Frederik Heinrich BissingerSenior Lecturer

About me

Current occupations

• Substitute Senior Lecturer in German 
• Research Assistant within the DiLILAC project 

 

Studies

2016 - 2021 PhD co-tutelle studies in Baltic Languages, Stockholm University and in Languages of Northern Europe and the Baltics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz (Germany)

2013 - 2015 M.A. in Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany), Stockholm University

2010 - 2013 B.A. in Linguistics and Media Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany)

 

Professional Experiences

Since 2018 Development of online courses "Lithuanian Language Proficiency I" and "Lithuanian Language Proficiency II", Stockholm University

2017 Main Conference Organizer of "5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics", Stockholm University

2016 Research Assistant within the Project “Archive of the Curonian Language and Ethnic Culture: Digitalization of Sources”, University of Klaipėda, (Lithuania)

2012 Participation in the EU Interreg-Project “Ny i Inre Skandinavien”, Sverige Amerika Centret, Karlstad

2010 Participation in the EU Interreg-Project “Grensevandring”, Norsk Utvandrermuseum, Ottestad (Norway)

 

Teaching (Courses)

Spring 2022

• "Tysk lingvistik" (German Linguistics), online and on campus, SU
• "Översättning från svenska till tyska" (Translation from Swedish to German), online and on campus, SU
• "Språklig textkommentar" (Linguistic Text Commentary), online and on campus, SU
• "Tyska, Nybörjarkurs I" (German Beginners' Course I), online course, Stockholm University

Fall 2021

• "Översättning från svenska till tyska" (Translation from Swedish to German), online course, SU
• "Språklig textkommentar" (Linguistic Text Commentary), online course, SU
• "Tyska, Nybörjarkurs I" (German Beginners' Course I), online course, SU

Spring 2020

• "Lituanian Language Proficiency II", online course, SU
• "Lithuanian Language Proficiency I", online course, SU
• "Tyska, Nybörjarkurs I" (German Beginners' Course I), blended campus-online course, SU

Fall 2019

• "Lituanian Language Proficiency II", online course, SU
• "Lithuanian Language Proficiency I", online course, SU
• "Tyska, Språkhistoria" (German, Language History), campus course, SU

Spring 2019

• "Lithuanian Language Proficiency II", online course, SU
• "Lithuanian Language Proficiency I", online course, SU

Fall 2018

• "Lithuanian Language Proficiency I", online course, SU
• "Litauiska I - Språkkunskap och språkfärdighet A" (Lithuanian I - Language Proficiency A), campus course, SU

Spring 2016

• "Intensive Course German for Beginners", campus course, Klaipėda University (Lithuania)

 

Teaching (Visits)

January 2022 Guest lectures within B.A. and M.A. courses at Johannes Gutenberg-University (Germany)

• "Family Language Policy and Immigrant Language Maintenance"
• "Familiensprachpolitik und Erhalt von Immigrantensprachen"

June 2021 Guest lecture within the Nordplus project “Moksleivių akademija” [“Academy for school students”], Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)

• “Lietuvių kalbos išlaikymas migracijos kontekste: lietuvių šeimų kalbos politika Švedijoje” [Lithuanian language maintenance in the migration context: Lithuanian family language policy in Sweden]

September 2019 Guest Seminars at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)

• "Family Language Policy" within M.A.-course "Multilingualism in Europe",
• "Spracherhalt Litauischer Familien in Schweden" (Language Maintenance of Lithuanian Families in Sweden) within B.A.-program "German Language and Communication"

June 2019 Guest Seminars, Lectures and Teaching Assistence within M.A.-courses within Erasmus+ Teacher Exchange at Johannes Gutenberg-University (Germany)

• "Regional and Minority Languages"
• "Qualitative Data Analysis"
• "Forschungsvertiefung II, Fachspezifisches Forschungsseminar II SNEB"

October 2017 Guest Seminars within M.A.-course "Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods in Sociolinguistics" at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)

• "Ethnography: Interviews, Recordings and Observations"
• “Questionnaires: A Basic Introduction”
• “Family Language Policy”

 

Further Qualifications

January 2020 Lithuanian Language Teacher Development Course "Lituanistikos horizontai: pažintis su kalbos, kultūros, meno, istorijos, visuomenės tyrimais ir pasiekimais - 2" (Horizons of Lithuanian Studies: Acquaintance with Research and Achievements within Language, Culture, Art and Society - 2), Vilnius University (Lithuania)

Spring 2019 "Professional Development Course on Teaching and Learning, Blended (UL1)", Stockholm University

January 2019 Lithuanian Language Teacher Development Course "Ieškome naujų lituanistikos studijų strategijų, metodų, darbo formų" (Searching new Strategies, Methods, and Working Formats for Lithuanian Studies), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)

 

Activities

Spring 2019 - spring 2020 representative of the Council of the Faculty of Humanities to the Reference Group of the Language Studio (Språkstudio)

Fall 2018 - spring 2020 representative at the Council of the Faculty of Humanities

Spring 2018 - spring 2019 member of the working group on the new general study plans for doctoral students at the Department for Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German

Fall 2017 - fall 2018 substitute representative at the Council of the Faculty of Humanities

Fall 2016 - fall 2018 vice-chairman of the doctoral council of the Department for Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German

 

Research Interests

Multilingualism

Language Policies

Language Teaching and Learning

Language Acquisition and Maintenance