Mr Christian Mossmann

Current roles:
Senior Lecturer (Education & Scholarship) in German
Language Coordinator for German in the Language Centre
Mental Health Champion

Office:
Room 316, Queen's Building

Overview:
I teach German language to undergraduate students of German in all years, with a focus on ab initio and oral language teaching, and convene the modules MLG1052 and MLG2052. In addition, I am involved in the university's Language Centre as Language Coordinator for German.

I am the Exeter contact for the European University Tandem (EUniTa) project and if you're interested in finding a tandem partner for online language exchanges, please sign up at www.eunita.org

Being affiliated with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), I am also happy to advise on funding opportunities to study in Germany and conduct the online language test OnSet for DAAD applicants.

Biography:

I joined the Department in 2007/08 as a DAAD-Sprachassistent and subsequently was the DAAD-Lektor from 2008/09 to 2012/13. I am currently Senior Lecturer (Education & Scholarship) in German and Language Coordinator for German in the university's Language Centre. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and hold a University of Exeter ASPIRE Senior Fellowship.

Originally, I am from south-west Germany where I studied English, Film Studies and Foreign-Language Adult Education at the University of Trier, with a study abroad period at the University of Stirling. Being interested in (and a firm believer of) international exchanges, I attended summer schools in Nancy, Tallinn and Vienna, did a work placement in Ontario, Canada, and was a guest teacher in the English language summer camp of Tsinghua University in Beijing in 2012. I also organised DAAD-funded study trips to Germany and organised DAAD-funded cultural events, such as panel discussions and film screenings on a range of cultural topics.