Maria Gallinat

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Research assistant
Focus on learning with emphasis on basic language education


Kurt-Wolters Str. 5
34125 Kassel
Room 2046

☏ +49 561 804-


since 06/2026 Scientific assistant at the chair of Prof.in Dr.in Hennes (focus on learning with a focus on basic language education, University of Kassel)
03/2026 PhD, dissertation: Grammatical text density and language-sensitive German teaching. A comparative analysis of teaching-learning materials (first supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ágel, second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Feilke)
10/2025 to 03/2026 LfbA at the chair of Prof. Dr. Gätje (Linguistics/Language Didactics, University of Kassel)
02/2023 to 04/2024 Maternity leave and parental leave
01/2023 to 09/2023 Research assistant at the chair of Prof.in Dr.in Langlotz (Primary School Didactics, University of Kassel)
04/2022 to 09/2022 Scientific assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Langlotz (Primary School Didactics, University of Kassel)
11/2020 to 11/2022 Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer of the FB02
09/2019 to 10/2020 Maternity leave and parental leave
10/2018 to 04/2022 Equal Opportunities Officer of the Gekko (= humanities and cultural studies doctoral program of FB 02)
05/2017 to 05/2026 Research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Ágel (System-oriented Linguistics, University of Kassel)
04/2017 First state examination, thesis: Teaching grammar with texts at school. A comparative study of conceptual-didactic and literary texts (awarded the Martin Wagenschein Prize 2017)
10/2013 to 03/2017 student assistant & tutor at the Institute of Romance Studies and the Institute of German Studies
10/2012 to 06/2017 Studying to become a teacher at the University of Kassel (grammar school teacher; subjects: German, Spanish)
  • Grammatical text analysis / Grammar of contemporary German
  • Language learning / Language-sensitive (German) teaching
  • Text linguistics / text competence / literacy
  • Diversity-sensitive German didactics

Grammatical text density and language-sensitive German lessons. A comparative analysis of teaching-learning materials. Gekko conference. Protestant Academy Hofgeismar, 31.10.-01.11.2025.

Text patterns in language-sensitive German lessons. An approach to promoting text competence in multilingual learning groups. GAL Research School "Linguistic research in schools". University of Hildesheim, 10 - 11.03.2025.

▪ S till considering whether (with Janzon, Lukas/Linnenkohl, Marcel). School preparatory course of the FB 02 "ProUni. Trying before studying". University of Kassel, 22.01.2025.

Grammatical possibilities of making diversity (in)visible. Diversity Week 2024 "(Language and) Identity". University of Kassel, 18.-22.11.2024.

Corona | climate | war. Theme week #ukraine|war of the FB 02. Uni Kassel, 16.-20.05.2022.

First "truants", then "climate activists". Individual linguistic perspectives of actors in a protest movement using the example of FAZ and EL PAÍS. Project seminar Grammar and Meaning (Prof. Dr. Ágel). University of Kassel, 20.01.2022.

Text construction plans - a workshop report. Gekko conference. Protestant Academy Hofgeismar, 29-30.10.2021.

School. Power. Language. Gekko conference. Protestant Academy Hofgeismar, 12-13.10.2018.

Text patterns and sample texts in grammar lessons at lower secondary level. Poster presentation. 2nd meeting of the SDD working group on grammar didactics and language observation. Ruhr University Bochum, 16-17.02.2018.

Diversity Week 2023 (together with Dr. TamaraBodden, Dr. JuliaDrube and Vanessa-Nadine Sternath) (06.11.-10.11.2023).

▪ "It is not enough to know, one must also apply"(J. W. v. Goethe) (WiSe 2022/23). In cooperation with PD Dr. Roman Schneider (IDS Mannheim), students have developed digital exercises for the grammatical information system grammis designed and tested.

Diversity - living (experiencing) diversity didactically II (summer semester 2022).

Diversity - living and experiencing diversity didactically I (summer semester 2021).

Grammar to go - a podcast project (SoSe 2021). On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the University of Kassel, students took a close grammatical look at texts from their everyday lives and discussed the relationships between the linguistic structure of the texts and their communicative-pragmatic contexts in 3-minute podcast episodes. Starting point: discussions and findings from the seminar "Grammar (and the world)".

▪ O nce upon a time there were texts, patterns and functions... (06.06.2019). On the occasion of the campus festival, students have prepared hands-on experiments that invite you to discuss linguistic norms. Starting point: text linguistic studies and observations from the seminar "Text(experiments)".