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Alicia Battenfeld

Research Assistant and Lecturer

Alicia Battenfeld studied English, Social Sciences and German as a Foreign Language at the University of Münster. During her studies, she worked as a student assistant in the ELE Team. After completing her Master of Education in 2023, she worked as a lecturer at the Sprachenzentrum and taught integration classes at the language school WipDaF e.V. in Münster. In November 2023 she joined the ELE Team as a PhD candidate. She is currently working on an interdisciplinary project with the Institute of Education on language learning aptitude, funded by the Karg Stiftung.

 

Contact

Englisches Seminar
Johannisstr. 12-20
D-48143 Münster

Room: ES 304

Mail: alicia.battenfeld@uni-muenster.de

  • Research Interests

    • Anti-racist language education
    • Language learning aptitude
    • Individual difference variables
    • Differentiation in the English language classroom

  • Professional Development

    2023 – present Research Assistant, Lecturer, PhD Student Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz, Prof. Dr. Gut; University of Münster
    2023 Teacher for German as a Foreign Language
    at the WipDaF e.V.
    at the Sprachenzentrum, University of Münster
    2019 – 2023 Student of English and Social Sciences; Master of Education, University of Münster
    2020 – 2022 Certificate programme German as a Foreign Language; University of Münster
    2016 – 2020 Student of English and Social Sciences; Bachelor of Arts, University of Münster

     

  • Presentations & Workshops

    05/26 (invited speech) Battenfeld, A. (2026, May). Developing a School-Based LLA Test for German Secondary School Students: An IRT–Based Validation Approach and its Challenges. 2026 Hong Kong International Forum on Language Aptitude, Polytechnic University Hongkong.
    05/26 Battenfeld, A. (2026, May). Language Learning Aptitude als domänenspezifische Begabungsdiagnostik in der schulischen Praxis. ÖZBF Vortrag, PH Salzburg, Austria.
    12/25 Battenfeld, A. (2025, Dec 17). Is Everyone Equally Good at Learning Languages? Language Learning Aptitude Revisited. Selected Aspects in ELT/SLA – Lecture Series, University of Münster.
    11/25 Battenfeld, A., Gut, U., Lillich, L., Matz, F. (2025, November). Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung: Language Learning Aptitude in der fremdsprachlichen Bildung. 12. ÖZBF Kongress: Emotion & Begabung. PH Salzburg, Austria.
    10/25 Battenfeld, A., Gut, U., & Matz, F. (2025, October). Language Learning Aptitude im deutschsprachigen Kontext. Symposium: Language Learning Aptitude im deutschsprachigen Kontext, Universität Münster.
    09/25 Battenfeld, A., Matz, F., Resch, C., & Wagner, T. (2025, September). Die Rolle von Language Learning Aptitude im fremdsprachlichen Unterricht: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen für eine neue Form der potenzialorientierten Diagnostik und Förderung. Symposium conducted at the 31st Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung, Universität Kassel.
    01/25 Battenfeld, A., & Matz, F. (2025, January 28). Language Learning Aptitude in der fremdsprachlichen Bildung – Entwicklung und Validierung eines Diagnoseinstruments. 12. GEBF Tagung: Bildung als Schlüssel für Gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen. Interdisziplinäre Beiträge aus der Bildungsforschung, Universität Mannheim. 
    11/24 Battenfeld, A. (2024, November 27). Language Learning Aptitude – A Challenge for Language Education. Selected Aspects in ELT/SLA – Lecture Series, University of Münster.
    09/24

    (international, peer-reviewed) Battenfeld, A., & Matz, F. (2024, September 26). Language Learning Aptitude - Entwicklung des Diagnoseinstruments GLLAD. 12. ÖGSD Tagung:  ,,Partizipation - Mehrsprachigkeit - Digitalisierung: neue Ansätze für zukunftsfähiges Sprachenlernen“, 26. - 27.09.2024, Universität Salzburg. 

    Battenfeld, A., Gut, U., Lillich, L., & Matz, F. (2024, September 20). Language Learning Aptitude als Schlüsselfrage fremdsprachlicher Begabung. 8. Münsterschen Bildungskongress mit dem Titel ,,Potenziale entwickeln – Schule transformieren – Zukunft gestalten", Universität Münster. 

    (peer-reviewed) Battenfeld, A. & Matz, F. (2024, September 6). Sprachlernbegabung als Schlüsselfrage fremdsprachlicher Begabung. From empirical research to foreign language classroom practice and vice versa, Pädagogische Hochschule Fribourg, Switzerland.
    07/24 Battenfeld, A. & Utesch, T. (2024, July 16). Sprachlernbegabung als Schlüssselfrage im Kindes-und Jugendalter. KARG Stiftungstreffen. Frankfurt. 

    Organisation of Events

    10/25

    Battenfeld, A. (2025, October). Symposium: Language Learning Aptitude im deutschsprachigen Kontext, Münster [with F. Matz, & U. Gut].

     

List of Publications

 

2026 Gut, U., Battenfeld, A., Lillich, L., Matz, F., & Utesch, T. (2026). Language learning aptitude diagnostics for classroom practice. Babylonia Journal of Language Education, 3, 62–67. https://doi.org/10.55393/babylonia.v3i.625 

 

Teaching Practice

 

2025 Battenfeld, A., & Folkerts, J. (2025). Let's just be friends: Creating spoken word poetry on the relationship of Britain and the European Union. Mein Fach Englisch, 1(2025), 1–6.