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. Published

    More on the normalization of syllable prominence ratings

    Sappok, C. & Arnold, D., 2012, Proceedings of Interspeech 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: INTERSPEECH 2012, Portland, OR, 9 September 2012 - 13 September 2012, 97207. International Speech Communication Association, p. 2415-2420 6 p. (13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Briefwechsel mit Joseph Kürschner: mit Briefen von und an Wilhelm Spemann u.a.

    Vollmer, H. (Editor), Steinmetz, H.-D. (Editor), Hainsch, W. (Editor) & May, K., 2013, Bamberg, Radebeul: Karl-May-Verlag. 639 p. (Gesammelte Werke und Briefe, Bd. 94)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesScholarly editions and encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    Die Verwandlungen des Pierrot: Pantomime in einem Vorspiel und sechs Bildern (1908)

    Vollmer, H., 2014, Schnitzler-Handbuch: Leben - Werk - Wirkung. Jürgensen, C., Lukas, W. & Scheffel, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Stuttgart, Weimar: J.B. Metzler, p. 141-142 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Carl Weisflog (1770-1828)

    Vollmer, H., 1989, In: Corvey-Journal. 1, 2, p. 24-27 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Deutsch als Zweitsprache (DaZ) in der Primarstufe

    Webersik, J., 2013, Handbuch kompetenzorientierter Deutschunterricht. Gailberger, S. & Wietzke, F. (eds.). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 339-363 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Ein Verfahren zur vergleichenden Analyse mündlicher Sprachproben von DaZ-Schüler/-innen: zur Kategorienentwicklung

    Webersik, J., 2012, Deutsch als Zweitsprache in Kindertageseinrichtungen und Schulen: Analysen und Konzepte zu Unterricht und individueller Förderung: Beiträge aus dem 7. Workshop "Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund". Jeuk, S. & Schäfer, J. (eds.). Freiburg im Breisgau: Fillibach Verlag, p. 105–123 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Überlegungen zu neurobiologischen Aspekten für eine schulische Wortschatzarbeit als kontextsensitive Sprachförderung

    Neumann, A., 11.2013, Wortschatzarbeit unter Bedingungen von Heterogenität: Theoretische Überlegungen und praktische Beispiele im Kontext mehrsprachiger Ausbildung. Neumann, A. (ed.). 1 ed. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, p. 9-25 15 p. (Blickpunkt Deutsch als Zweitsprache; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

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    Interkulturelles Lernen anhand von Bildnarrationen.

    Dammann-Thedens, K. & Michalak, M., 2011, In: Estudios Filológicos Alemanes. 22, p. 655-666 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch