Griet Boone is a teaching and research assistant at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication at Ghent University (Belgium). She teaches German as a foreign language, interpreting and translation. Her primary research areas include foreign language learning and teaching, formulaic language, individual differences, study abroad, and business communication. In her PhD research she adopts a longitudinal and multiperspective approach to L2 learners’ development of formulaic competence in German.