Mario Beppato

    School of Modern Languages, German Studies

    John & Pat Hume Doctoral Scholar

    Rye Hall Building, Block D
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    About

    Academic Background:

    - BA in 'Foreign Languages and Literatures' (German, English and French)
    - MA in 'European and Extra-European Languages and Literatures' (German and English)
    - MA in 'Post-Primary Teaching' (German and English)
    - MA in 'Languages and Cultures for International Communication and Cooperation'
    I have been teaching German and English at the secondary level since 2006. 

    Research Interests:
    post-primary foreign language teaching; virtual exchange; intercultural communicative competence; willingness to communicate; Grounded Theory. 
    Right now, I am researching the extent to which virtual exchange through German as a lingua franca and German as a foreign language
    affects the acquisition of intercultural communicative competence and willingness to communicate among undergraduate students of German.