Professor, German Studies and Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies

• The Development of Intercultural Competence in Education;
• Advocacy for All Language Learners;
• World Language Teaching Theory and Practice;
• Pragmatics; Intercultural Communication;
• First Language Acquisition;
• Second Language Acquisition;
• Humor in the World Language Classroom;
• Program Development in Less Commonly Taught Languages;
• Technology and World Language Education;
• Video Gaming and Language Acquisition;
• Intellectual Humility and Conviction

Professor and Head of School, Te Putahi-a-Toi, Massey University, NZ

Dr Whaanga (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha) is a linguist who has more than 20 years experience as a Māori educator focused on linguistics, te reo Māori, mātauranga Māori, Māori astronomy, ICT and ethics. He has a particular interest in multi-method techniques, methodologies and processes that analyse, develop and protect our mātauranga and reo in a range of linguistic, cultural and digital contexts. He has worked as a project leader and researcher on a range of projects, including curriculum development, AI and VR, ICT and digital repositories, ethics and digitisation, technology, taxonomy and naming, and Māori astronomy.

• Head of ELT at the University of Graz
• Head of the Fachdidaktik Research Network at the University of Graz
• Head of the Doctorate Programme for language teaching research.
• Staff member in the English Department
• Joint coordinator of IATEFL’s Research SIG.
• Member of Oxford University Press ELT Expert Panel
• Courses in SS 2023: MA SE Current Developments in the Research of Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, MA SE Researching Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, VU Spezielle Methodik 3: Fächerübergreifend (Developing skills in language and sports), DQ Doktoratskolloquium für Fremdsprachendidaktik und Sprachlehrforschung.