FACULTY

Dennis Lindenberg

LINDENBERG, Dennis (リンデンベルク　デニス), Associate Professor

ResearchMap site : https://researchmap.jp/Lindenberg

E-mail : [lindenberg@aoni.waseda.jp]

My research investigates rhetorical relationships between different modes of communication. I am particularly interested in student presentations—how presenters integrate spoken language, body language, and visual materials on slides—and how insights from my research can help students deliver more engaging and effective presentations in the future. I also explore innovative pedagogical approaches that incorporate visuals or rhetorical figures such as conceptual metaphors, and I have conducted studies on creativity in foreign language education.

Education

  • B.A., Germany, University of Cologne, 2010
  • M.A. in General Linguistics, Germany, University of Cologne, 2014
  • M.A. in Education, Japan, Waseda University, 2021
  • Ph.D. in Education, Japan, Waseda University, 2025

Current CELESE responsibilities

Administrative roles : EDP Program Coordinator

Courses : Academic Basic Skills, Communication Strategies, Academic Lecture Comprehension, Technical Presentation, Technical Writing

Research areas and interests

Systemic Functional Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Multimodality

Representative works

  • Lindenberg, D. (2023). Multimodal meaning-making in student presentations: The impact of explicit feedback in a German as a foreign language classroom. Multimodal Communication, 12(3), 191–206.
  • Lindenberg, D. (2023). Logico-semantic relations between spoken text and slides’ visual elements in student presentations conducted online in the English as a foreign language context. Visual Communication, 24(2), 319–345.
  • Lindenberg, D. (2023). Modes and intersemiotic cohesion in student presentations performed online: An SF-informed multimodal discourse analysis. English for Specific Purposes, 69(1), 67–79.
  • Lindenberg, D. (2023). “The genome is the brain of the cell!” How Japanese English learners mediate understanding of academic content through metaphor. Metaphor and Symbol, 38(1), 23–49.
  • Lindenberg, D. (2021). The effect of task constraints on idea generation in creative word-formation group work for beginner-level German learners. System, 103(1), 1–15.

Other

  • Japanese Society for German Studies
  • PSJ Metaphor Research Group