Dr. Michelle Stannard

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Christiane Lütge

Institute of English Philology

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

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Schellingstraße 3

Room 428 VG

80799 München

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Department für Anglistik und Amerikanistik | Schellingstr. 3 (RG)

80799 München

Curriculum vitae

Michelle Stannard (Dr. Phil.) is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. Her doctoral dissertation centred around designs for learning with narrative digital games in language education. Her postdoctoral work is concerned with the intersection of TEFL with postdigital, posthumanist and sociomaterial discourses. Further research interests include digital/media literacies, mobile learning and cultural, textual and task-based approaches in language education.

Areas of interest

  • Digital culture and media in the EFL context
  • Postdigital, posthumanist, and sociomaterial perspectives in TEFL
  • Digital game-based language learning
  • Mobile learning
  • Cultural and textual approaches in language education
  • Task-based language learning

Publications

Monographs / Dissertation

  • Stannard, M. (2025). Designs for learning with narrative digital games in EFL education: Negotiating material-discursive frames at the nexus of culture, text and task [Dissertation]. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. https://doi.org/10.5282/edoc.35942

Encyclopedia Entries

Book Chapters

  • Lütge, C., Mustroph, C., & Stannard, M. (2025). Frankfurt-Dreieck meets Englischunterricht: Perspektiven aus der Lehrkräfteausbildung (pp. 69–84). In F. Schultz-Pernice, S. Berger, & I. Mausz (Hrsg.), Digitale und analoge Lehre an der Hochschule: Das Beste aus beiden Welten. Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-71898-8
  • Alexander, J., Rauschert, P., & Stannard, M. (2025). Around the world in 30 recipes. In P. Rauschert & J. Alexander (Hrsg.), Intercultural service learning: Theory, practice and assessment (S. 137–159). Multilingual Matters.
  • Lütge, C. & Stannard, M. (2022). Trajectories for multiliteracies in foreign language education: An inclusive paradigm for challenging times. In C. Lütge (Hrsg.), Foreign language learning in the digital age: Theory and pedagogy for developing literacies (S. 255–258). Routledge.
  • Lütge, C., Merse, T., & Stannard, M. (2021). Digital textualities: Innovative practices with social media, digital literatures and virtual realities. In C. Lütge & T. Merse (Hrsg.), Digital teaching and learning: Perspectives for English language education (S. 231–257). Narr Francke Attempto.

Journal Articles

  • Stannard, M., Mustroph, C., & Schwalb, A. (2023). „Theorie und Praxis waren optimal verknüpft.“ Professionalisierung von Lehramtsstudierenden in der UNI-Klasse „Moderne Fremdsprachen“. Lehrerbildung@LMU, 3(2), 28–43.
  • Stannard, M. (2022). Short digital games as expressive media in the EFL classroom. Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies, 33(1), 97–114.
  • Stannard, M., & Wuttig, J. (2021). Digitale Schulkooperationen in der UNI-Klasse „Moderne Fremdsprachen im Dialog“. Lehrerbildung@LMU, 1(1), 42–60.
  • Lütge, C., Merse, T., Owczarek, C., & Stannard, M. (2019). Crossovers: Digitalization and literature in foreign language education. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 9(3), 519–540.

Practice-Oriented Articles

  • Ritter, M., Becker, D., & Stannard, M. (2021). No way to win: Exploring digital games as a form of Black Lives Matter protest. Fremdsprachenunterricht Englisch (FUE), 55(173), 20–25.
  • Lütge, C., Merse, T., & Stannard, M. (2018). Digital narratives: Exploring new practices of ‘reading’ and ‘play’. Praxis Englisch, 4, 4–7.
  • Stannard, M., & von Blanckenburg, M. (2018). Digitale Spiele im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Praxis Englisch, 4, 9–12.
  • Stannard, M. (2018). Innovative authoring tools. Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht, 4, 3.
  • Stannard, M., & Rauschert, P. (2018). Mobiles Lernen im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Tablets und Smartphones. Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht, 4.

