Michael Kranert

Background

About Michael Kranert

I am a linguist interested in contrastive discourse analysis in English and German speaking countries. In order to analyse the influence of contextual differences on linguistic features of discourse in these countries, I use linguistic research methods such as Corpus Assisted Discourse Analysis, Political Lexicography, Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Metaphor Theory. In the interpretation stage, I discuss my findings on the background of historical and sociological insights. As a new research project, I am planning a comparative investigation of the language in legal contexts in England and Germany. I am also an enthusiastic teacher and researcher with Qualified Teacher Status for the United Kingdom. My teaching experience ranges from teaching support for autistic children to teaching German language, culture and politics to undergraduates at Cambridge University. I have taught German as a foreign language at all levels as well as Philosophy at A-level. I am also interested in teaching Social Sciences or Politics, subjects that are part of my PhD. I have always enjoyed teaching because I love the intellectual exchange with pupils and students, as well as the challenging work of guiding young people in their personal and intellectual development.