Graduating from the University of Vienna, Christine Schallmoser holds MAs in Hispanic Linguistics (2008), in Teaching and Education, with a focus on German and Spanish (2011), and in German as a Foreign Language (2012).

She taught German at the Goethe-Institut in Buenos Aires and the Vienna University of Technology, before joining the German Department at King’s as OeAD-Lektorin in 2011. In 2016, she was appointed Language Co-ordinator, and in 2019 became Lecturer in German Language Education.

Research Interests

• Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
• Decolonisation of the Language Curriculum
• Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis

Christine Schallmoser’s research focuses on language acquisition, language learning and teaching. For her most recent project Inclusion, Diversity and Decolonisation in the Modern Language Curriculum, Christine has been awarded King’s Race Equity & Inclusive Education Fund (REIEF). Working with colleagues and UG research assistants across all languages in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, this project puts a strong focus on student-staff collaboration and seeks insight into students’ perspectives to improve future curriculum design.

Christine is also collaborating on an international project with the University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems, examining the role of emotions in the language classroom and finding ways to put their research outcomes into practice. The aim is to ultimately contribute to an increase in take-up for modern languages in the UK. To this end, they received AHRC-funding from the Language Acts and Worldmaking project (part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative).

Furthermore, Christine was awarded funding (Innovation in Teaching in Higher Education Funding from King’s and a start-up grant by the University of Vienna) to explore the effects of e-Tandem language learning on foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety .