Dr. Dietha Koster
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Dr. Dietha Koster
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / PR-Beauftragte
Raum 3.10
T: +49 251 83-28524
dikoster@uni-muenster.de
Sprechstunde: Mi 13-14 Uhr
  • Promotion und Projekte

    2022-2024 Multi-voicedness in the colonial history of the Netherlands and Indonesia. Taalunie research stipend (€ 11.120,-) with Universitas Indonesia, KU Leuven & Universität zu Köln.

    2020-2022 (other)
    Examining diversity in Dutch language learning textbooks [Diversiteit onderzoeken in NVT-tekstboeken]. Taalunie research stipend (€ 12.055,-) with Universitas Indonesia, Charles University Prague, University College London & University of Groningen.

    2018-2019 (other)
    Listening to the voices of teachers! Within the AILA Research Network “Social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development”. Eigenmittel.

    2016-now (habilitation)
    The role of gender in foreign language learning – insights from psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis. Eigenmittel.

    2013-2016 (promotion)
    Understanding the world through L1 and L2 German and Spanish – The case of placement events (University of Southern Denmark). Funded by the EU 7th Framework Programme Marie Curie Initial Training Networks grant nr. 316748 under the project “Language and Perception”.

  • Akademische Ausbildung

    2008 – 2013 (University of Groningen):
    M.A. Applied Linguistics (TEFL)
    M.A. Nederlandse Moderne Literatuur (cum laude)
    B.A. Nederlandse Taal & Cultuur

  • Lehre

    Sommersemester 2022
    Seminar Sporen uit het verleden – Het koloniale verleden van Nederland en Belgie in tekstboeken [098744]

    Wintersemester 2021/2022
    Seminar Kindertaalverwerving van het Nederlands [097020]

    Sommersemester 2021
    Seminar Sporen uit het verleden – Het koloniale verleden van Nederland en Belgie in tekstboeken [094740]

    Wintersemester 2019/2020
    Seminar: Tulpen, molens en meer? Representaties van Nederlandstalige werelden in tekstboeken [098478]
    Übung: Sprachmittlung [098451] (zusammen mit L. Urbanek)

    Sommersemester 2019
    Seminar Kindertaalverwerving van het Nederlands [096460]
    Seminar: Grensverleggend taal en cultuur toetsen [096465] (zusammen mit L. Poschen, F. de Vries)
    Ringvorlesung: Kultur und Interkulturalität (zusammen mit G. de Vogelaer u.a.)
    Kolloquium: BA/MA Arbeit Sprachwissenschaft (zusammen mit L. Poschen u.a.)

    Wintersemester 2018/19
    Seminar: De rol van gender in vreemdetalenonderwijs [094478]
    Übung: Sprachmittlung [094451] (zusammen mit H. Ratuschny)

    Sommersemester 2018
    Seminar: Tweetaligheid en tweetalig onderwijs
    Ringvorlesung: Kultur und Interkulturalität (zusammen mit G. de Vogelaer, B. van Dam usw.)
    Kolloquium: BA/MA-Arbeit Sprachwissenschaft (zusammen mit G. de Vogelaer)

    Wintersemester 2017/18
    Seminar: Taal en Gender in NT2-onderwijsmateriaal [096540]
    Übung: Sprachrichtigkeit [090479] (zusammen mit H. Ratuschny)

    Sommersemester 2017
    Seminar: Tweetaligheid en Tweetalig Onderwijs [098489]
    Seminar: Kultur und Interkulturalität (Seminar mit Exkursion) [098486] (zusammen mit B. van Dam, G. Boorsma)
    Kolloquium: BA/MA Arbeit Sprachwissenschaft (zusammen mit G. De Vogelaer)

    Wintersemester 2016/17
    Seminar: Introductie in Onderzoek naar Taal en Gender [096540]
    Übung: Sprachrichtigkeit [096530] (zusammen mit S. Pilgram)

  • Publikationen

    Refereed journal articles:

    Books:

    • Koster, D., Ott, C. (in preparation). Special issue: Gender and sexual diversity in language education. Approaches to educational media. Gender & Language.

    • Koster, D., Pot, A., Nuriah, Z., Sas, C., Zegers, T. (in preparation). Special issue: Diversiteit in het NVT-onderwijs. Internationale Neerlandistiek.

    • Urbanek L, Koster D. 2020. Kino im Klassenzimmer - Arbeitsblätter für die Behandlung von Spielfilmen im Niederländischunterricht. Münster: agenda Verlag.
    • De Vogelaer, G., Koster, D., Leuschner, T. (Eds.) (2020). German and Dutch in contrast: synchronic, diachronic and psycholinguistic perspectives. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
    • Koster, D. (2018). NT2-cahier “Films in de les – Twaalf motiverende werkvormen”. Amsterdam: Boom.
    • Koster, D. (2016) Understanding the world through L1 and L2 German and Spanish – The case of placement events. University of Southern Denmark: PhD thesis.

