Felix Kronenberg

Felix Kronenberg joined the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures as Assistant Professor and Director of the Language Learning Center in the summer of 2009.  Most recently, Dr. Kronenberg served as an Assistant Professor of German and Manager of the Foreign Language Resource Center at Pomona College.  He has taught courses such as Stereotypes in Advertising, Introduction to German Media and Film, Teaching German with Technology, and all levels of German language courses.

Dr. Kronenberg also currently oversees the design of a new language center, which opened in the fall of 2010.

He was recently awarded the 2009 Marie Sheppard Award by the International Association for Language Learning and Technology, and has been a fellow for the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education since 2008. He is also the president of the SouthWest Association for Language Learning and Technology and the editor of the IALLT Language Center Design Kit (5th Edition).

Dr. Kronenberg has presented extensively on various issues involving language learning and technology at regional, national, and international conferences. He has been a consultant for various colleges and universities and has provides numerous workshops and professional development opportunities for language teachers and professors. His special interests are active and task-based learning, language center design, motivation and language learning, web 2.0 tools for language learning, and blended learning.

His current research focuses on digital storytelling, especially for beginning and intermediate l2 learner.