Biographical Information

Prof. Bernd Rüschoff studied English, Slavonic Languages, Philosophy and Education at the University of Münster (Germany). He continued his studies at the University of Alberta (Canada) and at the University of London, where he obtained a PhD in Russian Linguistics. Since then, his research focus has been in applied linguistics and second language acquisition as well as Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL).

From 1993 to 1998 he held a professorship in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) at the Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe, where his research focussed on aspects of second language acquisition and TELL exploitation based on cognitive-constructivist approaches. Currently, Prof. Dr. Rüschoff is chair and head of the didactics section of the Dept. of English at the University of Duisburg and Essen.

Areas of Teaching and Research

During his early academic career, he was involved in developing and organizing language learning programmes for in-company training and vocational language programmes at university level.

Furthermore, he has wide experience in developing technology enhanced learning systems. Over the past decades he has participated in a number of projects dealing with the development and assessment of such systems and multi-media resources for language learning as well as the integration of Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) into language learning.

He has been involved in a number of European projects (LINGUA, TEMPUS as well as SOCRATES and LEONARDO) and contributed to various Council of Europe activities, e.g. as a director of studies in Modern Languages ‘New Style’ workshops. Most recently, his research and development has been focussed on aspects of e-learning and virtual learning platforms for applied linguistics as well as the use of authoring tools for language learning.