Andrea Abel

Surname - Abel

First name - Andrea

Address for correspondence - E-mail

Nationality - Italian

Affiliation with educational networks/associations

• Member of the board of the "Beobachtungsstelle Sprache" ("Language Observation Unit") of the Südtiroler Kulturinstitut (South Tyrol Cultural Institute)
• Institutional member of the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX)
• Institutional member of the Società di Linguistica Italiana (SLI)
• Institutional member of the Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AITLA)

Work information

Occupation or position currently held

Coordinator of the Institute for Specialised Communication and Multilingualism, lecturer at the University of Trento (Faculty of Humanities) and at the Free University of Bolzano (Faculty of Computer Sciences), freelance second language teacher

Name of employer

Europäische Akademie Bozen - Accademia Europea di Bolzano

Country of employment

Italy

Education and training

Relevant qualifications or training

PhD, University of Innsbruck (PhD thesis: „Alte und neue Problematiken der Lernerlexikographie in Theorie und Praxis“)

Degree in German philology, University of Innsbruck (Degree thesis: „Funktionen der Vergangenheitstempora: Ein Vergleich zwischen dem Deutschen und dem Italienischen“)

Attendance of numerous teacher training courses for Second/Foreign language teaching (methods, new technologies, etc.)

Languages of communication

Mother tongue    

German

Other languages

Italian, English, Spanish

Contribution
to the project

Project work and research on: assessing language competences (language exams, elaboration of exam preparation material), analysis of the relationship between language competences and sociolinguistic and psychosociological factors (using qualitative and quantitative methods; pupils with and without migrational background), pedagogical lexicography (electronic dictionaries for language learners).

Sound experience in international project management, participation in numerous EU-projects.

Publication of several articles in national and international publications.

Detailed CV and list of publications: https://www.eurac.edu/about/collaborators/AAbel/index.htm.

Role in the project team: bring in expertise and experiences gained through the analysis of the linguistic integration and development of pupils with a migrational background living in a multilingual region such as South Tyrol as well as the analysis of teaching methods which are able to deal with heterogeneity.