Michelle Zirkel

Michelle Zirkel is a Lecturer and Research Assistant at the Department of English Language Education (TEFL) at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in English/American Studies and Spanish from the University of Würzburg and completed her First State Examination for Secondary School Teaching (English and Spanish) in 2021.

• Research Interests: Virtual Reality in English language education, Critical Environmental Literacy, Inter- and Transcultural Education, Popular Culture in EFL classrooms, Irish Studies, and Pragmatics.
• Projects: PhD project on Virtual Reality for English education and critical environmental literacy; DiSo-SGW project.

Publications & Presentations: Focused on VR applications in language teaching, sustainability, and music-based pedagogy. She has presented at international conferences including CALICO, WorldCALL, and IATEFL.

• Memberships: DGFF, EFACIS, IATEFL, ISWÜ, Educators in VR, Climate Education e.V., and Scientists for Future Bamberg.