Short curriculum vitae

I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai, India. Following which, I pursued a Master's degree in Psychology at Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu, India. My interest in German as a foreign language led me to pursue the Grünes Diplom (German Teacher Training Program) at the Goethe-Institut in Mumbai, where I also worked as a German language teacher and teacher's trainer for 5 years.

In the year 2019 I received the Confucius Institute Scholarship to attend the C1 course at the Tianjin University of Technology. I have also taught HSK 2 and HSK 3 Mandarin courses at the Confucius Institute in Mumbai.

In 2023 I completed my Master's in Applied Linguistics at the University of Erfurt. My Master's Thesis compared the processing and understanding of the genitive vs. dative cases in leichte Sprache (easy German texts) by learners of German as a foreign language. 

Research interests

My research interests include Natural Language Processing and Sentiment Analysis, Psycholinguistics and Corpus linguistics.

Certificates

Grünes Diplom - the Goethe-Institut’s internal standardised qualification for German language teachers.

Scholarships awarded

• October 2022 - September 2023 - Scholarship for Master's program Applied Linguistics
• September 2019 - January 2020 - Confucius Institute Scholarship for a language course at Tianjin University of Technology
• December 2018  - Goethe Institut Language and Cultural Exchange Scholarship,  Goethe-Institut, Müchen
• January 2016 - Goethe Institut Language Scholarship, Goethe-Institut, Bonn

Teaching

• WS 24/25: Qualitative and Quantitative Digital Research Methods
• SS 24: Current Topics in Digital Linguistics
• WS 23/24: Qualitative and Quantitative Digital Research Methods

Talks and Presentations

October 2024	„Positivity bias in science communication: A sentiment and corpus linguistics analysis of the Science Media Centre “. (Coelho, S., & Akan, C. 2024) Presentation at the conference I, Expert: Media competence for science through linguistics (2024 DAAD program “Higher Education Dialogue with South Europe”) hosted by the English and Digital Linguistics Department TU Chemnitz.
June 2024	„Die Nützlichkeit der Genitivvermeidung für DaF Lernenden“. Presentation at the EDL (English Digital Linguistics) Research Colloquium hosted by the English and Digital Linguistics Department TU Chemnitz.
March 2024	„Kann Leichte Sprache zu leicht sein? Die Genitivvermeidung und ihre Nützlichkeit für verschiedene Zielgruppen“. (Coelho, S., Wettmann, J., Hasenäcker, J., & Domahs, F. 2023) Poster presentation at the conference „Einfach oder Komplex? Befunde zur Passung Geschriebener Sprache für verschiedene Zielgruppen“ hosted by Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprachenphilologie,Universität Heidelberg March 2024.