Simon Lenz

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Co-Director, BA in Applied Languages
Lecturer in German and Translation

www.zhaw.ch/ba-angewandte-sprachen

Educational background

1999-2003 Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur, Institute of Translation and Interpreting, Degree in Translation
2001-2002 University of Liverpool, MA in Applied Linguistics: Language Teaching and Learning
1990-1994 University of Zurich, English Language and Literature, Film Studies

Professional milestones

2011- Co-Director, BA in Applied Languages
2008-2011 Director of Studies, BA in Translation
2004- Lecturer in German and Translation
2004-2006 Proofreader in the printing industry
1994-1999 Logistics, publications, IT in a gallery of contemporary/modern art

Publications

• Massey, Gary; Riediger, Hellmut; Lenz, Simon,

  2008.

  Teaching instrumental competence in an e-learning environment : a Swiss perspective [paper].

  In:

  Dimitriu, Rodica; Freigang, Karl-Heinz, eds.,

  Translation technology in translation classes.

  eCoLoTrain Workshop, Lubljana, Slovenia, 31 August - 1 September 2007.

  pp. 175-183.

  Academica Traductologie ; 41.

• Massey, Gary; Riediger, Hellmut; Lenz, Simon,

  2012.

  Managing RISK : designing a needs-based online learning platform to develop student translators’ information literacy skills.

  In:

  1st International Conference on Research into the Didactics of Translation (didTRAD 2012), Barcelona, Spain, 7-8 July 2012.

• Massey, Gary; Riediger, Hellmut; Lenz, Simon,

  2007.

  Teaching instrumental competence in an e-learning environment : a Swiss perspective.

  In:

  eCoLoTrain Workshop, Lubljana, Slovenia, 31 August - 1 September 2007.

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