Julia Reckermann is junior professor for teaching English as a foreign language at the University of Münster, Germany. Her research focuses on young learners, teaching English in inclusive/heterogeneous classrooms, teaching and assessing speaking competences and research-based learning in teacher education. She is also a fully-trained teacher of English as a foreign language and has worked in different schools across Germany. Philipp Siepmann is lecturer and researcher in the field of English Language Education at the University of Münster, Germany. His design-based post-doctoral research project investigates oral communication exams in the EFL (English as foreign language) classroom. His other research interests include teaching literature and cultures as well as content and language integrated learning (CLIL). As a fully qualified teacher, he has taught English and Geography (CLIL) at several grammar schools in Germany. Frauke Matz is Chair of English Language Education at the University of Münster, Germany. Her areas of research include cultural learning, cosmopolitan, human and children’s rights approaches to English language education, the assessment of oral competences, and the role multiliteracies and literary texts in learning languages. She is also a fully qualified teacher of English in Germany, has the Qualified Teacher Status (England) and has worked in different schools in both England and Germany.
