Institute of English Studies
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
At the interface of cultural studies and education, the Institute contributes to a number of different BA, MA and M.Ed. degree courses, e.g. Bachelor Lehren und Lernen, Master of Education, Leuphana Bachelor (Major Cultural Studies).
The Institute comprises the fields of English Linguistics, English Literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Area Studies & Language Skills.
Main research areas
The Institute of English Studies' research reflects the diversity of English and Englishes, English literature and literatures, English culture and cultures, and the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).
We focus on the heterogeneous and hybrid nature of these research areas and the application of our findings in various contexts. Current projects reflect this inter- and transdisciplinary approach. Research in the field of TEFL deals with personal and affective factors of the learner personality and with the intercultural structure of acquisition and communication situations. Competence orientation and assessment are important aspects of our research.
- Other
External Examiner for the subject area Linguistics
Barron, A. (Reviewer)
12.06.2025Activity: Other expert activities › Other
External reviewer 2022-2026 for Linguistics in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, University College Dublin, Ireland
Barron, A. (Reviewer)
2022 → 2026Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- artistic events
„Till Eulenspiegel – Wer ist dieser Narr?“ Theater trifft Literatur
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
24.04.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
- Presentations (poster etc.)
Arbeitsgedächtniskapazität beim Englischlernen mit dem intelligenten Tutorsystem FeedBook
Wendebourg, K. (Speaker), Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Holz, H. (Speaker), Meurers, D. (Speaker), Bodnar, S. (Speaker) & Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
14.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Arbeitsgedächtniskapazität beim Fremdsprachenlernen mit einem intelligenten tutoriellen Übungssystem
Holz, H. (Speaker), Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Bodnar, S. (Speaker), Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker), Trautwein, U. (Speaker), Meurers, D. (Speaker) & Wendebourg, K. (Speaker)
28.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Aufbau und Messung von Expertise bei Lehramtsstudierenden
Drexhage, J. (presenter), Ehmke, T. (presenter), Leiss, D. (presenter) & Schmidt, T. (presenter)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
CHANcen GEstalten – Inklusionsorientierung in der Lehrerbildung als Impuls für Entwicklungsprozesse in Hochschulen 2018
Blume, C. (Speaker)
02.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Destination Abroad: Erlebnisberichte und digitale Vernetzung von Studierenden (Tag der digitalen Lehre)
Barron, A. (presenter) & Hübner, A. (presenter)
06.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Education
Digital emigrants: Attitudes, intentions, and experiences of pre-service English foreign language teachers regarding digital game-based language learning
Blume, C. (Speaker)
09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren trifft KI – Potenziale, Herausforderungen und Ausblick für den Unterricht von heute und morgen
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
21.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Gaming the system: Harnessing the power of commercial computer games for foreign language learning
Blume, C. (presenter)
19.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Theorie und Praxis in der Lehrerbildung - Eine Untersuchung anhand der Campusschule Online
Drexhage, J. (presenter), Leiss, D. (presenter), Ehmke, T. (presenter) & Schmidt, T. (presenter)
2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Transdisziplinäre Entwicklungsteams in der Lehrer_innenbildung - Verbindung von Akteuren aus dem Kontext schulischer und hochschulischer Bedingungen
Kulin, S. (Speaker), Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Straub, R. P. (Speaker)
12.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
- talk or presentation in privat or public events
Albert, Alice, Alfred: Variations of Love in the Victorian Era
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
28.01.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Alice in a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll‘s Masterpiece
O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker)
07.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
An Introduction to Blended Mobility and Blended Intensive Programmes
Werner, S. (Speaker)
22.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Assessing cognitive abilities for L2 learning: A review of accessible tools
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
09.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Blogs in the Foreign Language Classroom
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Connect US – A Discussion of Innovative Teaching Projects
Kaliampos, J. (Panel participant)
09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Developing learner agency in technology-enhanced transdiciplinary EFL learning environments – The Going Green Project
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
02.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Die Amisch und die Verweigerung der Moderne
Moss, M. (Speaker)
22.02.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Digitale Medien im Unterricht: Die U.S.-Präsidentschaftswahl 2012
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Digital Media in the English Language Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Education for Sustainability: "Going Green" - A Project in Progess
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Edward Lear: Limerick
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
05.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Fachforum English 2014 des Landesschulamts und der Lehrkräfteakademie Hessen: Kooperativ arbeiten - individuell lernen
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Gender violence in sport: What is it and how do we tackle it?
