Language teaching pedagogies and policy

Description

My research in this area focusses on language teaching methodology and pedagogy, teacher professionalisation and training, and motivation to study languages. I am also interested in the pedagogically grounded use of digital teaching and learning methods. I was one of the editors of an open-access book on innovative language teaching and am currently working with Martin Durrell (Manchester) on a new edition of Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage, one of the major German grammar textbooks in the anglophone world. In one of my recent papers, I reflect on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of language programmes and the digitsation of language teaching at UK universities.

Like many other language academics in the UK, I also work on language teaching policy and am a passionate advocate for the study of languages and cultures and the arts and humanities in general.

In June 2023, my colleague Rasha Soliman and I organised a national symposium on language education in the (post-)digital era, funded by the University Council for Languages (UCFL).

Publications and outputs

• Durrell, M. & Stollhans, S. Forthcoming. Hammer's German Grammar and Usage (8th edition). Routledge.
• Eberharter, J. & Stollhans, S. 2025. Cultural and linguistic diversity in German language teaching and learning. Special issue of German as a Foreign Language.
• Havinga, A. D., Stollhans, S., Corr, A., Kasstan, J. R., Schifano, N. & Sheehan, M. 2024. Addressing the UK's 'languages crisis': moving beyond skills-based language teaching through the inclusion of linguistics in secondary education. Languages, Society and Policy.
• Polisca, E., Stollhans, S., Bardot, R., & Rollet, C. 2022. How Covid-19 has changed language assessments in higher education: a practitioners’ view. In C. Hampton & S. Salin (eds), Innovative language teaching and learning at university: facilitating transition from and to higher education. Research-publishing.net. 81-91. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2022.56.1375
• Stollhans, S. 2021. Studying languages in the times of COVID-19: reflections on the delivery of teaching and learning activities and the year abroad. In A. Plutino & E. Polisca (eds), Languages at work, competent multilinguals and the pedagogical challenges of COVID-19. Research-publishing.net. 105-111. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2021.49.1224
• Stollhans, S. 2020. Linguistic variation in language learning classrooms: considering the role of regional variation and ‘non-standard’ varieties. Languages, Society and Policy. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.62274
• Stollhans, S. 2020. Designing escape game activities for language classes. In A. Plutino, K. Borthwick & E. Corradini (eds), Innovative language teaching and learning at university: treasuring languages. Research-publishing.net. 27-32. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.40.1062
• Stollhans, S. 2016. Learning by teaching: developing transferable skills. In E. Corradini, K. Borthwick, A. Gallagher-Brett (eds), Employability for languages: a handbook. Research-publishing.net. 161-164. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.cbg2016.478
• Goria, C., Speicher, O. Stollhans, S. (eds). 2016. Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration. Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.9781908416322
• Speicher, O., Stollhans, S. 2015. Feedback on feedback – does it work? In F. Helm, L. Bradley, M. Guarda, S. Thouësny (eds), Critical CALL – Proceedings of the 2015 EUROCALL Conference, Padova, Italy. Research-publishing.net. 507-511. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2015.000384
• Stollhans, S. 2015. The e-learning tool Voxopop and its benefits on oral skills: activities for final year students of German. In K. Borthwick, E. Corradini, A. Dickens (eds), 10 years of the LLAS elearning symposium: case studies in good practice. Research-publishing.net. 185-192. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2015.000278
• Stollhans, S. 2015. „Ich bin dann mal Deutsch lernen!“: Der Absentiv im DaF-Unterricht. German as a Foreign Language, 2015(1), 44-71.
• Stollhans, S. 2012. Ich trinke gerne *die Tee: Der Nullartikel aus der Perspektive französischsprachiger Deutschlerner unter besonderer Berücksichtigung generischer Ausdrücke. Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 39(6), 605-624. https://doi.org/10.1515/infodaf-2012-0603