At the University of Regensburg, research in the field of German as a Second Language (DaZ) focuses primarily on key topics in second language acquisition, multilingualism research and language education in multilingual contexts.
This includes, amongst other things, studies on acquisition processes (how people learn German as a second language), internal and external multilingualism, early childhood multilingualism and the assessment of language proficiency.
Furthermore, migration, integration, language policy, interculturality and media use in multilingual contexts are key academic research areas, complemented by didactic and methodological questions relating to language support and DaZ teaching in various educational and social contexts.
Video on multilingualism
This video was created by students as part of a DaZ seminar.
Key areas of research
PhD projects
Other research interests
Recent publications
Rupert Hochholzer (2024): Empirical research into multilingualism in educational institutions. In: Siegfried Gehrmann / Rupert Hochholzer / Ana Petravic / Mario Grevic / Yvonne Klietz: Multilingualism in Education and Academia. A European Perspective. Münster and New York
Juliette Breton, Björn Hansen, Rupert Hochholzer, Konstanzia Lüke & Ayfer Şahan-Barat (2024): “I am a truly proud Bavarian Croatian” – a linguistic biographical interview with Bavarian Minister of State Michaela Kaniber. In: Siegfried Gehrmann / Rupert Hochholzer / Ana Petravic / Mario Grevic / Yvonne Klietz: Multilingualism in Education and Academia. A European Perspective. Münster and New York
Rupert Hochholzer (2024): Why internal and external multilingualism should not be separated. A statement. In: ide (Information on German Didactics – Journal for the Teaching of German in Academia and Schools) Issue 3
Rupert Hochholzer (2024): Internal Multilingualism and Social Participation. In: Jörg Meier / Verena Blaschitz / Inci Dirim (eds.): Handbook of Multilingualism and Social Participation. Interdisciplinary Approaches. Bad Heilbrunn
Rupert Hochholzer (2020): Internal and external multilingualism in a Regensburg school. In: Rudolf Bühler / Hubert Klausmann / Mirjam Nast (eds.): Everyday Language and Dialectal Practices from a Linguistic and Cultural Studies Perspective. Tübingen
Rupert Hochholzer / Anna Ritter (2019): ‘Language Biographies of Multilingual Young People: A Study of Newly Arrived Pupils’. In: Critical Multilingualism Studies 7:3