brandl@u.washington.edu  Telephone: (206) 543-1510  Fax: (206) 685-9173  Raitt 305X  Dept. of Scandinavian Studies  University of Washington  Box 353420  Seattle, WA 98195-3420 Homepage

Dr. Klaus Brandl is an applied linguist and a specialist in foreign language pedagogy. He is a faculty member in the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Language Learning Center. He has adjunct appointments in the Teacher Education Program (TEP), the Spanish Language Program and Department of Germanics. His specialties include language teaching methodology, teacher training, technology and language learning. His current research project focuses on factors influencing novice teachers and decisions in the implementation of a task-based approach. He is also working on a language textbook for Bangla.

Books
Communicative Language Teaching In Action: Putting Priciples to Work (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007)

Articles
(2002)Integrating Internet-based reading materials into the foreign language curriculum: From teacher- to student-centered approaches. Language Learning & Technology, 6 (3), p. 87-107.

(2002). (equally co-authored with Gabriele Bauer). "Students' Perceptions of Novice Teaching Assistants' Use of the Target Language in Beginning Foreign Language Classes: A Preliminary Investigation." In Will Davis, Jan Smith, & Rosslyn Smith (Eds.), Ready to Teach: Graduate Teaching Assistants Prepare for Today and for Tomorrow (128-138). Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.

(2001). (equally co-authored with Ali Moeller). Instructional Planning. German Teacher Training Course. GOING THE DISTANCE: On-line Training Course for Teachers of German. The American Association of Teachers of German & The Goethe Institute.

(2000). Foreign Language TAs' Perceptions of Training Components: Do We Know How They Like To Be Trained? The Modern Language Journal. 84, 3. 355-371.

1998. Die Anwendung eines multimedialen Leseprogramms im Umgang mit literarischen Texten im DaF-Unterricht. Eine Didaktisierung am Beispiel von Borcherts Kurzgeschichte Das Brot. Jahresheft der Internationalen Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesellschaft. e.V. 10: 34 - 43.

1995. Strong and Weak Students' Preferences of Feedback Options in Computer Assisted Language Learning. The Modern Language Journal 79. 2: 194-211.

Courses:

• Foreign Language Teaching Methodology (TA Training Seminar) SCAN/GER/ROMLing, NE, SLAV 518
• World Languages I & II (Secondary Teacher Training Seminar), EdTEP 588/589