Anna Gausepohl
Current affiliations
- Institute of German Language and Literature - Division: Literature and media didactics
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Acquiring and developing oral narrative skills in German as a second or foreign language
- Performative learning methods in language teaching
- Classroom interaction and peer interaction in (second/foreign) language teaching
- Democracy and environmental education in language teaching
Academic Education | |
| since 04/2025 | Training as a speech coach (DGSS), Centre for Rhetoric, University of Münster |
| since 04/2025 | Doctoral Student at the Graduate School in Empirical and Applied Linguistics (GS eaL), University of Münster |
| since 04/2025 | PhD fellow in the Episcopal Scholarship Programme of Cusanuswerk |
| 10/2021 - 09/2024 | Master of Education (German, English, Catholic Theology) for teaching at grammar schools and comprehensive schools, University of Münster |
| 04/2022 - 09/2023 | Certificate study programme in ‘German as a Foreign Language’, Department of German Studies, University of Münster |
| 09/2022 - 02/2023 | Study and teaching placement at the German Department of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with an ISAP scholarship |
| 10/2018 - 09/2021 | Bachelor of Arts (English and American Studies, German Studies, Catholic Theology) for teaching at grammar schools and comprehensive schools, University of Münster |
| 09/2020 - 02/2021 | Study at the Language Department of the University of Sheffield, England, on an Erasmus scholarship |
Work Experience | |
| since 08/2025 | Lecturer in Special Responsibilities (LfbA) at the Institute of German Studies, Department of Language Teaching, Prof. Dr Juliane Stude |
| since 01/2025 | Research assistant on the DAAD-funded project “DEEP – Democracy, Environmental Education and Discursive Participation” (project lead: Prof. Dr Juliane Stude, educational lead: Kordula Schulze) in partnership with Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 03/2024 - 03/2026 | Part-time further training as theatre educator (certified by BUT, the German Association for Theatre Education), Theatre Education Centre Münster |
| 02/2024 - 03/2024 | Teaching placement for German as a Foreign Language (DaF) at A1 and A2 levels at the “One World Secondary School”, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania |
| 03/2021 - 12/2023 | Student assistant on the DAAD-funded project “Teaching Diversity – Diversity in Teaching (TDDT)” (project lead: Prof. Dr Juliane Stude, educational lead: Kordula Schulze) in partnership with Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 08/2019 - 08/2022 | Student assistant in the field of dialect research, Commission for Dialect and Onomastic Research, Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 04/2025 | member, German Society for Speech Science and Education (DGSS) |
| since 01/2025 | Member, International Kamishibai Association of Japan (IKAJA) |
| since 04/2024 | member, ambassador, Nightline Münster (helpline by students for students) |
Talks
| Investigating performative storytelling in GFL classes with university students: potentials and challenges of a mixed-methods design Anna Gausepohl (13/03/2026) 23. Sprachwissenschaftliche Tagung für Promotionsstudierende (STaPs), Universität Osnabrück Type of talk: scientific Talk | |
| Storytelling with Kamishibai: Storytelling for more languages and more perspectives Anna Gausepohl; Paula Patel; Irma Carbajal Rodriguez; Lola de la Serna; Beatriz Lorente Canovas (27/02/2026) Workshop an der vhs Münster im Rahmen des Welttags der Muttersprache, vhs Münster Type of talk: Workshop | |
| Discover Kamishibai: Workshop for World Kamishibai Day Anna Gausepohl; Kuriko Ikeda-Hagemeyer; Saya Auel (07/12/2025) Workshop an der vhs Münster zum Welttag des Kamishibai, vhs Münster Type of talk: Workshop | |
| More than just a picture frame: the Japanese storytelling theatre known as Kamishibai. The design of image-based storytelling performances to promote oral… Anna Gausepohl (28/11/2025) Vorlesung „Storytelling in der Lehre", im Studiengang Medienproduktion an der Technischen Hochschule Ostwestfalen…, Technischen Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Detmold Type of talk: practical Talk | |
| Immersive Storytelling with Kamishibai: Potentials of the Japanese Paper Theatre for Young EFL Learners (guest lecture) Anna Gausepohl (26/11/2025) Fachdidaktische Einführungsvorlesung im Bachelorstudium Grundschule, gehalten von Prof. Dr. Julia Reckermann, Englisches Seminar, Universität Münster Type of talk: practical Talk |