Mareike Rotzal

Research:

Doctoral thesis on the topic: “Motivational processes in German language acquisition within an English-speaking academic environment and in everyday German-speaking life: A longitudinal qualitative study with international students” (completed and defended in December 2025, publication in preparation)

Professional career:

Since April 2024: Academic researcher on the “Turkish-German University” (TDU) project

November 2016–December 2023: Departmental teaching staff at Bielefeld University, teaching courses in the DaZ module as well as on the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in DaF/DaZ; supervision of BA and MA-thesises

September 2016–November 2016: DAAD reintegration scholarship holder and temporary lecturer on the master course in German as a Foreign Language (DaF) and German Studies, Bielefeld University

September 2013–June 2016: DAAD lecturer at the Turkish-German University in Istanbul
German as a Foreign Language (DaF) teaching at levels A1–C1; DSH preparation; delivery of preparatory and ongoing specialist language courses in Business Administration

06/2013–07/2013: Freelance lecturer at Leibniz University Hannover
Workshops on academic writing for students

03/2013–08/2013: Substitute teacher at Tandem Language School, Bielefeld

02/2012–02/2013: Teacher for departmental teaching staff at PunktUm, Bielefeld University
Courses on academic work and writing in German as a foreign language; writing consultancy for students learning German as a foreign language (DaF) and German as a second language (DaZ)

01/2012–02/2012: Conference assistant (academic support staff) at the Bielefeld symposium ‘Multilingualism in Academia and Society – An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Multilingualism, Educational Participation and the Potential of Students from Migrant Backgrounds’

10/2011–12/2011: Academic language support for international PhD students, Department of German as a Foreign and Second Language, Bielefeld University

August 2010–February 2011: Writing consultancy at PunktUm, Bielefeld University
Advising international students on academic writing issues

Studies:

04/2009–09/2011: Master of Arts in German as a Foreign Language and German Studies,
Bielefeld University
Title of Master’s thesis: Academic writing consultancy for students for whom German is a foreign language: On symmetry and asymmetry in the counselling session. An empirical study

10/2005–03/2009: Double-major Bachelor’s programme: English Studies (main subject), German Studies (minor subject), Bielefeld University