Joachim Grzega studied English and French in Eichstätt, Salt Lake City, Paris-Sorbonne University and Graz. He has taught since 1998 at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Grzega obtain his doctorate in 2000 in the subjects of the Roman, English and German linguistics. His habilitation in 2004. Professor Grzega had offices in Munster, Bayreuth, Erfurt, Freiburg.

His focus is on the onomasiology, the euro-linguistics, intercultural communication, the teaching of English as a lingua franca

Lingua franca

A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues.-Characteristics:"Lingua franca" is a functionally defined term, independent of the linguistic...

, the language teaching in general and the role of language and communication for the transfer of knowledge. He also developed the system Basic Global English (BGE) for the English-teaching beginning, treated at the English as an international lingua franca is. With Onomasiology

Onomasiology

Onomasiology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the question "how do you express X?" It is in fact most commonly understood as a branch of lexicology, the study of words .Onomasiology, as a part of lexicology, starts from a concept which is taken to be priorOnomasiology (from — to name,...

 Online (Onon), he has created one of the first peer-reviewed journals of free access Internet-German linguistics in life. His second journal is specially dedicated to the still relatively young branch of eurolinguistics

Eurolinguistics

Eurolinguistics is a comparatively young branch of linguistics which deals with questions on the languages of Europe. However, Europe is not defined in a unanimous way. There are three different definitions of Europe....

: Journal for EuroLinguistiX (Jelix). Another field Grzegas, which is intertwined with the language teaching is the University Teaching

Teaching method

A teaching method comprises the principles and methods used for instruction. Commonly used teaching methods may include class participation, demonstration, recitation, memorization, or combinations of these...

. He is particularly involved in the development and dissemination of Learning by teaching

Learning by teaching

In professional education, learning by teaching designates currently the method by Jean-Pol Martin that allows pupils and students to prepare and to teach lessons, or parts of lessons...

 model, which was founded in the 1980s by Jean-Pol Martin

Jean-Pol Martin

Jean-Pol Martin is a professor for foreign language teaching in Germany. He established the teaching method "Lernen durch Lehren" , a method for students to learn by teaching their peers...

Works

Grzega J. Hal, hello, hi In Speech acts in the history of English
Andreas H. Jucker,Irma Taavitsainen (eds)