Dr John Goodyear

• PhD, Queen Mary, University of London
• MA, Aston University in German Cultural Studies, Birmingham (Distinction)
• BSc, Aston University in Modern Foreign Languages with a Placement Year Abroad (First Class Honours) 

• BSc, Aston University in Modern Languages with a Placement Year Abroad (1999-2003)
• MA, Aston University in German Cultural Studies (2003-2004)
• Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at Handan Lilac Education Group, Hebei (2004-2006)
• PhD, Queen Mary, University of London (2006-2010)
• Director of Studies, Academy of English, Oldenburg, Germany (2010-2017)
• German Teacher Fellow, University of Birmingham (January 2018-August 2019)
• Lecturer (Teaching) English as a Modern Foreign Language (September 2019-Present)

As Academic Lead for English as a Modern Foreign Language (EMFL), John teaches the following core-language undergraduate modules in the Department of Modern Languages:

• LC English Core VI – Languages and Contexts
• LC English Core VII - Languages and Contexts

Given his expertise in German, he will also be teaching on the following German core language modules: 

• LC German Core I – Beginners: Democracy, Diversity, and Dynamism (29755)/Use of Language 1 & 2
• LC German Core II – Beginners: Nation, Populism, and Conflict

John Goodyear researches areas of modern German cultural history at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century (Jahrhundertwende), including

• Representations of music and musical life in German modernist literature
• Intellectual legacy of German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing (1872-1933)
• Urban social history of twentieth-century German city noise
• Phenomena of Musikstädte of Vienna, Munich and Berlin

Goodyear is currently working on a research project in the context of the renovation of the Globe theatre in Oldenburg, Germany. This research focuses on Anglo-German theatre life in occupied Germany immediately after the Second World War. 

• Anglo-German public speaking platform: Your Speaker
• Consultant to MHGlenz UG
• Senior Editor of the Global China Insights (GCI) for the Groningen Confucius Institute
• Former Chairman of the Gesellschaft der deutsch-chinesischen Freundschaft, Oldenburg (2015-9)
• Honorary Member of the Deutsch-Britischen Gesellschaft, Schleswig Nord 
• Independent Consultant for Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment Pty Ltd (CBLA): the Occupational English Test (OET)
• Member of Institute for German and European Studies (IGES)
• Language, Testing and Assessment Advisor for Aviation English at Air Speak

Academic prizes:

• Co-recipient of the Higher Education Futures Institute (HEFi) Award for Digital Learning for the Virtual Year Abroad (VYA), July 2021
• DAAD Grant Award for Research Stay for University Academics and Scientists, 2018  
• Arts and Humanities Research Council Overseas Study Award, 2009
• Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award, 2007–9
• Westfield Trust Studentship Award, Queen Mary, University of London, 2006–9
• German Embassy Prize for best Bachelor dissertation in German in the United Kingdom, 2003
• John Stagg Memorial Prize for best written German examination at Aston University
• 2003 University Prize for best final year student in Modern Languages at Aston University, 2003