses, teaching English (advanced level) in pre-sessional EAP/Study Skills courses

08/1999 to  08/2001

English School Teacher

Cultura Inglesa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Responsibilities: teaching general English to school children and teenagers

03/1999 to  08/2001

English Teacher

Brasas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Responsibilities: teaching business English to adults (all levels)

09/1995 to 12/1995

Substitute Professor

Faculty of Letters, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Responsibilities: teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

11/1996 to 07/1998

English School Teacher

CNA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Responsibilities: teaching general English to school children and teenagers

03/1994 to 03/1999

English Teacher

Feedback, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Responsibilities: teaching general and business English to adults (all levels)

Education

09/2002 to 09/2005

Lancaster University, U.K.

Ph.D. in English Linguistics

Thesis Title: “An Investigation into the Use of Interactive Whiteboard Technology in the Language Classroom: A Critical Theory of Technology Perspective”

Research Areas: computer assisted language learning (CALL), classroom-based research, teacher-research, teacher education and technology, socialcultural theories of learning

09/2001 to 08/2002

Lancaster University, U.K.

M.A. in Language Teaching (Distinction)

Dissertation Title: “Traditional Learning with Advanced Technologies? Communicative and Pedagogical Challenges in Online Environments”

Research Areas: online literacy practices, literacy in the New Media Age, online distance learning, network-based learning

03/1996 to 12/1999

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

M.A in Applied Linguistics

Dissertation Title: “The Construction of Learner Autonomy through the Teaching of Vocabulary: An Action Research”

Research Areas: language learner autonomy, language learning strategies, vocabulary learning, teacher-research, action research

03/1989 to 08/1995

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

B.A. in English and Portuguese

03/1988 to 12/1992

State University of Rio de Janeiro

B.A. in Psychology

Languages

• Portuguese – Native
  

• English – Fluent

• German – Fluent

• Spanish – Intermediate

Academic Involvement

Since

2002

• Principle Investigator of Research Projects funded by the University and State Baden-Wuerttemberg
  
• Workpackage Leader in European Projects
  
• Research Collaboration with Iowa State University and University of Nice funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  

• Reviewer of academic journals (e.g., Computers and Education) and books (e.g. for ELT Journal)
  

• Organisation of national and international workshops/ conferences

• Member of advisory groups for national projects in the U.K.