Organisation profile

The institute is at an intersection between linguistics, didactics, educational- and cultural sciences regarding research and teaching. It is involved in several degree programmes, such as "Teaching and Learning, B.A.", "Master of Education (M.Ed.)", the "Leuphana B.A." and the major in cultural studies (M.A.). Scientific research and the promotion of young scientists are a central concern of the institute. Furthermore, students have the opportunity to complete their doctoral studies (Dr. phil.).

The institute consists of two departments, German literature studies and their didactics and German language studies and their didactics.

Main research areas

Research Activities

Literature Studies and their Didactics

Applied Linguistics

Didactics of Teaching German

Modern German Literature Studies

German Language and its Didactics/ Applied Linguistics

German Language and its Didactics for Secondary Schools

  1. 2010
  2. Borderline Poetry: 20 years of German Unification as seen through Berlin literature

    Dahlke, B. (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. 5th International Conference on Speech Prosody - 2010

    Sappok, C. (Speaker)

    11.05.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Müdigkeit und Impotenz - Motive in der späten Lyrik und Prosa Wolfgang Hilbigs

    Dahlke, B. (Speaker)

    05.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. Edumetrisches Assessment im Leseunterricht: Verlesungsprotokoll

    Holle, K. (Speaker)

    15.04.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Aspekte fachspezifischer Lesekompetenzen (Fachwortschatz)

    Holle, K. (Speaker)

    18.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Zum vergessenen weiblichen Anteil an der sich um 1900 herausbildenen Jugendforschung

    Dahlke, B. (Speaker)

    03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. ADORE. Teaching Adolescent Struggling Readers. Research Findings and Conclusions about Good Practice.

    Holle, K. (Lecturer)

    02.02.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. ADORE. Teaching Adolescent Struggling Readers: Research Findings and Concusions About Good Practice

    Holle, K. (Lecturer)

    02.02.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Presentation of the ADORE-project

    Weinhold, S. (Lecturer)

    02.02.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch