Maike Fischer
Maike Fischer
ZHAW
School of Applied Linguistics
Institute of Language Competence
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
scientific assistant
Focus
- German as a Foreign and as a Second Language
- discourse analysis
Teaching
Bachelor Language & Integration - German as a Foreign and Second Language
Experience
- Teacher of German as a Second Language
Schulangebot Asyl, Lucerne
01 / 2024 - 07 / 2025 - Lecturer
PH Bern (University of Teacher Education) / Secondary Education
02 / 2024 - 07 / 2024 - German Teacher
Intercantonal Police Academy Hitzkirch
06 / 2021 - 12 / 2023 - Project collaborator
University of Amsterdam / Goethe Institute Amsterdam
04 / 2023 - 05 / 2023 - Teacher of German as a Second Language
Schulangebot Asyl, Lucerne
08 / 2020 - 02 / 2023 - Mentor for students
PH Luzern (University of Teacher Education)
09 / 2020 - 08 / 2022 - teacher in secondary education
Roggern 2 (name of the school), Kriens
08 / 2015 - 07 / 2020 - teacher in secondary education
Wankdorf (name of the school), Bern
08 / 2014 - 07 / 2015
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Master of Arts / German Literature/ Linguistics
University of Zurich
09 / 2019 - 01 / 2023 - Bachelor of Arts + Master of Arts in Secondary Education / German, French, English, History
PH Bern (University of Teacher Education), Secondary Education
09 / 2010 - 01 / 2016
Projects
- The Language Data Across Disciplines / Team member / ongoing
- Validating (Pearson) PTE Core speaking criteria and rating against non‑teacher perceptions of general English proficiency for workplace and everyday communication / Team member / ongoing
- Canton-supported language support for foreign residents in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft / Team member / ongoing