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Dr. Michael Seyfarth

Dr. Michael Seyfarth

Lecturer (LfbA)

Deutsch als Fremdsprache mit Schwerpunkt Didaktik/Methodik
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1001
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37536

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Dr. Michael Seyfarth

Dr. Michael Seyfarth

Lecturer (LfbA)

Deutsch als Zweitsprache
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15
04107 Leipzig

Abstract

Michael Seyfarth works at the Herder Institute as a lecturer in the field of methodology/didactics of German as a foreign and second language and as an editor of the journal "Deutsch als Fremdsprache". He's teaching in the B.A. and M.A. programs with a focus on general aspects of teaching/learning languages, curriculum development and teaching/learning languages for specific purposes. Furthermore, he is responsible for internship preparation and follow-up seminars.

 

After graduating from Leipzig University, he worked as a German lecturer (DAAD-Sprachassistent/DAAD-Lektor) in Russia and as a research assistant in Nuremberg and Greifswald. He defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Vienna.


list of publications: https://michael-seyfarth.de/Wissenschaft/Publikationen

Professional career

  • 01/2021 - 09/2024
    Lecturer (Leipzig University, Herder-Institut)
  • 05/2019 - 09/2024
    Lecturer (Leipzig University, Herder-Institut)
  • 09/2019 - 09/2024
    Editor of the journal "Deutsch als Fremdsprache" (Leipzig University, Herder-Institut/interDaF am Herder-Institut der Universität Leipzig e.V.)
  • 07/2024 - 08/2024
    DAAD Short-Term Lectureship on "Social diversity in GFL lessons: Discursive approaches to culture-related learning" at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Vietnam
  • 04/2020 - 12/2020
    Research Assistant (Leipzig University, Herder-Institut)
  • 04/2018 - 03/2020
    Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Greifswald, Institute of German Philology)
  • 09/2014 - 03/2018
    German Lecturer (German Academic Exchange Service, Tomsk State Pedagogic University, Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University)
  • 06/2013 - 06/2014
    Predoctoral Researcher (Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
  • 09/2012 - 06/2013
    German Lecturer (German Academic Exchange Service, (Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk State University)
  • 10/2010 - 07/2012
    Student Assistant (Leipzig University, Herder-Institut)

Education

  • 12/2014 - 04/2019
    Doctoral Studies (University of Vienna), Title of the doctoral project: "Language requirements in tourism-related service professions. Empirically sound curriculum development"
  • 10/2010 - 09/2012
    M.A.-Studies "German as a Foreign Language"
  • 10/2007 - 09/2010
    B.A.-Studies "German as a Foreign Language"

Michael Seyfarth's main areas of research include:

  • empirical curriculum development
  • teaching/learninge languages for specific purposes
  • cultural learning (especially research on memory discourses and their potentials for the foreign language classroom)

  • Seyfarth, M.
    Sprachlich-kommunikative Anforderungen in tourismusbezogenen Serviceberufen. Empirische Grundlagen für die Curriculumentwicklung
    Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. 2020.
    ISBN: 978-3-503-19178-9
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  • Seyfarth, M.
    Sprachlich-kommunikative Anforderungen als Basis von Curricula: Ein Modell zur empirisch fundierten Curriculumentwicklung
    In: Efing, C.; Kiefer, K.-H. (Eds.)
    Sprachbezogene Aufgaben und Curricula in der beruflichen Bildung: Aktuelle Konzepte und Forschungsergebnisse. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 2017. pp. 91–110.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-07175-7
    URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-737482
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  • Kimmelmann, N.; Seyfarth, M.
    Aufgaben in Fachkunde- und Arbeitsbüchern der beruflichen Bildung - Herausforderungen für die Entwicklung berufsbezogener sprachlich-kommunikativer Kompetenz
    In: Efing, C.; Kiefer, K.-H. (Eds.)
    Sprachbezogene Aufgaben und Curricula in der beruflichen Bildung: Aktuelle Konzepte und Forschungsergebnisse. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 2017. pp. 217–238.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-07175-7
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  • Seyfarth, M.
    Erinnerungsorte revisited. Kulturbezogenes Lernen auf diskursanalytischem Fundament
    In: Wolbergs, J. T. S.; Magosch, C.; Zabel, R.; Nast, C. (Eds.)
    Perspektiven auf Kultur im Fach Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Festschrift für Claus Altmayer zum 65. Geburtstag. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. 2022. pp. 129–141.
    ISBN: 978-3-95809-082-8
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  • Seyfarth, M.
    Lehrwerkforschung zwischen Werkanalyse, Rezeption und Unterrichtspraxis: Ein empirisches Plädoyer für eine neue Reflexionskultur
    In: Demmig , S.; Reitbrecht, S.; Sorger, B.; Schweiger, H. (Eds.)
    Beiträge zur Methodik und Didaktik Deutsch als Fremd*Zweitsprache. Berlin: ESV. 2023. pp. 105–120.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.37307/b.978-3-503-21108-1
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more publications

