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 training courses for Second/Foreign language teaching (methods, new technologies …)
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Expertise in the topic of this project
Practice in the field:
Management of and collaboration in several projects on international as well as on local level focusing on aspects such as: diagnosis and promotion of language competences (first & second language), analysis/elaboration of materials and strategies in the context of plurilingual education; student and teacher training (lecturer: Free University of Bolzano/Faculty of Education, University of Trento/Faculty of Humanities; trainer in seminars for the local school board/pedagogical institute; mentor in student placements programs)
Other relevant experience:
Sound experience in the organisation of conferences, workshops and seminars; several publications for the scientific community as well as for teachers and decision makers; sound experience in the field of dissemination of project/research results
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Publications
Boeckmann, Klaus-Börge / Aalto, Eija / Abel, Andrea / Atanasoska, Tatjana / Lamb, Terry (in print): Promoting Plurilingualism – Majority Language in Multilingual Settings. ECML. Graz.
Abel, Andrea / Vettori, Chiara / Forer, Doris (in print): Learning the Neighbour’s Language: the Many Challenges in Achieving a Real Multilingual Society. The Case of Second Language Acquisition in the Minority-Majority Context of South Tyrol In: European Centre for Minority Issues & European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (Hrsgg.): European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 9. Leiden.
Guadatiello, Angela / Plathner, Franziska / Abel, Andrea (2009): Was müssen Lehrkräfte können und kennen? – Die Rolle der Lehrkräfte beim kindlichen Erwerbsprozess mehrerer Sprachen unter Migrations¬bedingungen. In: Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung, 2/2009. 247-260.
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