Institute of German Language and Literature Studies and their Didactics
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship for Applied Linguistics
- Professorship for German Language and Language Instruction
- Professorship for German Language Instruction
- Professorship for German Literature
- Professorship for Literary Studies and Methodology of Teaching Literature
- Professur für Empirische Forschung zu Sprache und Bildung
- Professur für Deutsche Sprache und ihre Didaktik für die Sekundarstufe
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
- Conference Presentations
On the Classist Construction of Ordinariness in German Grammar Textbooks
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Busch, F. (Speaker)
26.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Peer review: Grundlagen von formativer Evaluation
Neumann, A. (Speaker)
03.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
People incorrectly correcting other people“: (Re-)Correcting comments as a means of stancetaking in digital communication
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Meletis, D. (Speaker)
10.07.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Praxisphasen im Lehramtsstudium - Gelingensbedingungen für die Gestaltung von sprachlicher Integration
Dobutowitsch, F. (Speaker), Neumann, A. (Speaker), Wendt, C. (Speaker) & Prata, M. (Speaker)
15.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Professionalisation of Educating for Literacy in Vocational Training - A Survey among Teachers at Vocational Schools in Northern Germany on Dealing with Linguistically Heterogeneous Students
Wendt, C. (Speaker), Börsel, A. (Speaker) & Neumann, A. (Speaker)
26.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Quality of reading instruction in language classrooms: Subject specific analysis of teaching quality
Schmitz, A. (presenter) & Karstens, F. (Coauthor)
23.08.2021 → 27.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Radikale Mehrdeutigkeit und „Wahnsinn“ um 1850. Adalbert Stifters Hiob-Novelle „Abdias“.
Gann, T. (Speaker)
26.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reading expository texts at school - how text cohesion can support students’ reading comprehension
Schmitz, A. (presenter) & Gräsel, C. (Coauthor)
2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reading Strategy Programs and their Effects on Teachers’ Instruction and Students’ Comprehension in Secondary Schools
Schmitz, A. (Coauthor), Jost, J. (presenter), Souvignier, E. (Coauthor) & Karstens, F. (Coauthor)
15.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexionsspuren universitären Schreibens in fachspezifischen Denk- und Schreibräumen ─ Eine Betrachtung von individuellen Schreibhandlungen im zwischenRAUM
Buhrfeind, I. (Speaker)
2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research