Wolfers, S. (Plenary speaker)
21.10.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Get Involved! Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM/MINT Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Get Involved! Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM/MINT Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Get Involved! Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM/MINT Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - A Hands-On Look at the Project
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green: Digital project work as a transdisciplinary and transcultural task in the foreign language and STEM classrooms
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
07.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
20.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
26.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
30.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Going Green: Teaching Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - Teaching Sustainability in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - Teaching Sustainability in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green – Teaching Sustainability in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Harry Potter - Zwischen Satanismus und Heilslehre
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Harry Potter: Zwischen Satanismus und Heilslehre
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
20.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Irish English, The Irish English Network & Irish Studies
Barron, A. (Speaker)
14.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Language Learning in Blended-Learning Projects: Moodle, Web 2.0, and Learner Agency
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
11.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Language Learning in Digital Projects - The Going Green Project
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Leveraging digital affordances to make language learning stick
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
24.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Präsentation des Historischen Romans "Where the Stones Sing" von Eithne Massey
O'Sullivan, E. (Oral presentation)
15.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Projektabschlusspräsentation
Bielski-Wüsthoff, P. (Speaker), Karber, A. (Coauthor), Schmidt, T. (Coauthor), Süßenbach, J. (Coauthor), Beckmann, T. (Coauthor) & Padberg-Gehle, K. (Coauthor)
11.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Reflexionskompetenz in der universitären Englischlehrkräfteausbildung durch Peer-Feedback-basierte E-Portfolioaufgaben fördern – Konzept und empirische Begleitforschung
Köllner, G. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Coauthor)
17.09.2020 → 18.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
"Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg": Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Simulation Project 2.0: Electing the U.S. President in a Web-Based EFL Scenario. Task, Processes Outcomes
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Talking the Talk - Walking the Walk: Race, Racism and Anti-Racism in the EFL Classroom and Beyond (Virtual Teacher Seminar: Teach about the U.S.)
Völz, S. (Speaker)
18.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
13.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English: An Update on Ongoing Projects
Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
01.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Teaching students with dyslexia and reading/spelling difficulties in the English as a foreign language classroom
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
02.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Teaching Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Teaching the U.S. Election 2012 through Digital Media: The U.S. Election 2012 School Project
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
The U.S. Embassy School Election Projectc 2016: A Preview
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Virtuell ins Ausland? Potentiale und Grenzen digitaler Auslandserfahrungen für Studierende
Barron, A. (Panel participant)
04.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
When all the others were away at Mass’
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
29.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Zensur? Interpretation? Veränderungen in literarischen Übersetzungen
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
04.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
- Conference Presentations
24th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for Children's Literature
Köhler, U. K. (Speaker)
15.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
31. Internationales LAUD Symposium
Barron, A. (Speaker)
27.03.2006 → 30.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
7th International Conference ICT for Language Learning
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
82. Tagung der Arbeitsgruppe für Empirische Pädagogische Forschung - AEPF 2017
Kulin, S. (Speaker), Ehmke, T. (Speaker), Leiß, D. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
27.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
8. internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrervereinigung
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
04.08.1986 → 08.08.1986Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A CALL for data-informed focus-on-form practice - Intelligent Language Tutoring System as the key to personalized and adaptive learning?
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
31.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A CALL for data-informed focus-on-form practice - Intelligent Language Tutoring System as the key to personalized and adaptive learning?
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
23.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Acquiring 'different strokes': A longitudinal study of the development of L2 pragmatic competence (62. Meeting of the Conference of University Teachers of German in Britain and Ireland (CUTG), Keele, GB)
Barron, A. (Speaker)
13.09.1999 → 15.09.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Addressing diversity through learner agency in technology-enhanced language learning environments
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
ALP-Jahrestagung (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Linguistische Pragmatik) 2021
Wolfers, S. (Speaker)
23.02.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘Alsatian roots, Irish leaves. Tomi Ungerer, a plurilingual and pluricultural author’
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
14.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Als ob Hitler diesen ollen Krieg zu ihren Gunsten arrangiert hätte. Evakuierung als zentrales Thema der britischen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur über den Zweiten Weltkrieg
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
08.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ambivalent transfer: Translated children's and youth literature and the postulated enrichment through the encounter with foreign cultures
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
25.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“...and then the students wäre very fett”:Task performance and ‘(not)-doing-being-an-expert’ in a TBLL setting
Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker) & Schildhauer, P. (Speaker)
05.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“...AND THEN THE STUDENTS WÄRE VERY FETT”: TASK PERFORMANCE AND ‘(NOT)-DOING-BEINGAN-EXPERT’ IN A TBLL SETTING
Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker) & Schildhauer, P. (Speaker)
05.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
: “Are you still there?” – Task-Based Collaboration in Breakout Rooms
Werner, S. (Speaker)
15.08.2023 → 18.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Are you the Black who can’t dance?” – Identity construction and racial humour in German professional and elite football
Wolfers, S. (Speaker)
07.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"At last - something pleasing to the eye again!". Being a female researcher in a male and masculine world.
