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Helga Eckart MPhil, FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)

Co-ordinating Lecturer in European Studies and Languages; Asian and Arabic Studies

Email Eckart@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 (0)29 2087 5336
Extension: 75336
Room: E 2.08

Address: Cardiff University
Centre for Lifelong Learning
Senghennydd Road
Cardiff CF24 4AG
United Kingdom

Current Teaching

BS2723 Oral Comprehension and Expression (German)
BS3721 Language Skills for Professionals in the EU Context (German)
CE4325 Literarische und linguistische Aspekte des deutschen Humors

Academic Contributions

  • External Examiner, Manchester University.
  • Instituted LEARN as an Examination Centre for the Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation
  • Responsible for CILS (in co-operation with the University of Siena/Italy)
  • Co-ordinator for students on degree schemes in Business with a European Language (German/Spanish)

For LEARN

  • Member of the Departmental Board
  • Member of Boards of Studies for the Certificate and Diploma of Higher Education
  • Chair of Premises User Group
  • Departmental Library Representative
  • Convenor of the p/t tutor working group

Research interests:

Motivation for learning languages by individuals; and the impact of the acquisition of language skills on businesses.

Publications:

  • H. Eckart, (1994) "Experiences of Launching a Continuing Education German Diploma", German Teaching No.9, (June) pp.15-17. ISSN 0953-4822.
  • H. Eckart, (1995) "Business German in Continuing Education: A Pilot Study", Language Learning Journal No.11, (March) pp. 84-85. ISSN 0957-1736.
  • H. Eckart, (1995) Welsh Manufacturing Firms and Foreign Languages: Current Practice and Future Requirements, Research Report, (January) published by South Glamorgan Training and Enterprise Council (94 pages). ISBN
    1899133-011.
  • H. Eckart, (1995) "Foreign Languages and Welsh Manufacturing Firms - Some New Evidence", Contemporary Wales, Volume 8, (December) pp.143-159 ISSN. 0951-4937.
  • H. Eckart, (1995) "Intensive Language Courses and the Adult Learner", Language Learning Journal, No.13, (November) pp. 31-34. ISSN 0957-1736