Talks & Workshops

  • Stannard, M. (2025, August). Designs for learning with digital narrative games in language education. Vortrag, EUROCALL 2025 Conference, Mailand, Italien.
  • Stannard, M. (2024, Juni). Designs for learning with digital narrative games in language education. Vortrag/Workshop, Innovation Hub, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
  • Ganser, L., Midulla, S., & Stannard, M. (2022, Juli). Fake it to make it? Soziale Medien im Schutzraum Schule [Video]. Fortbildungsseminar Digital Together – Bildung in einer digitalen Welt gestalten, Münchner Zentrum für Lehrerbildung.
  • Schwalb, A., Fuchs, S., Mustroph, C., Sowa, P., & Stannard, M. (2022, Juli). Zwischen Hashtags und Hate-Speech: Kritisch-reflexive Medienkompetenz im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Workshop (Projektkoordination und -entwicklung: M. Stannard), Fortbildungsseminar Digital Together – Bildung in einer digitalen Welt gestalten, Münchner Zentrum für Lehrerbildung.
  • Stannard, M. (2021, Oktober). Digitale Medien in Fremdsprachenbildung. Workshop, UNI-Klasse Moderne Fremdsprachen, LMU München.
  • Stannard, M. (2020, Februar). Empathy & identity in short-form digital games: A consideration of new textualities for the EFL classroom. Vortrag (Symposium), Video Games and Foreign Language Teaching, WWU Münster.
  • Stannard, M. (2018, Oktober). Gametexts and digital culture in English as a foreign language education. Vortrag, ECGBL 2018: European Conference on Game-Based Learning, Sophia Antipolis, Frankreich.
  • Stannard, M. (2018, August). Telling your story, making the game: An exploratory project in game design for language learners. Poster, EUROCALL 2018: Future-Proof CALL, Language Learning as Exploration and Encounters, Universität Jyväskylä, Finnland.
  • Lütge, C., Merse, T., Owczarek, C., & Stannard, M. (2017, Dezember). Digitalization and literature in foreign language education. Vortrag (Symposium), Language Education Across Borders, Universität Graz, Österreich.
  • Stannard, M. (2017, September). Intractivity in narrative apps for the EFL context. Beitrag (Diskussionsgruppe: B. Freitag-Hild & A. Kolb), DGFF 2017: Sprachen lernen integriert – global, regional, lokal, Universität Jena.
  • Stannard, M. (2017, Mai). Digital culture, digital literacies and EFL education. Vortrag (Kolleg), Forschungsforum Fraueninsel, Chiemsee.
  • Stannard, M. (2017, März). Interactivity in digital narratives: Storytelling apps and the EFL context. Vortrag, Media Literacy in Foreign Language Education – Digital and Multimodal Perspectives, LMU München.
  • Stannard, M. (2016, November). Digital narratives: Storytelling apps in the EFL classroom. Workshop, TEFL Lounge, Lehrstuhl für Didaktik des Englischen, LMU München.

Teaching

  • Theorie und Praxis der Unterrichtsgestaltung für Englisch an Grund- und Mittelschule (Multiple terms)
  • Theorie und Praxis der Unterrichtsgestaltung für Englisch an Gymnasium und Realschule (Multiple terms)
  • Grundlagen der Fremdsprachendidaktik (Multiple terms)
  • Gameful Projects in TEFL (Multiple terms)
  • Gameful Readings in TEFL (Winter term 2023/2024)
  • Media in and around the Curriculum (Multiple terms)
  • Design-based research and gameful materials for EFL contexts (Winter term 2021/22)
  • Gameful language education: A project-based approach (Summer term 2021)
  • Playful texts and tasks in the EFL classroom (Multiple terms)
  • Currents and contexts in English language education (MA) (Winter term 2019/20)
  • From narrative media to “gameful” language learning (Winter term 2019/20)
  • Texts, Tasks and Projects in the Digital Classroom (GY, RS) (Summer term 2019)
  • Contemporary Issues in English Language Education (MA) (Multiple terms)
  • Digital Culture in EFL Education (Winter term 2018/19)
  • Directions in New Media and the EFL Context (Summer term 2018)
  • Digital Literacy in the EFL Classroom (Winter term 2016/17)

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