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Dr. Rebecca Schlieckmann

Dr Rebecca Schlieckmann earned her Master of Teaching degree from Griffith University (Australia), where she received the Griffith Award for Academic Excellence. After completing her teacher training (Referendariat) and obtaining her second state exam, she worked at the Universities of Vechta, TU Dortmund, and Paderborn before joining the TEFL team at the University of Münster in 2021. That same year, she completed her PhD—an empirical study on English language teachers’ beliefs regarding English education at the time of transition from primary to secondary school. From 2024 to 2025, she served as Associate Deputy Professor at the University of Wuppertal.

Her postdoctoral research follows a design-based research approach and focuses on fostering oracy at the time of transition. Together with English teachers, she is collaboratively developing an alternative oral assessment format that promotes communicative competence and continuity between primary and secondary English education.

Having trained in Germany, England, and Australia, she is passionate about teaching as well as learning with and from future English teachers while fostering meaningful connections between ELE research and classroom practice.

 

Englisches Seminar
Johannisstraße 12-20
D - 48143 Münster

Room: ES 305
Email: rschliec[at]uni-muenster.de

  • CV

    Since October 2025

    Senior Lecturer (Studienrätin im Hochschuldienst)

    TEFL department, University of Münster
    October 2024 – September 2025

    Deputy Associated Professor (Vertretung der Professur)

    TEFL department, University of Wuppertal

    June 2021 – September 2024

    Senior Lecturer (Studienrätin im Hochschuldienst)

    TEFL department, University of Münster

    June 2021

    PhD

    University of Duisburg-Essen
    September 2019 – May 2021

    Senior Lecturer (Studienrätin im Hochschuldienst)

    University of Paderborn

    April 2018 – August 2019

    Research Assistant

    TU Dortmund

    May 2015 – March 2018

    Research Assistant & PhD Student

    University of Vechta

    November 2013 – March 2015

    Teacher Training (Referendariat)

    Secondary School, Marl, Germany

    April 2012 – March 2013

    Teacher Training

    Arundel, Southport & Robina, Australia

    February 2012 – July 2013

    Master of Teaching Secondary,

    Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

    August 2008 – August 2009

    Language Assistant

    Secondary School, North Yorkshire, UK

    October 2006 – February 2011

    Bachelor of Arts (English & Sports Science),

    University of Münster

     

  • Research Interests

    • Empirical Research, Design-Based Research
    • Young English Language Learners
    • English Language Education at the Time of Transition from Primary to Secondary School
    • Alternative Forms of Assessment in ELE
    • Language Competences (focus on oracy)
    • Teacher Collaboration & Collaboration between Teachers and Researchers
    • Participatory Innovation in Teacher Education
    • Self-Videography in Teacher Education

  • Current Projects

    • Keep the Conversation Going – Oracy at the Time of Transition in ELE. A Design-based Research Project

    • Pedagogical Alliance for XR Technologies in (Teacher) Education (PAX)

    • Future-ready Fachdidaktik – Design-based Innovation in Teacher Education

    • Eigenvideographie im Praxissemester Englisch

  • Publications

  • Presentations, Symposia, Guest Lectures (Selection of the most recent ones)

    Schlieckmann, R. & Lellé, S. (Kassel). (26. 09. 2025). Let’s keep the conversation going - Strengthening oral skills in ELE at the time of transition. DGFF Conference, Kassel, Germany

    Schlieckmann, R. & Folkerts, J.-F. (26. 09. 2025). ‘I have the feeling I'll be using it for a long time to come’ On the sustainability of the use of self-video in the practical semester for the subject English. DGFF Conference, Kassel, Germany.

    Matz, F. & Schlieckmann, R. (25. 09. 2025). Immersive XR technologies in foreign language teaching: The development of a practice-oriented framework  for the sustainable design of digital transformation, DGFF Conference, Kassel, Germany.

    Lellé, S. & Schlieckmann, R. (16. 09. 2025). From Tiptoe to Tango – A Journey of Teacher-Researcher Collaboration. Symposium Synergy in Action (SynAct), online, Wuppertal University.

    Schlieckmann, R. (31.03.2025). Collaboration between teachers and researchers - Critical incidents, considerations and questions. Bergisch-Westphalian Colloquium, Wuppertal University, Germany.

    Schlieckmann, R. (28.- 29.03.2025). Alternative Formats of Oral Assessment in English Language Education. International TEFL Praxis Conference, Melbourne, Australia, online. (accepted)

    Schlieckmann, R. (29. 01. 2025). Lost in Transition? The Transition from Primary to Secondary School. Center for Teacher Training, Recklinghausen, Germany. (invited)

    Folkerts, J.-F., Reckermann, J., Schlieckmann, R. & Siepmann, P. (06.11.2024). Design-Based Research in (Early) Language Learning and Teaching.  ELLRA Webinar Series, Online. (invited)

    Schlieckmann, R. (10.10.2024). Focus on the Transition – Oral Assessment in Year Five. English Language Teacher Educators’ Staff Meeting, Münster, Germany.

    Folkerts, J.-F. & Schlieckmann, R. (27. 09. 2024). Ask no questions, hear no lies – Oracy in the digital age. (Symposium). Conference: Participation, Multilingualism and Digitality: New approaches for sustainable foreign language education. ÖGSD Conference, University of Salzburg, Austria.

    Schlieckmann, R. (12.09.2024). The Transition from Primary to Secondary School in EFL Education. Center for Teacher Training, Rheine, Germany (invited)

    Folkerts, J.-F., Schlieckmann, R. & Siepmann, P. (06. 09. 2024). Pulling in the same direction – establishing dialogues between theory and practice with Design-Based Research (Symposium). Conference: From empirical research to foreign language classroom practice and vice-versa, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

    Schlieckmann, R. (Mai 2023). EFL Teacher Collaboration – Opportunities and Obstacles. Center for Teacher Training, Recklinghausen, Germany. (invited)

    Schlieckmann, R. (16.03.2023). “And then they can't even write a sentence correctly in English” -  The potential of oral communication tests in fifth grade English lessons. DGFF Conference, Focus on Early Career Researchers, University of Münster, Germany.