Wolfers-Pommerenke, S. (Speaker)
26.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"At last - something pleasing to the eye!" - Experiences of a female researcher looking into male professional and elite football
Wolfers, S. (Speaker)
20.06.2018 → 22.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"A woman doesn't have to pay": Metapragmatic insights into gendered identity construction and payment negotiations in a first date setting.
Barron, A. (Speaker) & Wolfers-Pommerenke, S. (Speaker)
21.06.2022 → 23.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Blyton’s Island(s)”
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
25.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Blyton’s Island(s)
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
25.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Books for Children. Transnational encounters 1750-1850
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
30.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bridging the Curricular Divide. Integrating sustainability and EFL instruction in a project (week) context for secondary school learners of English and Science
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
'... but like, you see, I'm the same now as well': A longitudinal study of the development of L2 discourse competence (31. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL), Bremen)
Barron, A. (Speaker)
28.09.2000 → 30.09.2000Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
'Can you take the other bed, please?': A pragmatic perspective on request representation in EFL textbooks (22. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der DGFF, Gießen)
Barron, A. (Speaker)
03.10.2007 → 06.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Challenging the status quo - the positioning of female researchers in the footballing world
Wolfers, S. (Keynote Speaker)
29.11.2018 → 30.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
'Click Here to Shop Now!' A micro-linguistic analysis of medical spam mails (5. Interdisziplinäres Symposium Europäische Kulturen in der Wirtschaftskommunikation - EUKO 2005, Luzern)
Barron, A. (Speaker)
18.10.2005 → 20.12.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Closing Session: Summary Notes (with Gillian Lathey, as invited honorary speakers). Auf der Konferenz “New Voices in Children’s Literature in Translation: Culture, Power and Transnational Approaches”
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker) & Lathey, G. (Keynote Speaker)
23.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Cognitive predictors of accurate syntax/semantics mapping in the early stages of adult L2 learning
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
02.09.2019 → 03.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Connecting sustainability and culture: Building competencies through virtual exchange
Birdman, J. (Speaker), Pandarova, I. (Coauthor), Barron, A. (Coauthor), Schmidt, T. (Coauthor), Benitt, N. (Coauthor) & Çelik, H. (Coauthor)
03.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Contrasting pragmatic choices in responding to thanks in Ireland, England and Canada (New Apporaches to Irish English (Corpus) Pragmatics - 2019, Dortmund)
Barron, A. (Speaker)
27.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Contrastive Pragmatics and Variation”
Barron, A. (Speaker)
17.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Contrastivity and the pragmatic variable: Responses to thanks across English as a pluricentric language (Language, Nations, Cultures: Pluricentric Languages in Contest (s), Universität Stockholm)
Barron, A. (Plenary speaker)
24.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Contributions of declarative and procedural memory to second language accuracy and automatization
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
28.08.2019 → 31.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Creating curricula for competence: Findings from a comparison of three sustainability graduate programs
Birdman, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)
04.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical reflections of a female researcher in a male and masculine context – Ethnographic insights from professional and elite football.
Wolfers-Pommerenke, S. (Speaker)
07.06.2022 → 10.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Cultural scripts and politic bahaviour across varieties of English (Vortrag mit K.P. Schneider (Sektion: Im/politeness across Englishes) auf Einladung von Herrn Dr. Michael Haugh und Herrn Dr. Derek Bousfield, 11th International Pragmatics (PIrA) Conference, Melbourne)
Barron, A. (Speaker)
12.07.2009 → 17.07.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Dealing with racial stereotypes in German professional and elite football. What discourse analysis can contribute
Wolfers, S. (Speaker)
23.11.2017 → 24.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research