Back to Lena Kaltenbach - Anglistik IV - Universität Mannheim
To make an appointment for my office hours, please do so via email. For further information please see: https://www.phil.uni-mannheim.de/anglistik/abteilungen/anglistik-iv/team/lena-kaltenbach/
My teaching focus is on blended learning, flipped classroom, and e-learning formats. Having started my teaching career at the beginning of the pandemic, I have since taught multiple online courses, redesigned the introductory course to diachronic linguistics Variation & Change for Bachelor of Arts CELLS at the University of Mannheim as a flipped classroom e-learning format, and fine-tuned my use of learning portfolios as an innovative evaluation method which promotes student's reflection on their learning journey and outcomes.
I believe that my role as a teacher is to provide structure to my student's learning process and provide learning experiences where students can grapple with theoretical concepts, contextualize knowledge and cultivate attitudes towards learning concepts.
Topics I have been interested in recently and which I hope to be able to dig deeper into in the future are the role of storytelling in teaching as a method to enable students to engage more deeply with the learning materials and the use of agile methods in the classroom and for facilitating student project management.
I am currently not teaching any classes.
In April 2021, I started participating in didactical workshops provided by the Center for Higher Education Didactics (HDZ) Baden-Württemberg to obtain the Higher Education Didactic Certificate with successful completion of the following workshops so far:
At our chair, an important teaching resource is the Toolbox Anglistik IV, which can be found here on the website of the University of Mannheim.
As a methodological companion to the courses I teach at the University of Mannheim, I recommend the entries on working with etymological dictionaries like the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).