    Book chapters / conference proceedings:

    Communication:

    • Koster, D. (2023). “Het is hier een man, maar het kan ook een vrouw zijn” Multidimensionale perspectieven op genderdiversiteit in het NVT-onderwijs: lesboeken en docentendiscours. nachbarsprache Niederländisch.

    • Koster, D. (2022). Sam écrit, Saskia fait du shopping. Les stéréotypes de genre et autres dans les manuels de néerlandais pour nouveaux arrivants. Les plats pays (online) (traduit par: Arthur Chimkovitch, Marieke Van Acker).
    • Koster, D. (2021). Sam schrijft, Saskia shopt. Gender- en andere stereotypen in leerboeken voor nieuwkomers. Lage Landen Studies (online).
    • Koster, D. (2020). Over vreemde vogels en mooie volieres. Kritisch kijken naar diversiteit in NT2-tekstboeken. LES, Tijdschrift voor Nt2 en taal in het onderwijs (online).
    • Koster, D. (2020). Diversiteit in gender en seksualiteit onderzoeken in NT2-tekstboeken en -lessen. Vakwerk.
    • Koster, D., Urbanek, L. (2020). "Kino im Klassenzimmer – Praxisnahe Potenziale von Spielfilmen im Niederländischunterricht." nachbarsprache niederländisch 34: 155-166.
    • Koster, D. (2019). Taal als dynamisch systeem in theorie en praktijk. Vakwerk, 45-52.
    • Albrecht, J. (2018). Forschendes Lehren. Wissen, Leben. Die Zeitung der Uni Münster. Juni/Juli 2018, 12(4), 6.
    • Koster, D. (2018). NT2-les met speelfilms – leren door repliceren. Vakwerk, 17-28.
    • Koster, D. (2017). “Nog één scene dan?” NT2 oefenen met speelfilms. LES, Tijdschrift voor Nt2 en taal in het onderwijs, 42-44.
    • Koster, D. (2014). Een dynamische, usage-based benadering van NT2-onderwijs. Levende Talen Tijdschrift 15(1), p. 21-30.
    • (2014). Understanding the interaction. Pan European Networks: Science & Technology, vol. 10.
    • Koster, D., Vrieswijk, J., (2014). Lezen voor de lijst 12-15 jaar: Het verhaal gaat verder. Handboek Literatuuronderwijs 2014. Online publication.

     

  • Vorträge

    Prices

    • Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation Universitätsgesellschaft Münster. Does language affect thought? The case of multilingualism. As part of “Münster´s knowledge freshly tapped”, Münster (Germany), July 2019.
    • First price for best presentation. Three-minute-thesis: Understanding the world through a native or second language. Marie Curie Training Event, Aston University (UK), September, 2015.

    Academic conferences and events

    • Untying the knot: intersectional representations of (post)colonialism in Dutch textbooks (with Riska Risdiani). International Society for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media e.V, University of Würzburg, September 2022.

    • Symposium “Diversiteit in het NVT-onderwijs”, with Anna Pot, Zahroh Nuriah, Christine Sas & Twan Zegers, IVN Colloquium, University of Nijmegen, August 2022.

