Profile
Professional career
- since 10/2022
Leipzig University: Research Assistant - 10/2019 - 09/2022
Scholarship Holder (Landesgraduiertenstipendium) to realize the PhD project "Writing in the Primary English Classroom" - since 08/2017
Teacher Advisor for Primary English Language Teaching (Saxony) - 08/2013 - 11/2018
Class Teacher and Teacher for EnglishGeschwister Scholl Grundschule Leipzig - since 10/2012
Teacher Advisor for Primary English Language Teaching - 08/2010 - 07/2013
Class Teacher and Teacher for EnglishHeinrich-Mann Grundschule Leipzig
Education
- 08/2008 - 07/2010
Second State Exam: Trainee Teacher - 10/2003 - 07/2008
Leipzig University: State Exam in Primary Teaching (main subject: English)
I am particularly interested in the following research areas:
- Literacy Acquisition in the Primary English Classroom
- Language Teacher Training Development
- Fostering oral communication development in EFL
- CLIL in the Primary Classroom
- Storytelling
- Schrader, A.Discovering the ‚silent e‘ – Rechtschreibbewusstheit spielerisch entwickelnGrundschule Englisch. 2021.
- Schrader, A.Abschreiben ausdrücklich erwünscht – Eine Auswahl motivierender PraxisbeispieleGrundschule Englisch. 2020.
- Glaser, K.; Schrader, A.Endangered species. Lesekompetenz: Sachtexte über Tierarten erschließen, ein Quiz erstellenDer fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch. 2025. pp. 12–17.
- Schrader, A.The Tiny seed – Language learning in the school gardenIn: Bergner, G.; C. Falkenhagen, C. (Eds.)Storytelling in Primary CLIL. Gabriele Schäfer Verlag. 2023. pp. 135–150.
- Schrader, A.; Glaser, K.Fostering literacy skills in the primary English classroom: A Design-Based Research (DBR) projectIn: Wilden, E. (Ed.)Standortbestimmungen in der Fremdsprachenforschung. Bielefeld: wbv. 2023. pp. 244–259.ISBN: 9783763973040
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EFL Teaching Practicum
School teaching practicum for pre-service EFL teacher trainees
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Understanding the Primary English Classroom
Seminar for primary EFL teacher trainees
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Planning for the Primary English Classroom
Seminar for primary EFL teacher trainees
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Methods and techniques for the Primary English Classroom
Seminar for primary EFL teacher trainees