Dr Sophie Payne

Email:
s.l.payne@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 3203
Job title:
Lecturer

Responsibilities:

IWLP German Language Lead
IWLP Marketing Lead
Module convenor for LA1PG2

During this time please contact iwlp@reading.ac.uk for general IWLP enquiries and Wendy Hillier at w.l.hillier@reading.ac.uk for specific IWLP German enquiries.

Office

Miller 101

Building location

Miller building

Areas of interest

German language and culture, linguistics and feminism.

Teaching

For the academic year 2023/24, I will be teaching on:

LA1PG1 – IWLP German Stage 1

LA1PG2 – IWLP German Stage 2

ML3LP – Language and Power (Autumn term only)

GM1IMG – Icons of Modern Germany (Spring term only)I

Background

I was born in Reading and grew up nearby. After a gap year teaching English, I returned to Reading to study BA German and Italian, followed by an M(Res) and a PhD in German Studies.

In the past I taught on DLC degree-side modules on the history of German post-war migration, German lexicology and German textual linguistics. I have also previously taught on the module Approaches to Discourse Analysis for the English Language and Applied Linguistics Department.