Prof.Dr Alice Gruber
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- Language Coordinator for Business English
- Substitute Academic Director Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication
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alice.gruber(at)tha.decontact.officeHours
By appointment via email
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Virtual Exchange
- Editorial board member for The Journal of English for Purposes of International Communication
- Member of the HRRC Working Group on Human Rights Education and Solidarity
- Virtual Reality-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching
- Augmented Reality in Language Learning and Teaching
- Artificial Intelligence in Language Learning and Teaching
- English for Specific Purposes
- German as a lingua franca
- Global Varieties of English
- Intercultural Citizenship
- Intercultural Communication
- "Reach Your GOAL with VR!": Innovative Mentoring Project Uses Virtual Reality for Exam Preparation
- VR-AI Project Avatopia
https://www.tha.de/Geistes-und-Naturwissenschaften/VR-KI-Projekt-Avatopia.html
- DFG Project: AI-Supported, VR-Based Skills Development for Future Professionals in the Field of German as a Technical and Professional Language
“Global Citizenship Education in VR for Foreign Language Learning (VR_GCE)” (Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education) (Freiraum 2022)
Project Results – Resources for Teachers and Learners:
1) GCE on Sustainable Consumption: https://moodle.hs-augsburg.de/course/view.php?id=7741
Note: Password for guest access: 1_Sustainability
2) GCE Justice: https://moodle.hs-augsburg.de/course/view.php?id=7741
Note: Password for guest access: 1_Justice
STEAM to the power of 3 – international, interdisciplinary, innovative. (2022). With Karin Bukenberger at Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences; grant awarded by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.
Fostering Intercultural Citizenship with Virtual Reality in a World Language Virtual Exchange project. (2021), with Manuela Wagner at the University of Connecticut; grant awarded by The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Modeling Plurilithic Orientations to English in Trainee Teachers: A Comparative International Study. (2020). With Hall, C. (PI) and Xian, Y. Grant awarded by the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Applying Linguistics Fund.
Practicing Presenting and Debating Using Interactive Videos and Peer Teaching in Virtual Reality (VR) (2020). Grant awarded by HUMUS Plus (Pedagogical and Methodological Support for Student-Initiated Learning Processes at Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg).
Junior Fellowship (2019). Designing and Implementing Innovative Teaching/Learning Formats in Foreign Language Teaching. Grant awarded by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.
Evaluation of Gamified Foreign Language Tools in Foreign Language Learning. (2018). Grant awarded by HUMUS (Pedagogical and Methodological Support for Self-Initiated Learning Processes at Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg).
The Transition from GCSE to A-Level Languages in the UK—How Can the Gap Be Closed? (2014). Grant awarded by the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Applying Linguistics Fund.
“Augmented Reality Instructional Design for Language Learning – ARIDLL” (2022-1-NO01-KA220-HED-000088034) Erasmus+
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