Dr. Giselle Valman

EDUCATION:
Since summer semester 2024: Working on a post-doctoral habilitation on the phonetics of Spanish in German pupils (supervision by Prof Carsten Sinner - University of Leipzig)
2018: Doctorate/Phd studies at the University of Leipzig under the supervision of Prof Kerstin Reinke (Herder Institute) and Prof Carsten Sinner (IALT Institute)
2010: Master's degree programme German as a Foreign and Second Language at the Herder Institute of the University of Leipzig
2004: Teacher training programme in German as a second language at the University of Applied Sciences Instituto de Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fenández", Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994: Piano studies and music education at the Manuel de Falla Conservatory, Buenos Aires, Argentina

WORK:
Since summer semester 2020: Departmental teaching staff (Spanish) at the Fachsprachenzentrum [Language Centre] at Bielefeld University and module leader for the language practice Spanish in Romance Studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
SoSe 2018-WiSe 2019/20: Departmental teaching staff (Spanish) at the Language Centre of Leipzig University (Leipzig, Germany)
Summer semester 2018: Research assistant at the Herder Institute of the University of Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
Winter term 2017/18: Substitute as Head of Language Department Romance Languages II, Spanish and Portuguese at the Language Centre at Leipzig University (Leipzig, Germany)
Winter semester 2014/2015, 2016/17, 2017/2018: Lecturer for the seminar Phonetics as part of the in-service training programme German as a Second Language at the Herder Institute of the University of Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
Summer semester 2014, 2016, 2017: Lecturer for a seminar on contrastive phonetics for bachelor students (as part of the modules Phonetics) at the Herder Institute of the University of Leipzig
2010-2013: Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Instituto de Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) for GFL teacher training in primary and secondary schools in the subject "Taller de Dicción y Fonética en el aula" (Didactisation of Phonetics) and for translation training in the subject German Phonetics I and II
2008-2009: Temporary Lecturer for Spanish, Language Centre of the University of Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
2004-2007: Language assistant at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, subject Lenguas modernas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2000-2013: DaF teacher at various language schools and at the Goethe-Institut (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
1995-1998: Music teacher at various primary schools and nurseries (Buenos Aires, Argentina)