Anna Gausepohl, M. Ed.

Anna Gausepohl, M. Ed.

Schlossplatz 34
48143 Münster

Research Foci
  • Acquiring and developing oral narrative skills in German as a second or foreign language
  • Performative learning methods in language teaching
  • Classroom interaction and peer interaction in (second/foreign) language teaching
  • Democracy and environmental education in language teaching
Further Affiliation at the University of Münster
CV

Academic Education

Training as a speech coach (DGSS), Centre for Rhetoric, University of Münster
Doctoral Student at the Graduate School in Empirical and Applied Linguistics (GS eaL), University of Münster
PhD fellow in the Episcopal Scholarship Programme of Cusanuswerk
Master of Education (German, English, Catholic Theology) for teaching at grammar schools and comprehensive schools, University of Münster
Certificate study programme in ‘German as a Foreign Language’, Department of German Studies, University of Münster
Study and teaching placement at the German Department of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with an ISAP scholarship
Bachelor of Arts (English and American Studies, German Studies, Catholic Theology) for teaching at grammar schools and comprehensive schools, University of Münster
Study at the Language Department of the University of Sheffield, England, on an Erasmus scholarship

Positions

Lecturer in Special Responsibilities (LfbA) at the Institute of German Studies, Department of Language Teaching, Prof. Dr Juliane Stude
Research assistant on the DAAD-funded project “DEEP – Democracy, Environmental Education and Discursive Participation” (project lead: Prof. Dr Juliane Stude, educational lead: Kordula Schulze) in partnership with Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Part-time further training as theatre educator (certified by BUT, the German Association for Theatre Education), Theatre Education Centre Münster
Teaching placement for German as a Foreign Language (DaF) at A1 and A2 levels at the “One World Secondary School”, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Student assistant on the DAAD-funded project “Teaching Diversity – Diversity in Teaching (TDDT)” (project lead: Prof. Dr Juliane Stude, educational lead: Kordula Schulze) in partnership with Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Student assistant in the field of dialect research, Commission for Dialect and Onomastic Research, Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe

Prize

Promotionsstipendium – Bischöfliche Studienförderung Cusanuswerk

External Functions

German Society for Speech Science and Education (DGSS) (member)
International Kamishibai Association of Japan (IKAJA) (Member)
Nightline Münster (helpline by students for students) (member, ambassador)
Teaching

    • [ – | Single Course | VSH 118]
    • [ – | Single Course | VSH 118]
    • [ – | Single Course | VSH 118]
    • [ – | Single Course | VSH 118]

Project
Talks
  • Gausepohl, Anna : „Sequential world-building with and without kamishibai. Patterns of interaction in narrative development in university German as a Foreign Language (GFL) classes“. Doktorand*innenkolloquium der Graduate School Empirical and Applied Linguistics, Universität Münster, Münster, .
  • Gausepohl, Anna : „Beginning stories with and without kamishibai. Multimodal interaction for creating narrative spaces in university German as a Foreign Language (GFL) classes“. sprachdidaktisches Forschungskolloquium am Germanistischen Institut, Universität Münster, Münster, .
  • Gausepohl, Anna : „Sharing Stories with Kamishibai: An Intervention Study to Promote Oral Narrative Skills Among Adult Learners of German as a Foreign Language (Postervortrag)“. Forschungstag des Fachbereichs 09 Philologie, Universität Münster, Münster, .
  • Gausepohl, Anna : “Discursive Participation on Stage: Insights into Performative Language Learning through Drama Pedagogy with the Example of a GSL Theatre Project”. Intensive Camps im Rahmen des DAAD-geförderten Projekts „DEEP – Democracy, Environmental Education and discursive Participation“, Landhaus Rothenberge, Wettringen, .
  • Gausepohl, Anna; Fadilla, Difa Dian : “Really Listening to Someone: Implementing Carl Roger’s Active Listening in the Nightline Service ”. Workshop am Institut für pädagogische Psychologie und Beratung, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, .
  • Gausepohl, Anna : „A suitcase full of home“. theaterpädagogische Stückentwicklung und Bühnenpräsentation gemeinsam mit Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen mit und ohne DaZ und Fluchterfahrungen, gefördert durch die NRW-Förderung "2.000 x 1.000 € für das Ehrenamt", Theaterpädagogisches Zentrum Münster, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : „Investigating performative storytelling in GFL classes with university students: potentials and challenges of a mixed-methods design“. 23. Sprachwissenschaftliche Tagung für Promotionsstudierende (STaPs), Universität Osnabrück, .
  • Anna Gausepohl; Paula Patel; Irma Carbajal Rodriguez; Lola de la Serna; Beatriz Lorente Canovas : „Storytelling with Kamishibai: Storytelling for more languages and more perspectives“. Workshop an der vhs Münster im Rahmen des Welttags der Muttersprache, vhs Münster, .
  • Anna Gausepohl; Kuriko Ikeda-Hagemeyer; Saya Auel : „Discover Kamishibai: Workshop for World Kamishibai Day“. Workshop an der vhs Münster zum Welttag des Kamishibai, vhs Münster, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : „More than just a picture frame: the Japanese storytelling theatre known as Kamishibai. The design of image-based storytelling performances to promote oral storytelling skills among adults in foreign language teaching (guest lecture)“. Vorlesung „Storytelling in der Lehre", im Studiengang Medienproduktion an der Technischen Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, gehalten von Miriam Krumm, Technischen Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Detmold, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : “Immersive Storytelling with Kamishibai: Potentials of the Japanese Paper Theatre for Young EFL Learners (guest lecture)”. Fachdidaktische Einführungsvorlesung im Bachelorstudium Grundschule, gehalten von Prof. Dr. Julia Reckermann, Englisches Seminar, Universität Münster, .
  • Gausepohl, Anna; Fadilla, Difa Dian : “Here’s your Nightline Jogja! First Steps towards Founding an Anonymous Student Helpline at UNY”. Austausch zur Weiterentwicklung von Hochschullehre und -kultur, Institut für pädagogische Psychologie und Beratung, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : “Nightline Münster e.V.: Discursive Participation and Active Listening in the Context of a Student Helpline (Workshop, Poster presentation)”. Intensivphase 2025 und interdisziplinärer Roundtable zum Thema „Bildung für Demokratie und Nachhaltigkeit – interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven“ im Rahmen des DEEP-Projekts , Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : „When the whole body tells a story: A study of mimetic-narrative learning using Kamishibai in GFL classes in Tanzania (poster presentation, with award in the field of educational projects)“. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrer:innen (IDT), Lübeck, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : „Promoting oral storytelling among adult learners of German as a foreign language through performative storytelling using Kamishibai. On the methodology of the doctoral project“. Doktorand*innenkolloquium der GS eal der Universität Münster, Universität Münster, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : „When the whole body tells a story: The potential of Kamishibai for oral storytelling in GFL classes with students“. FaDaF Nachwuchskonferenz „Neue Perspektiven der DaF/DaZ-Forschung“, Universität Paderborn, .
  • Anna Gausepohl : „Potenziale des Kamishibai für das mündliche Erzählen im beginnenden DaF-Unterricht mit Studierenden“. AKS-Tagung 2025, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, .