  • Herder-Institut
    Zeitschrift "Deutsch als Fremdsprache"
    Start Date of Collaboration: 01/01/1964
    External participating organisations: interDaF e.V. am Herder-Institut der Universität Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
    Involved persons: Fandrych, Christian; Seyfarth, Michael; Wallner, Franziska; Schwendemann, Matthias
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Focus didactics and methodology

  • Written competencies: Curricular and methodological aspects (UL)
  • Forms of teaching/learning German as a foreign/second language (UL)
  • Preparation for the internship (UL)
  • Research on teaching/learning material (UL)
  • Teaching/learning German for specific purposes (UL)
  • Audiovisual media between cultural, aesthetic and language learning (UG)
  • Curriculum development (UG)
  • Literary texts in German as a foreign/second language (UG)
  • Teaching/learning German for general, job-related, professional and scientific purposes (UG)
  • Competence-oriented use of audio-visual materials and literary texts (various trainings for teachers in higher education)


Focus cultural learning

  • Transcultural learning (UL)
  • German-Russian memory spaces (UG)
  • Foreignness and its media representation (UG)
  • (Inter-)cultural competence in theory and practice (UG)
  • Cultural learning in German as a foreign/second language (UG)
  • Research on memory discourses and and their potentials for the foreign language classroom (various trainings for teachers in higher education)


General subject-related and scientific focuses

  • Introduction to German as a foreign/second Language (UG)
  • Tendencies and structures of the subject German as a foreign Language (UG)
  • Institutional and cultural influences on teaching/learning German as a foreign/second language(UG)
  • Empirical research on teaching/learning languages (various trainings for teachers in higher education)

Note:

UL - Leipzig Univ.

UG - Univ. of Greifswald

  • Written Communication: Curricular and methodological aspects

    M.A.-Progamme "German as a Foreign and Second Language" (Herder Institute, Leipzig University)

  • Teaching and Learning German as a Foreign/Second Language

    B.A.-Progamme "German as a Foreign and Second Language" (Herder Institute, Leipzig University)

  • Internship preparation

    B.A.-Progamme "German as a Foreign and Second Language" (Herder Institute, Leipzig University)

  • Analysis and development of teaching and learning materials

    B.A.-Progamme "German as a Foreign and Second Language" (Herder Institute, Leipzig University)

  • German for Specific Purposes

    B.A.-Progamme "German as a Foreign and Second Language" (Herder Institute, Leipzig University)

  • Transcultural Learning

    Course for future teachers of "German as a Second Language" in public schools (Herder Institute, Leipzig University)

  • Audiovisual media between cultural, aesthetic and language learning

    University of Greifswald


  • Curriculum development

    University of Greifswald


  • Literary texts in German as a foreign and second language

    University of Greifswald


  • GFL/GSL between general, professional, technical and scientific language

    University of Greifswald


  • German-Russian memory spaces

    University of Greifswald


  • Alienness and its medial representation

    University of Greifswald


  • (Inter-)Cultural Competence in Theory and Practice

    University of Greifswald


  • Culture-related learning in German as a foreign and second language

    University of Greifswald


  • Introduction to German as a foreign and second language

    University of Greifswald


  • Development and structures of the subject German as a foreign language

    University of Greifswald


  • Institutional and cultural influences on teaching and learning GFL/GSL

    University of Greifswald