Angélique joined King’s College London Language Centre in 2007. She holds an MA in Educational Science and Sociology (1999) from the Technische Universität Berlin and a certificate in Methods and Didactics for Teaching Foreign Languages (2008) from the Goethe Institute. She speaks English, German and Dutch and is a Higher Education Fellow. 

Angélique is a dedicated lecturer in German as a Foreign Language, teaching across all proficiency levels from A1 to C1, in alignment with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Her teaching portfolio spans a diverse range of learners, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, university staff, students from other institutions, and external clients. She delivers both assessed modules and non-credit evening short courses through the Language Centre (LC), as well as departmental modules for the German section of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (DLLC), and training sessions for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) PGCE students at the Education and Communication Studies (ECS) department. Her responsibilities include:Curriculum and Course Design: Developing curricula, syllabi, and personalized learning plans tailored to individual and group needs. Assessment: Designing, administering, and moderating written and oral examinations. As a Rubrics Champion for the LC, she has led initiatives to revise marking criteria, enhancing transparency and accessibility for both staff and students. Student Support: Providing one-on-one tutorials and group workshops on key language skills such as pronunciation, speaking fluency, and oral exam preparation. She ensures inclusive teaching by adapting materials and methods to support students with special educational needs. Professional Development and Innovation: Organizing teacher training sessions for colleagues across the LC, DLLC, and King’s Foundation. She also initiated the LC’s working group on AI in language teaching and collaborates on innovative projects, including the development of educational escape rooms and virtual reality activities to enrich language learning experiences. 

Research, Scholarly projects and Academic Awards

Assessment and Feedback Innovation: As the Rubrics Champion for the Language Centre (LC), Angélique has led initiatives to enhance assessment practices. She redesigned the LC’s marking criteria to improve assessment literacy among students and to ensure greater accessibility and transparency for both staff and learners. Her work was presented at the 2024 Education Conference and is currently being piloted by the German teaching team within the LC.

AI and Language Learning: In 2022/23, Angélique participated in the research project “Online Machine Translation im universitären DaF-Unterricht für Anfängerinnen”* with the University Vienna. Building on this, she co-developed a student workshop in 2024/25 aimed at enhancing AI literacy in language learning. The workshop and its impact on student behaviour were presented at the AI and Language Conference, co-hosted by King’s and LSE in April 2025. The outcomes are currently under review for publication in the National Teaching Repository.

Innovative Teaching Methods: Angélique is actively engaged in researching experiential learning approaches. She co-designed an educational escape room at the Courtauld Gallery, in collaboration with colleagues from the LC, to support language and content learning through immersive experiences. This ongoing project will be presented at the CU.LTN Language Teachers' Nexus Conference in June 2025.

Academic Publications:

Bruns, Angelique (2002): Demokratie und soziale Gerechtigkeit: die pädagogischen Konzepte von Célestin Freinet und Paulo Freire im Vergleich, Volume 6 of Pädagogische Reihe, Oldenburg

Arts, Angelique (2020): If you can’t say it use a puppet, Scenario Volume XIV, Issue 1 2020, https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/scenario-14-1-6