Profile
Abstract
Professor in Linguistics (German as a Foreign & Second Language)
- Areas of Research & Interest: Vocabulary, Word-Formation, Discourse Analysis, Functional Grammar, Academic Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Language Pedagogy
- Editor-in-chief, research journal 'Deutsch als Fremdsprache'
- Member of the Academic Board, Leibniz-Institut for the German Language (IDS) (since 2020)
- Research Project 'Access to multimodal corpora of spoken German' (ZuMult), with IDS Mannheim and University of Hamburg
- Research Project 'Linguistic patterns in scientific engineering texts' (Gingko)
- Major publications include 'Grammar for German as a Foreign and Second Language' (with M. Thurmair, 2018), 'German text genres' (with M. Thurmair, 2011), editor of HSK German as a Foreign and Second Language (2010, with H.J. Krumm, B. Hufeisen, C. Riemer)
- Konrad-Duden Prize 2018 for Research in German Linguistics and German as a Foreign Language
Professional career
- since 09/2006
Professor in Linguistics in German as a Foreign and Second Language, Herder-Institut, University of Leipzig - 09/1996 - 09/2006
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, King's College London, University of London, UK - 11/1993 - 08/1996
Visiting lecturer (German Academic Exchange Service) at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City (Foreign Language Centre and MA programme in Applied Linguistics) - 12/1991 - 07/1993
Lecturer, Institute for German as a Foreign Language, Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität, Munich - 04/1991 - 11/1991
Research Assistant, Linguistic Atlas of Upper Bavaria (funded by DFG)
Education
- 08/1989 - 03/1992
PhD in German as a Foreign Language (minor subects: Moden German Literature, Moden History), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich - 09/1981 - 06/1989
Degree in German as a Foreign Language, Modern German Literature and Modern History (Universität Göttingen, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
Areas of research include:
- German vocabulary and word formation in the context of GFL and German as a Second Language, in particular in an academic context
- grammatical and lexical phenomena and their role in language teaching with a focus on language usage in written and spoken discourse
- Academic language (from a comparative and didactic perspective)
- Corpus linguistics and access to corpus linguistic resources for language teaching purposes
- Language policies and plurilingualism at HE level
- Text linguistics and text grammar
- Linguistic patterns in academic engineering texts (Gingko - Corpus of written academic engineering texts)Fandrych, ChristianDuration: 07/2020 - 08/2022Funded by: DFG Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Linguistik des Deutschen als Fremdsprache
- Access to multimodal corpora of spoken language - network building and target-group-specific differentiationFandrych, ChristianDuration: 01/2018 - 03/2022Funded by: DFG Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Linguistik des Deutschen als Fremdsprache
- MA Module "Academic German and (linguistic) study skills" (Dhoch3)Fandrych, ChristianDuration: 09/2016 - 12/2020Funded by: DAAD Deutscher Akademischer AustauschdienstInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Linguistik des Deutschen als Fremdsprache
- Co-operation in the areas of postgraduate supervision and research in German as a Foreign Language in an Arab-German contextFandrych, ChristianDuration: 01/2012 - 12/2022Funded by: DAAD Deutscher Akademischer AustauschdienstInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Linguistik des Deutschen als Fremdsprache
- Exchange Programme National University of Languages / Hanoi – Herder-Institut, LeipzigFandrych, ChristianDuration: 01/2012 - 12/2021Funded by: DAAD Deutscher Akademischer AustauschdienstInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Linguistik des Deutschen als Fremdsprache
- Fandrych, C.; Foschi Albert, M.; Hepp, M.; Thurmair, M. (Eds.)Attribution in Text, Grammatik, SprachdidaktikBerlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. 2021ISBN: 978-3-503-20543-1
- Fandrych, C.; Tallowitz, U.Klipp und Klar Neubearbeitung. Übungsgrammatik für Deutsch als Fremdsprache A1-B1Stuttgart: Klett Sprachen. 2021ISBN: 312674205X
- Fandrych, C.; Rüger, A.; Brinkschulte, M. (Eds.)Studieren auf DeutschFremdsprache Deutsch. 2019. 61
- Fandrych, C.WissenschaftskommunikationIn: Deppermann, A.; Reineke, S. (Eds.)Berlin: de Gruyter. 2018. p. 143
- Fandrych, C.; Thurmair, M.Grammatik im Fach Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Grundlagen und Vermittlung. 2., neu bearbeitete und erweiterte AuflageBerlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. 2021ISBN: 978-3-503-20603-2