Norbert Hedderich
(Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana)

Norbert Hedderich is a professor of German at the University of Rhode Island.  He teaches all levels of undergraduate German courses, including courses on language variation in German and Business German. He is chair of the German section, and director of the Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik, the University of Rhode Island's annual summer immersion program for German language and culture.

His scholarly interests include language teaching methodology, the German language, teaching language for special purposes, teaching language with technology, and intercultural communication. He has published articles in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, The NECTFL Review, Global Business Languages, Schatzkammer der Deutschen Sprache, Dichtung und Geschichte and The Journal of Language for International Business.

_Publications

• 2003.  "Electronic Mail Collaboration in Foreign Language Education: A North American Perspective. In:  Lewis, Tim & Walker, Lesley (Eds.) Autonomous language learning in tandem. Sheffield: Academy Electronic Publications. p. 211-218.

• 2003.  "Language Change in Business German."  Global Business Languages. Ed. Christiane E. Keck and Allen G. Wood.  W. Lafayette, IND: Purdue Research Foundation.  47-55.

• 2003. "Mark Twain and The Awful German Language." Die Unterrichtspraxis/ Teaching German, 36, (1) 28-33.

• 2003. "Improving the Image by Expanding the Mission of Foreign Language Teaching in the U.S. The NECTFL Review, 52, 48-51.

• 1999.  “When Cultures Clash: Views from the Professions.”  Die Unterrichtspraxis/ Teaching German, 32.2  158-165.

• 1999.  “Web-Based Audio: Resources for Teaching German.”  Global Business Languages: Technological Advances, Electronic Data and Languages for Specific Purposes, Ed. Christiane E. Keck and Allen G. Wood, 136-146.

• 1998. “German Loanwords in English: A Teaching Perspective.” Schatzkammer der Deutschen Sprache, Dichtung und Geschichte 24 (1998):  53-58.

• 1998 (with Helmut Brammerts).  “Lernen im Tandem per 2nd Edition, pp.251-255.

• 1997.  “Peer Tutoring via Electronic Mail.” Die Unterrichtspraxis/ Teaching German

• 1997.  "German-American Intercultural  Differences at the Workplace: A Survey."  Global Business Languages: Cultures and Cross-Cultural Awareness in the Professions  2, 163-172.

• 1997.  "The Demand for Business German: A  Survey Among German-American Companies." The Journal of Language for International Business  8.1, 41-52.

• 1996.  "Language and intercultural learning in the forum". A Guide to Language Learning in tandem via the Internet.  Ed. David Little and Helmut Brammerts. Trinity College Dublin, Centre for Language and Communication Studies. CLS Occasional Paper No. 46, Summer 1996, ISSN: 03323889; pp. 43-49.

• 1996.  "Der Einsatz von E-Mail im Fremdsprachenunterricht."  Interkulturelle Dimensionen der Fremdsprachenkompetenz. Dokumentation der 18. Arbeitstagung des AKS 1994.  Ed. Erwin Ambos and Irene Werner.  Bochum: AKS Verlag, 510-514.

• 1996.  "Technologischer Brückenschlag nach Europa. Der Studiengang 'Deutsch für Ingenieure' an der University of Rhode Island."  Interkulturelle Dimensionen derFremdsprachenkompetenz. Dokumentation der 18. Arbeitstagung des AKS.  Werner. Bochum: AKS Verlag. 456-459.

• 1995.  "Language and intercultural leraning in the forum". A  Guide to Language Learning in tandem via the Internet.  Ed. David Little  and Helmut Brammerts. Trinity College Dublin, Centre for Language and Communication Studies. CLS Occasional Paper No. 46, Summer 1996, ISSN: 03323889; pp. 43-49.

• 1995.  "RIBO-L: A German-English Bilingual Electronic Discussion Forum." Virtual Connections. Online Activities and Projects for Networking Language Learners.  Ed. Mark Warschauer. Second Language Teaching and Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Technical Report No. 8.pp. 164-165.

• 1994 (with John Grandin).  "Building an Interdisciplinary Business German Program: The University of Rhode Island." Handbook of  German in Business and Technology.  Cherry Hill, New Jersey: AATG, pp.134-150.

• 1993.  "Instructional and Authentic Video in Language for Special Purposes Courses." The Journal of Language for International Business  4.2, pp. 15-20.

• 1992 (with Robert Weisbord).  "Max Schmeling: Righteous Ring Warrier?"  History Today  43, pp. 36-41.

• 1990.  "German Language Training Programs in German Companies  in the U.S.: Communication and Cross-Cultural Strategies for  Multi-National Corporations." Handbook on Business German. A Practical Guide to Business German as an Academic  Discipline. Ed. Christiane E. Keck. Cherry Hill, NJ: AATG pp. 89-96.

Recent  Book Reviews by Norbert Hedderich

• 2004.  Gschossmann-Hendershot, Elke. Schaum's Easy Outlines: German. New York: McGraw Hilll .
  Reviewed in: NECTFL Review 54 (Spring 2004):  75.

• 2001. Henrici, Gert & Zöfgen, Ekkehart (Eds.) Neue Medien im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Reviewed in: Zeitschrift für interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht, 6, 2.

• 2000. Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch. Reviewed in: The Journal of Language for International Business, 11, 73-74.

• Lewis, Richard D. When Cultures Collide: Managing Successfully Across Cultures. Reviewed in: Global Business Languages, 1999, 179-180.

• Markovsky, Richard, and Alexander Thomas. Studienhalber in Deutschland:  Interkulturelles Orientierungstraining für amerikanische Studenten, Schüler und Praktikanten. Reihe Interkulturelle Handlungskorrespondenz, Ed. Alexander Thomas. Heidelberg: Roland Asanger Verlag, 1995.  Reviewed in: Die Unterrichtspraxis/ Teaching German, 31,1 (1999), 100-101.

Recent  Editorial Work by Norbert Hedderich

• Editorial Board Member of DIMENSION, the annual proceedings of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT). 2000- present.

• Editorial Board Member of Teaching German in America. Past Progress and Future Promise. A Handbook for Teaching and Research . American Asociation of Teachers of German 2002.