Gabriele Schmidt is a lecturer in the German Studies Program in the School of Language Studies. She has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Bielefeld where she studied German as a Foreign Language, English and Pedagogy/Education. Before she joined the ANU in 1996 she was a lecturer at the University of Düsseldorf.

Award:
2003: The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching

Research Interests:
Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Curriculum Development; Languages for Specific Purposes.

Publications:
Schmidt, Gabriele and Wiebke Schweer (2008). Researching and writing about Swiss culture. In: BABEL 42,3: 4-9.

Schmidt, Gabriele (2006). 150 Jahre Deutsch an australischen Universitäten: Von der Germanistik über DaF zu German Studies. In: Zielsprache Deutsch 33,3: 79-98.

Schmidt, Gabriele and Louise Jansen (2003). Enhancing Overseas Study. In: A. Liddicoat et al. (eds). Australian Perspectives on Internationalising Education. Melbourne, Language Australia: 129-139.

Schmidt, Gabriele (2001). Integrating literature into the university language curriculum. In: BABEL 36,2: 19-24.

Schmidt, Gabriele (2000). Teaching culture and language for specific purposes. In: A. Liddicoat and C. Crozet (eds). Teaching Languages, Teaching Cultures. Canberra, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia: 131-140.

Schmidt, Gabriele (1998). Zur Situation der deutschen Sprache an australischen Hochschulen. In: Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache 4: 470-476 and Materialien Deutsch als Fremdsprache 47: 398-406.

Liddicoat, Anthony, Chantal Crozet, Louise Jansen and Gabriele Schmidt (1997). The role of language learning in academic education: an overview. In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 20,2: 19-32.

Firnhaber-Sensen, Ulrike and Gabriele Schmidt (1994). Deutsch im Krankenhaus: Berufssprache für ausländische Pflegekräfte. Berlin/München, Langenscheidt. 168 pp.

Schmidt, Gabriele et al. (1991). Curriculum Projektarbeit Deutsch. Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, IIK-Skripten 6. 100 pp.

Schmidt, Gabriele (1989). Deutschunterricht für Spätaussiedler aus Polen und der UdSSR: Voraussetzungen - Bedingungen - Lösungsversuche. M.A.-Thesis, Universität Bielefeld. 139 pp.