Nora Freytag

PhD research project

ongoing: "Linguistic-communicative needs in international business communication between Germany and Turkey. An empirical explorative study on the relevance and use of the German language in Turkish-German business relations." Bielefeld University, German as a Foreign and Second Language, Supervisor: Prof. Dr Damaris Borowski

Work experience

• since 03/24: Research Associate in the TDU project at Bielefeld University (11/24-09/25 in the DaF/DaZ department)

- Conceptual and content-related development of a workshops series on language-sensitive university teaching at the Turkish-German University (TDU)
- Initiation of cooperation with companies to support the (specialised) language training of TDU students
- Communicative language needs analysis in companies to identify opportunities for needs-oriented specialised language learning opportunities at TDU
- Collaboration in the project organisation

• 02/23-07/24: Coordinator for language courses in Landkreis Wolfenbüttel

• 06/19-02/22: Student Assistant and Research Associate in the DigiBAU project, IBBA, Technische Universität Berlin

• 12/2014 - 08/2018: Student Assistant in the TDU project, Bielefeld University

Freelancing in the field of German as a Foreign and Second Language
01/19 - 02/24 as a GFL/GSL teacher at, among others

• Bielefeld University
• LanguageHero (online)
• New York University Berlin
• Bard College Berlin
• DeutschAkademie Berlin

Academic education

• 10/18-08/21: Master of Arts (M.A.) in German as a Foreign Language and Language for Specific Purposes, Technical University of Berlin, title of master thesis: "Interactions between the German language and business in an international context"

• 04/14-05/18: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in German as a Foreign and Second Language and Literary Studies, Bielefeld University