Egger, Katharina, BA MEd
Innrain 52, room no. 40509, 5th floor, Geiwi Tower
by appointment
About the person
Currently
- University Assistant (prae-doc) at the University of Innsbruck, Institute for Didactics, Department of Languages | since October 2023
Previously
- Rater training and rater activities in the course of iKMPLUS testing English | April 2024 - September 2025
- Student assistant in research and administration, Institute for Didactics, Department of Languages | March 2022 - September 2023
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Tutoring and coaching in the teaching subject English, NHK Innsbruck | December 2019 - January 2022
Education
- University course in German as a Foreign Language/German as a Second Language, University of Innsbruck | since winter term 2025/26
- PhD programme in English didactics, University of Innsbruck | since September 2023
- Master's degree in English and History, Social Studies and Polititcal Education as part of the Teacher Training programme programme, University of Innsbruck | 2021 - 2023
- Bachelor's degree programme in History, University of Innsbruck | 2020 - 2022
- Bachelor's degree in English and History, Social Studies and Political Education as part of a Teacher Training Programme, University of Innsbruck | 2016 - 2021
Teaching
- VU Introduction to the didactics of foreign language teaching
- VU Introduction to testing and assessment in foreign language teaching
Research
- Language transfer
- Influence of first and second languages on English language acquisition
- Grammar acquisition
- Processability Theory
Turn-taking in the SLA context
Textbook analysis
Linguistic Profile Analysis
Publications
Selection
- Egger, Katharina: Learning Grammar in English as a Foreign Language Along the Principles of Processability Theory. In: Katrin Engelmayr-Hofmann, Benjamin Fliri & Daniele Polizio (Hrsg.) (2024): Sprachendidaktik im Dialog. Extended Abstracts zur 15. ÖGSD-Nachwuchstagung. ÖGSD-Tagungsberichte. Bd. 9.. Wien: ÖGSD, S. 64-68.
- Masterarbeit: Egger, Katharina (2023): Learning Grammar in English as a Foreign Language Along the Principles of Processability Theory. A Textbook Analysis and Empirical Study of Students of Lower Secondary Education in Tyrol, Universität Innsbruck.