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      Dr. Ruth Trüb

      Ruth Trüb

      Lecturer

      Professur Fremdsprachendidaktik und ihre Disziplinen

      Aeras of expertise

      • Post-doctoral researcher
      • Lecturer for English language teaching methodology
      • Instructor at the FHNW Institute for Continuing Education and Counseling
      • Supervising bachelor theses
      • Supervising teacher candidates during school placements
      • Consultancy services to publishers of course books

      Lectures and seminars

      English language teaching methodology
      - Introduction to teaching English at primary school
      - Current approaches to teaching English at primary school

      Language and language learning
      - Introduction to English linguistics, language learning and teaching

      Supervising school placements
      - Student teaching seminar: Initial school placement
      - Student teaching seminar: Teaching foreign languages
      - Mentoring program for teacher candidates

      Research and development
      - Introduction to scientific work and research

      Continuing education (selection)
      - The role of language resources in competency-based foreign language teaching
      - Teaching writing in the primary school foreign language classroom
      - From input to output: The L-I-O model and its role in promoting communicative language competence in foreign language learning
      - One-to-one counseling for English teachers

      Employments

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      2021 - today
      Post-doctoral researcher (eRubrix, TrACE, TrACE TEPS).
      University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Education, Institutes for Primary and Secondary Education; Zurich University of Teacher Education
      2013 - today
      Lecturer for English language teaching methodology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Institute for Primary Education
      2008 - today
      Instructor at the Institute for Continuing Education and Counseling, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      2006 - 2009
      Pilot project for the introduction of English as a foreign language in the primary schools of the Canton of Aargau, Department of Education, Culture and Sport of the Canton of Aargau
      2005 - 2016
      Class teacher and subject teacher for English at primary school
      2004 - 2005
      School assistant at the School for Special Education Schürmatt, Zetzwil

      Education

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      Aug/Nov 2022
      Nov 2024
      Research stays at the University of Kiel, Germany (Prof Dr Jens Möller)
      May 2022

      Research stay at the Universities of Duisburg-Essen and Hagen, Germany (Prof Dr Eva Wilden and Prof Dr Torsten Zesch)

      Jan 2022-
      Jun 2025

      SwissUniversities Grant P-9 TP2a: “Subject-specific education: Consolidation of networks and development of career paths”

      2016 - 2021
      PhD in Subject Specific Teaching Methodology, University of Basel,
      Institute for Educational Sciences (Prof Dr Stefan Keller)
      “An Empirical Study of EFL Writing at Primary School"
      2012 - 2014
      Master of Arts in Teaching English to Young Learners, University of York, United Kingdom
      2008 - 2010
      SVEB 1 Certificate in Adult Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Aarau und Zofingen
      2005 - 2006
      Diploma for Teaching English at Primary School, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Aarau
      2002 - 2004
      Diploma for Primary School Teaching, University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Institute of Education, Zofingen

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      Research projects

      Pilot study "Sprachenübergreifende Förderung von Schreibkompetenz"
      A pilot study carried out to investigate the transfer of genre-specific skills and writing strategies between languages when teaching writing in the foreign languages English and French.
      Duration: 2022 - 2023

      TrACE TEPS – Training Assessment Competencies for Teaching English at Primary School
      A post-doctoral research project tied to the SNSF project TrACE to promote the assessment competencies of trainee primary school English language teachers. Supported by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and SwissUniversities (PgB P-9 TP2a).
      Duration: 2021 - 2025

      TrACE – Training Assessment Competencies in English as a Second Language
      Research project to promote the assessment competencies of (trainee) English language teachers. A bi-national co-operation project of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, the Zurich University of Teacher Education and the Institute for Psychology of Learning and Instruction (IPL) at Kiel University, Germany. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF and the German Research Foundation DFG.
      Duration: 2021 - 2024
      https://p3.snf.ch/project-197968

      «eRubrix – Englische E-Mails schreiben»
      Research project to investigate the effectiveness of rubric-based feedback when writing semi-formal emails in English as a foreign language at lower secondary level. A bi-national co-operation project of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education in Kiel, funded by the Jacobs Foundation Switzerland.
      Laufzeit: 2020 - 2022
      https://www.fhnw.ch/de/forschung-und-dienstleistungen/paedagogik/institut-sekundarstufe-i-und-ii/rubrics-englische-emails-schreiben

      An Empirical Study of EFL Writing at Primary School
      PhD project conducted at the Institute for Educational Sciences at the University of Basel under Prof Dr Stefan Keller, supported by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and the Aebli-Näf Foundation, Burgdorf.
      Duration: 2016 - 2021
      Publication: https://doi.org/10.24053/9783823395430 (open access)

      SEPS - Schreiben im Englischunterricht an der Primarschule
      ‘They can't do that (yet)?’ - Options for an age-appropriate approach to teaching writing in primary school English language classes. A research project of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, supported by the Department of Education, Culture and Sport of the Canton of Aargau.
      Duration: 2015 - 2017

      Further projects

      Consultancy for the revision of the course book New World 1/2 for English as a second foreign language at primary school (Klett und Balmer)
      Duration: 2022 - 2025

      Consultancy for the development of the course book Double Decker (revision of Here Comes Super Bus and Top deck)
      The Chair for English Language Teaching advised on the revision of the course books Here Comes Super Bus and Top deck (Macmillan Education) and piloted the materials.
      Duration: 2015 - 2019

      HiStory: Everyday Life in the Middle Ages
      Development of an English workshop for 5th- and 6th-grade learners at Hallwyl Castle. A joint project of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and the Museum Aargau, supported by Swisslos.
      Duration: 2014 - 2016
      https://www.museumaargau.ch/schloss-hallwyl/event/377

      Begleitprojekt «Einführung Englisch an der Primarstufe im Kanton Aargau»
      Support project during the introduction of English as a new school subject at primary school in the canton of Aargau. A joint project of the Department of Education, Culture and Sport of the Canton of Aargau and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.Duration: 2008 - 2011

      Dr. Ruth Trüb

      Dr. Ruth Trüb

      Lecturer

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      +41 56 202 82 34

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      ruth.trueb@fhnw.ch

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      Bahnhofstrasse 6 5210 Windisch

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