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Researcher

Kris Van De Poel

  • Research Expertise:I have engaged with applied linguistic questions for the past forty years, following Alan Davies (Edinburgh) who defines applied linguistics as a discipline ‘to propose a solution to social problems involving language’. I am still intrigued by a wide array of topics in foreign language learning for academic and professional purposes and carry out studies on the development of communication awareness, knowledge and skills. In my research I use mixed methods and strive for applicability (R&D).
  • Keywords:COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING, ACADEMIC LITERACY, EFFECTIVENESS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING, AUTONOMOUS LEARNING, DUTCH FOR NON-NATIVES, FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC CONTEXT, LANGUAGE MULTIMEDIA, Language and literature (incl. information, documentation, library and archive sciences)
  • Disciplines:Education curriculum, Instructional sciences, Linguistics
  • Research techniques:The research unit for Applied Language Studies ranges over the following research techniques: Online and offline questionnaires, empirical research (data collection) with control groups, interviews (face-to-face, telephone, focus group, etc.), error analyses, introspection, pre- and posttesting, statistical analyses and reporting.
  • Users of research expertise:The expertise is available for institutions/individuals with research interests in the area of language skills and language pedagogics for adult educated learners. The users are mainly language centres, teaching institutions and language policy makers. However, this expertise is also often required in language skills research and language methodology by a broad range of institutions, e.g. tertiary education, the service sector, governmental departments, the European Commission.