Mariesa Keskemeti - Research Staff Member

Mariesa Keskemeti is a research assistant at the Junior Professorship for German Language Teaching in an Inclusive Context at the University of Potsdam. She has extensive teaching experience in mixed-ability classes and vocational learning environments, including integrated secondary schools, upper secondary centres, welcome classes and adult education. She gained international teaching experience during her teaching placement at the German School in Bilbao, Spain. She completed an accelerated teacher training programme in Berlin-Kreuzberg (12 months teaching German and WAT for secondary levels I/II).

Her research focuses on language education, the promotion of writing and argumentation, inclusion, and digital learning formats. As part of her doctoral research, she is investigating Qualitative Argumentative Structure Analysis (QASA) as a bridge between text linguistics and German language teaching. The focus is on the analysis, modelling and visualisation of argumentative structures in school-based discussions, as well as on their didactic application for formative feedback and writing support.

Mariesa Keskemeti obtained a Master of Education in German (Humboldt University of Berlin) and Work Studies (Technical University of Berlin) in 2024 and additionally completed a certificate programme in German in a Multilingual Context (Humboldt University of Berlin, 2020). Her career combines empirical research, teaching practice and the development of innovative, inclusive teaching approaches designed to foster argumentative writing skills.