    • Untying the knot: examining intersectional representations of (post)colonialism in Dutch textbooks (with Riska Risdiani). ANZHES, University of Melbourne, November 2021.
    • Symposium: Gender in language and literacy education. Organization with Dr. Christine Ott (Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität München), AILA, University of Groningen (Netherlands), postponed to August 2021.
    • Multidimensional perspectives on gender in Dutch foreign language education: textbooks and teacher talk, IGALA at Queen Mary University London (United Kingdom), June 2021. (Section: Learning Gender & Sexuality, with Lia Litosseliti)
    • Qualifying and quantifying ethnic diversity - what role do nations play? International Society for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media e.V., University of Parma (Italy; online), March 2021.
    • Teachers´ ideologies of multilingualism in German mono- and bilingual schools. 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism, University of Malta (Malta), March 2019. (with Galina Putjata)
    • Interlingual homophones affect human gender representations in language learners – Evidence from eye tracking. AG Genus und Geslecht DGfS, University of Bremen (Germany), March 2019. (with Lukas Urbanek)
    • Wanted: gender conscious teachers. Insights from “teacher talk around the text” in Dutch foreign language education. Forschungsnetzwerk Gender, University of Münster (Germany), January 2019. (with Chiara Iding and Katherina Köllner)
    • Understanding the world through L1 and L2 German and Spanish - The case of placement events. Linguistik Kolloquium, University of Münster (Germany), November 2018. (invited speaker).
    • Filmpje kijken?/ Van huisvrouw naar zakenpersoon. Docentenbijeenkomst Duitstalige Neerlandistiek (NLV), University of Vienna (Austria), October 2018.
    • From housewife to businessperson? A diachronic perspective on gendered professional titles in Dutch language textbooks (1970-now), IGALA, University of Gaborone (Botswana), July 2018. (funded by DAAD)
    • From housewife to businesswoman? A diachronic perspective on gendered professional titles in Dutch language textbooks (1970-now), ANELA, Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands), June 2018 (with Chiara Iding).
    • Filmpje kijken? Idiomatisch Nederlands leren in de NVT- of NT2-klas met speelfilms. 20e Colloquium Neerlandicum “Nederlands in beweging”, University of Leuven (Belgium), August 2018.
    • From housewife to businessperson? A diachronic perspective on gendered professional titles in Dutch language textbooks, Forschungsnetzwerk Gender, University of Münster (Germany), November 2017.
    • The effect of grammatical features on gender representations in German learners of L2 Dutch. DOHA, University of Duisburg (Germany), September 2017.
    • Do orientation and size matter? Mental simulation of object properties in L1 and L2 speakers. EUROSLA, University of Reading (United Kingdom), August 2017.
    • Upside down, male or female? The effect of language on recognition memory in L1 and L2 speakers. Thinking Doing Learning (TDL), University of Munich (Germany), April 2017.
    • The mental representation of gender in L2 Dutch. Germanic Sandwich, International conference on German, Dutch and English linguistics, University of Münster (Germany), March 18, 2017.
    • The mental representation of gender in Dutch and German adults and children. Docentenbijeenkomst Duitstalige Neerlandistiek (NLV), Frankfurt (Germany), October 2016.
    • Understanding placement events through a native or second language - a multi-method perspective. Marie Curie Language and Perception Conference, NTNU, Trondheim (Norway), June 2016.
    • Visual and linguistic information processing in L1 and L2 speakers: evidence from a bidirectional study. ATTlis, University of Potsdam (Germany), March 2016. (poster)
    • Does size matter? Simulating object properties in a native or second language. Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC) V, Trondheim (Norway), August 2015.
    • Does size matter? Mental simulation of object properties in L1 and L2 speakers. Thinking Doing Learning (TDL), University of Groningen (Netherlands), June 2015.
    • The effect of language on memory: insights from L1 German and Spanish data. Asociacion Espanola Linguistica Cognitiva (AELCO), University of Extremadura, Badajoz (Spain), October 2014.
    • How does language affect spatial memory: insights from German and Spanish native speaker data. International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS), Lund (Sweden), September 2014. (poster)
    • How language affects perceptually based categorization in L1 and L2: the case of placement events. Cognition and Language in Developmental Disorders, University of Seville (Spain), November 2013. (poster)

    Public outreach, teacher training

    • Gender en diversiteit in het talenonderwijs: de lange weg naar inclusiviteit. Lectorenbijeenkomst Neerlandistiek, University of Vienna, September 2022.

    • Alle kleuren van de regenboog? Omgaan met (gebrek aan) diversiteit in NT2-leergangen. BVNT2 conferentie, September 2021. (with Marie Probst & Christine Sas)
    • Kritisch kijken naar diversiteit in NT2-leergangen. Online NT2-conferentie, org. Nico Knoester. October 2020 (online).
    • Diversiteit onderzoeken in NT2-tekstboeken. BOOM NT2 Bijscholingsdag, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (Netherlands), January 2020. (invited speaker)
    • Docentenworkshop “Films in de les”. Studiedag voor leraren Eems Dollard Regio, Gymnasium Papenburg (Germany), November 2019. (invited speaker)
    • Docentenworkshop “Audiovisueel materiaal vormgeven voor NVT-onderwijs”, Universitas Indonesia (Indonesia), August 2019.
    • Does language affect thought? The case of multilingualism. Münster´s knowledge freshly tapped, Münster (Germany), July 2019. (invited speaker)
    • Docentenworkshop “Inclusief NT2-onderwijs – Hoe ga ik om met gender in de NT2-les?” BVNT2-conferentie, Hogeschool Utrecht (Netherlands), May 2019.
    • Docentenworkshop “Filmpje kijken? Idiomatisch Nederlands leren in de NVT- of NT2-klas met speelfilms.” Kolloquium Fachvereinigung Niederländisch, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), September 2018. (invited speaker)
    • Koster, D. & Boom Uitgevers. (2018). Webinar „Films in de les“. September 2018.
    • Filmpje kijken? Dynamisch, usage-based NT2 onderwijs. BVNT2-conferentie, Hogeschool Amsterdam (Netherlands), May 2018. (invited plenary speaker).
    • Docentenworkshop “NT2-onderwijs oefenen met speelfilms.” BVNT2-conferentie, Hogeschool Amsterdam (Netherlands), May 2017.
    • (2016). Fremmedsprog er godt for hjernen. Youtube Channel University of Southern Denmark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbxNuxntPOk.
    • In gesprek over Lezen voor de Lijst 12-15 jaar, Dag van het Literatuuronderwijs, Rotterdam (Netherlands), November 2014. (invited speaker, with Jildau Vrieswijk).