Biography

Alexander Kaul studied English and French at Ruhr-University Bochum and Leeds Trinity University. Apart from that, he worked as a foreign language assistant in Orange, France, for half a year. He received his Master of Education in 2017 and completed his teacher training in Bocholt in 2018. Since 2018, he has been working as a lecturer (“Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben”) in linguistics and EFL Education at Ruhr-University Bochum. He is additionally pursuing his PhD degree. His research interests include second language acquisition, task-based language learning and the role of grammar in ELT.

Teaching

Summer semester 2025

• English Sounds and Sound Systems
• Grundlagen der Sprachdidaktik
• Grundlagen der Textdidaktik
• Begleitseminar zum Praxissemester
• Classroom Communication MM

Previous courses

• Grundlagen der Sprachdidaktik
• Grundlagen der Textdidaktik
• Begleitseminar zum Praxissemester
• The Role of Grammar in ELT
• Focus on Form: Grammar, Vocabulary and Lexico-Grammar in ELT
• Classroom Communication MM
• Contrastive Linguistics: English-German
• The Mental Lexicon
• Language Acquisition Processes in the English Classroom
• Second Language Acquisition
• Psycholinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism
• Analysing Learner Language
• Classroom Discourse
• Construction Grammar and Language Acquisition
• Educational Linguistics
• Lexicology
• Investigating Language Learning: Issues in Instructed Second Language Acquisition
• Introduction to English Linguistics
• English Sounds and Sound Systems

Publications

• Kaul, Alexander (2024): "Reading LGBTQ+ poetry". In: Mein Fach: Englisch Sek II 4/24, 6-10.
• Kaul, Alexander (2024): "'What if it's not enough?' - Reading an excerpt from Kim Stanley Robinson's cli-fi novel The Ministry for the Future". In: Mein Fach: Englisch Sek II 3/24, 7-11.
• Kaul, Alexander (2024): "The Commonwealth Poetry Podcast - Exploring the Commonwealth through poetry". In: Mein Fach: Englisch Sek II 1/24, 6-10.
• Kaul, Alexander (2023): "#Ecotok - Helping the Climate through Social Media?" In: Englisch betrifft uns 4/23, 18-21.
• Kaul, Alexander (2021): "Exploring Manhattan's High Line Virtually: Mithilfe digitaler Medien die High Line erkunden und einen Audio-Guide erstellen". In: Praxis Englisch 6/21, 29-33.
• Kaul, Alexander (2021): "Methods in action: Working with chunks in digitalized ELT". In: Praxis Englisch 4/21, 47-48.
• Kaul, Alexander (2020): "Workshop 4" & "Worksheets zu Extra Reading", in: Holtkamp, Helga (Ed.): On Track 4. Teachers' Book. Englisch für Gymnasien. Ausgabe Bayern. Braunschweig: Westermann, 192-236 & 259-271.
• Kaul, Alexander (2020): "Workshop 3", in: Holtkamp, Helga (Ed.): On Track 3. Teachers' Book. Englisch als 2. Fremdsprache. Braunschweig: Westermann, 143-189.
• Kaul, Alexander (2019): "Workshop 3", in: Holtkamp, Helga (Ed.): On Track 3. Teachers' Book. Englisch für Gymnasien. Ausgabe Bayern. Braunschweig: Westermann,  150-206.

Presentations

• 12.09.2024: Less Grammar and More Chunking? Implementing a Lexico-Grammar Approach through Tasks [Presentation]. Educational Linguistics: Language(s) from Childhood to Adult Age, Kalmar.
• 09.03.2024: Englischunterricht auf dem Prüfstand – gängige Unterrichtspraktiken kritisch beleuchtet [Workshop with Sebastian Flaake]. RUB Teachers' Day, Bochum.
• 27.09.2023: Grammatik lexikalisieren? Der Einsatz von chunks im aufgabenbasierten Englischunterricht [Presentation]. 30. DGFF Kongress, Freiburg im Breisgau.
• 16.09.2022: TBLT Implementation in the EFL Secondary Classroom: A Novice EFL Teacher's Perspective [Presentation]. SLTED 2022, Vienna.
• 20.04.2022: Less Grammar and More Chunking? Zur Rolle der Grammatik im Englischunterricht [Workshop with Markus Ritter]. RUB Teachers' Day, Bochum.
• 23.09.2021: Less Grammar and More Chunking? Implementing a Lexico-Grammar Approach through Tasks [Poster session]. 29. DGFF Kongress, Essen.
• 31.10.2020: Wissenschaft trifft Praxis - Steckbriefing mit Doktorand*innen [Workshop]. RUB Teachers' Day, Bochum.