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Statement on Graduate Student Advising
M.A. Technische Universit盲t Dresden, M.A. Ohio State University, Ph.D. Ohio State University
Berit Jany is the coordinator of the undergraduate German language program. She also serves as outreach organizer and tester for the Goethe Institut language exams B1-C1.
Main research and teaching interests:
SLA, Holistic Foreign Language Teaching and Learning,听Proficiency and Assessment, German-Americana, Anabaptism and Pietism.
Recent publications:
Teaching & Linguistics
.鈥澨�Linguistische Treffen in Wroc艂aw 21听(2022): 101-116.
鈥�Spracherwerb als Prozess鈥擣枚rderung des Selbstgespr盲chs in Anf盲nger DaF-Kursen.鈥�听Germanistische Werkstatt 11听(2021): 119-132.听
.鈥� Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German 53 (2020): 99-118.
鈥�Linguistische Treffen in Wroc艂aw 16 (2019): 39-50.
鈥�.鈥� Babylonia: A Journal of Language Teaching and Learning N3 (2019): 12-19.
鈥淚nterimssprache und das Bewusstmachen von Sprachf盲higkeit: Eine Studie zu elektronischen Fremdsprachenportfolios in DaF Anf盲ngerkursen.鈥� Linguistische Treffen in Wroc艂aw 13 (2018): 97-107.
鈥淏eyond the Essay: Digital Documentary Productions in German-Americana Courses.鈥� Society of German American Studies 52 (2018): 169-181.
鈥�.鈥� Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German 48 (2015): 244-254.鈥�
Literature & Culture
听鈥�.鈥� German Life and Letters 72 (2019): 245-261.
鈥淔rom Zealots to Saints: The Dichotomy of Anabaptist Images in Swiss Historical Fiction.鈥� Mennonite Quarterly Review 93 (2019): 57-79.
鈥�.鈥� Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 6 (2018): 213-226.听听
鈥�. Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus and Hungarian Anabaptists.鈥� Studia Theodisca 25 (2018): 27-48.听
鈥淐aught Between the Lines: The Fictionalization of Anabaptism in Novels of the Kulturkampf Era.鈥� Journal of Mennonite Studies 35 (2017): 357-380.
鈥溾�� Studia Theodisca 23 (2016): 53-70.
Doopsgezinde bijdragen 42 (2016): 11-32.
鈥� Studia Austriaca 23 (2015): 65-86.
听鈥�.鈥� Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 2 (2013): 31-47.
鈥�.鈥� Chloe 47 (2013): 117- 145.
鈥�.鈥� Focus on German Studies 18 (2012): 3-18.