Weekly language workshops for teaching in English. Session 2: Fluency

The second session of the workshop series “Weekly language workshops for teaching in English” is titled “Teaching English” and it will be delivered on 19 January from 16:00 to 17:30 CET.

This series is designed to support instructors who teach their subjects through English by addressing both practical skills and common challenges.

Explore practical strategies to speak more confidently and naturally in the classroom. This session will help participants build fluency, reduce hesitation, and communicate clearly with their students in English.

About the workshop leader and the material

Dr Ruge will conduct all the sessions, using material developed by her and Caroline Allen.

Dr Ruge has been teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) at institutions of higher education for almost 40 years. In this role, her responsibilities have included designing courses in a wide variety of subjects, selecting appropriate teaching materials and creating activities that facilitate a student-centered approach to foreign language acquisition. She currently works at the Language Centre at Leipzig University.

Dr Allen studied secondary education in England and moved to Germany in 2013. After several years of teaching business English, she shifted her focus to English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Her PhD examined how English courses can be designed to meet the specific needs of learners in medical contexts.

She now teaches at Leipzig University, where she develops and delivers ESP courses for students in the natural sciences, and her work centres on helping learners build confidence and become the English speakers they aspire to be.

Contact: wp11arqus@uni-leipzig.de