Caroline Boehrer

FHSS Team Leader; Educational Technologist

Centre for English Language Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE);

Fellow of AdvanceHE (FHEA)

MA in English and American Studies, Film Media and Drama (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching German as a Foreign Language (Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München)

Practical Traineeship in Multimedia & Long-Distance Learning (Goethe-Institut e.V.)

Moodle-Certificate; Online Tutoring Certificate (Goethe-Institut e.V.)

TEFL Certificate (i-to-i)

Certificate in Foundation Studies in Music (University of Ulster)

Having lived in Germany, Kenya, England, Northern Ireland, and China, I have always been interested in intercultural communication and languages. I worked as a radio journalist for several years before becoming a language teacher. After teaching German as a Foreign Language at the University of Ulster for two years, I joined UNNC as a German Language Tutor in 2008. Having always been interested in the use of technology for language teaching, I did a one-year practical traineeship in multimedia and long-distance learning with the Goethe-Institute in Munich. Rejoining UNNC's Language Centre in 2015, I then held the roles of German Team Coordinator and E-Learning Coordinator and for three years taught a module on the use of digital technologies within the School of Education’s MA TESOL. In 2019, I became a nominated member of UNNC’s Campus Teaching Committee and was Deputy Director of the Language Centre from 2019-21, playing a key role in the transition to online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. I left the Language Centre in 2021 to join the Centre for English Language Education (CELE) as an Educational Technologist. 

German A1 – C1, French A1 (Language Centre)

Enhancing Language Learning with Digital Technologies, MA TESOL (School of Education)

Media & Text: Society; Media & Text: Culture (IC/CELE)

Introduction to Cultural Studies; Psychology of Communication (School of International Communications)

Apart from my interest in the effective use of technology in and beyond the classroom, I like exploring the use of music in language teaching and learning.

Lord Dearing Award (Language Centre Team) (UNNC)

Dean’s Prize of the Faculty of Arts - Foundation Studies in Music (University of Ulster)

Enhancing Language Learning with Digital Technologies: Xerte Toolkits. Language Centre Tri-Campus Conference, UNNC (2019)

Using Moodle for Language Teaching and Learning. Shaping Digitalisation, Zhejiang International Studies University (2019)