Staff

I am a native speaker of French, and come from the Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. I have been teaching French at the University of Birmingham since 2006, and have 15 years of experience teaching French as Foreign Language in France and the UK.

I am a Teaching Fellow and the language co-ordinator for Languages for All (LfA) German. Besides teaching most of the modules, I work closely with colleagues from the German Department and external departments, such as Law, whose joint students are hosted by LfA. I am a native speaker of German, and I come from the Tyrol in Austria. I have been teaching German at the University of Birmingham ...

Noha Attia is a Teaching Fellow in Arabic Language at the Department of Modern Languages. She started her teaching career at the Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo (AUC) where she taught Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic to learners of different levels of proficiency. Following that, she taught MSA at the University of Glasgow, UK. She has an ...

I have been teaching Japanese as a foreign language at the University of Birmingham since 1999. I teach all levels to a wide range of students from undergraduate students to the public. My role also includes a committee member of the BATJ Speech Content for University Students and OCR External Verifier as well as Assessor of the QCB/NVQ for Japanese.

I have been teaching Spanish language modules at the University of Birmingham since 2004 . I have over 20 years teaching experience as a foreign language teacher in all sectors,  from school children to adults. I am a native speaker of Spanish and I was born in Argentina.

I have many years’ experience as a Chinese language teacher. I teach both undergraduate and postgraduate students at beginner, intermediate and advanced Chinese language levels at the University of Birmingham. I enjoy helping students learn Mandarin and like to see their enjoyment and appreciation of Chinese language and culture. It gives me a sense of achievement when students succeed in ...

A language teacher for 30 years, I am still learning a lot from every new student. I enjoy sharing my native language and culture but above all I derive a lot of satisfaction from inspiring students to become a good language tutor for themselves and keep learning beyond their university years.

“To have another language is to possess a second soul” - Charlemagne

I have been teaching Japanese as a foreign language in Higher Education over 15 years. I am responsible for all aspects of Japanese language programmes including module development, year abroad and internship programme in Japan.

I am a Brazilian Leitorain the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (MRE), teaching Portuguese language, Brazilian Literature and Culture at the Department of Modern Languages. I enjoy eliciting textual interpretation, critical thinking and language skills, using different textual genres and media, especially audiovisual. My research focuses on the intersection of language, ...

I joined the University of Birmingham (The Department of Modern languages, Languages for All) in 2022 as Subject Lead.  I have taught Italian language and culture for over 24 years in different European institutional settings, designing and delivering classes targeted at students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

I am native speaker of Spanish, and I was born in Granada, Spain. I have been teaching Spanish as a foreign language since 2009 in different institutions and universities. In January 2023 I became a Teaching Fellow in Spanish at the University of Birmingham delivering Spanish modules for the Languages for All programme and also working in the Digital First project.

Dr Tang has taught a wide range of modules on undergraduate Chinese language programmes and also postgraduate translation studies. His expertise is in the field of innovative language learning and teaching with specific reference to the use of software, mobile applications and digital tools. In 2011, he was awarded a prize for “Excellence in Teaching and Supporting Student Learning”.

Having taught Russian across the world to students of all levels and various cultural backgrounds Maria joined the University of Birmingham in 2022 in the capacity of Teaching Fellow in Russian. Alongside practicing teaching Maria is conducting research in modern teaching technics based on the use of user-generated content and in particular Internet memes. 

Maria is also involved in the ...