Peter Franklin

Professor of Business English and Intercultural Business & Management Communication,
Department of Economics and Social Sciences,
Fachhochschule Konstanz University of Applied Sciences

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born and brought up in Kent, G.B. University education in Cambridge, G.B.
From 1978 professional experience in higher education at the Technical University Aachen and the University of Duisburg and in continuing education and training in numerous companies and organisations in Germany and abroad. Short assignments in Slovenia and Poland. Appointed Professor in Constance in 1998.

TEACHING

Courses on Intercultural Business and Management Communication, Current Research on Intercultural Business and Management Communication, Business Negotiation, Business Presentations, Business Writing, Business Terminology

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Curriculum and media development in intercultural business and management communication

Current activities
  • Co-originator and content developer (editor) of http://www.dialogin.com The Delta Intercultural Academy, a knowledge and learning community devoted to Intercultural Business and Management Communication
  • Consultant and co-ordinating author for an E.U. Leonardo da Vinci project to develop online courses on crosscultural negotiation in three European countries
Past activities
  • Co-author of 'Das Delta-Konzept', Frankfurt: Campus, 1997, a CD-ROM self-study programme on intercultural business communication and negotiation - see http://www.delta-konzept.de
  • Consultant to an E.U. Leonardo da Vinci project on educational software localisation (1997-1999)
  • Head of an E.U. Tempus project 'PROCLAME Programme on Communication, Languages and Management in Europe' (1995-1998)
  • Partner in an E.U. Lingua project on curriculum and media development for foreign-language communication in international business (1993-1996)
Selected publications
Software

  • 2000
    (with Martin Pfaff & Wolfgang Reichelt): The Delta Intercultural Academy. Internet: http://www.dialogin.com

  • 1997
    (with Martin Pfaff & Wolfgang Reichelt): Das Delta-Konzept. Ein interaktiver Workshop. CD-ROM. Frankfurt: Campus. http://www.delta-konzept.de
Print publications
  • 2001
    (zus. mit Wolfgang Reichelt und Michaela Zitzen) ‚Wenn Interkulturalisten nur wüßten, was Interkulturalisten wissen ...': Die Knowledge Community als Vehikel der formellen und informellen Aus- und Weiterbildung'. In: Claes, Marie-Thérèse, et al (Eds.): Cultural Identity and Diversity in Building Europe. To be reprinted as:
  • 2001
    (zus. mit Wolfgang Reichelt und Michaela Zitzen) ‚Wenn Interkulturalisten nur wüßten, was Interkulturalisten wissen ...': Die Knowledge Community als Vehikel der formellen und informellen Aus- und Weiterbildung'. SIETAR Deutschland Newsletter 1.
  • 2000
    'Lingua franca w globalnej wiosce: rola kutury we wzbogaconym programie nauczania jezykow obcych' (Lingua franca communication in the global village: The role of culture and the enriched foreign-language curriculum). In: Szpila, Grzegorz et al. (Eds.): Jezyk trzeciego tysiaclecia. Jezyk a komunikacja. Vol. 1. Cracow: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies.
  • 2000
    'Die Vermittlung interkultureller Kommunikationskompetenz für die internationale Wirtschaft: Ein neuer curricularer Ansatz und seine multimediale Umsetzung als CD-ROM mit Internet-Unterstützung'. Fremdsprachen und Hochschule. 59: 90-96.
  • 1999
    'A virtual forum for business interculturalists' SIETAR Europa Newsletter 3.
  • 1999
    'Das Delta-Konzept'. FHK Journal. April, 30-31.
  • 1998
    'Das Delta Konzept: Neue Wege in der Vermittlung interkultureller Kommunikationskompetenz für die internationale Wirtschaft'. Unsere Duisburger Hochschule. 50. Jahrgang, 2
  • undated (1994)
    (with Jörg Renner): Communication in International Business. An Integrated Curriculum for Foreign-Language Communication in International Business. Moers: GIP.
  • 1991
    'An Additional Qualification for Europe? A brief account of Duisburg University's postgraduate course in foreign languages and area studies for graduates of business studies'. In: Siegfried Wyler (Hrsg.): Sprache und Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen. Nottingham. 126-132.


Cross-cultural management and marketing communication

Current and past activities
  • Research in and consultancy and training assignments for large companies and SMEs.
Selected publications
  • in preparation
    'Intercultural Management Dyscommunication: A Case Study in Anglo-German Management Interaction'.
  • 2001
    (with Antje Wilton): ''Translating' the appeal of butter: a case study in cross-cultural marketing communication.' Tests and Translation. Papers in memory of PD. Dr. C. Klein-Braley. Bochum: AKS-Verlag. Shortened version to appear as:
  • 2000
    (with Antje Wilton): 'Cross-cultural marketing communication and translation'. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology. 4
  • 1999
    'Interkulturelle Kommunikation: auch ein Thema für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen?' FHK Journal. Dezember, 12-13
  • 1989
    (with Christine Klein-Braley): '"A Potent Part of Germany?" Some remarks on the quality of translations of promotional material'. In: Eva Haberfellner (Hrsg.): Sprache - Wirtschaft - Neue Medien Teil III. Reutlingen. 43-59.

Language teaching

Current activities
  • Consultant on foreign languages for specific purposes in an E.U. Tempus project on 'Preparing Hungarian Civil Servants for E.U. Accession' (since 1999)
  • Head of foreign languages as electives at Konstanz University of Applied Sciences (since 1998)
  • Member of the board of examiners for Commercial English for Apprentices, Duisburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce (since 1991)
Past activities
  • Co-developer of examinations on commercial English for apprentices offered by Düsseldorf and Duisburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1991-1992)
  • Member of the board of examiners for Business English Translation, Düsseldorf Chamber of Industry and Commerce (1991-1998)
  • Examiner for the Cambridge University Local Examinations Syndicate (Certificate of Proficiency in English, Certificate of Advanced English, First Certificate in English) (1986-1994)
Selected publications
  • 1998
    (with Christine Klein-Braley): 'The Foreigner in the Refrigerator.' In: Kirtsen Malmkjaer (Hrsg.): Translation and Language Teaching
  • 1991
    (with Christine Klein-Braley): 'Can Translation Be Taught? An approach to teaching translation to future non-professional translators in Germany'. The Linguist, Vol. 30, No. 1, S. 2-4.
  • 1989
    (with Christine Klein-Braley): 'Übersetzungsunterricht für den angehenden nicht-professionellen Übersetzer: Ein Praxisbericht.' Germanistische Mitteilungen 29, S. 15-21
  • 1986
    'Role Play & Classroom Management'. Neusprachliche Mitteilungen 1, S. 45-47.
  • 1985
    (with Hans Fischer): 'Using the VHS environment for communicative and emancipatory purposes'. Zielsprache Englisch 2, S. 1-7.
  • 1984
    (with Hans Fischer): 'Exploiting a dialogue - communicatively?'. Zielsprache Englisch 3, S. 7-14.

AWARDS

1999 'Das Delta-Konzept' represented Germany in the E.U. Eurolabel competition for innovative teaching and learning materials

1998 Honorary Life Membership of the Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies, Cracow, for my 'remarkable contribution to the study of the foreign-language philologies in Poland'.

1996 University Teaching Prize, University of Duisburg.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Vice-Dean, Department of Economics and Social Sciences (2000-2004)

 
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