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.
Developing pragmatic competence on a stay abroad
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic), Trebits, A. (Project staff) & Mißfeldt, D. (Project staff)
01.09.12 → 01.09.14
Project: Research
Putting the figure on the map: Imagining sameness and difference for children. Conference, Princeton University, 11. -13.09.2013
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic) & Immel, A. (Partner)
01.09.12 → 31.12.13
Project: Scientific event
Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Vogt, S. (Project staff)
14.09.12 → 09.12.15
Project: Research
Tag questions across the Englishes
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Pandarova, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.12 → 31.07.14
Project: Research
HeaLinGO: Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Schiemann, S. (Project manager, academic), Dadaczynski, K. (Project staff), Blume, C. (Project staff), Schmidt, I. (Project staff) & Schmidt, P. R. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.06.13 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Telecollaboration and learner corpora: Delivering insights into foreign language pragmatic competence
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Black, E. (Project staff)
01.08.13 → 31.01.15
Project: Research
Leuphana Lehrerbildung - Konzept einer Lehrerbildung für den Lernort Schule 2020
Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.13 → 21.06.19
Project: Research
Sustainable Education & Going Green – An Intercultural German-American Blended- Learning Project
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Kohl, M. (Partner, non-academic) & Ernst, K. (Partner)
02.09.13 → 31.01.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
ASB: American Studies Blog
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)
19.09.13 → 21.01.15
Project: Other
Nah dran! Die Praxis als Vorbild
Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic)
14.07.14 → 30.04.16
Project: Teaching
American Studies Blogs II
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)
22.09.14 → 06.11.15
Project: Research
AIDEFF: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die interdisziplinäre Erforschung und Förderung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic), Burwitz-Melzer, E. (Partner) & Caspari, D. (Partner)
25.09.14 → …
Project: Research
Green living and sustainability in the Community
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.15 → 30.06.15
Project: Practical Project
Alice 150: celebrating Alice in Wonderland
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)
21.04.15 → 07.07.15
Project: Practical Project
Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung
O'Sullivan, E. (Partner), Dettmar, U. (Partner), von Glasenapp, G. (Partner), Tomkowiak, I. (Partner) & Roeder, C. (Partner)
01.05.15 → 15.01.17
Project: Other
Teach about U.S.
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Kaliampos, J. (Project staff)
29.06.15 → 26.01.18
Project: Practical Project
American Studies Journal and Blog
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)
01.12.15 → 31.01.17
Project: Research
ZZL-Netzwerk: Theorie-Praxis-Vernetzung im ZZL-Netzwerk in den vier Handlungsfeldern „Heterogenität und Inklusion“, „Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung“, "Coaching & Mentoring" sowie „Lehrkräftegesundheit".
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Peperkorn, M. (Project staff), Beckmann, T. (Project staff), Kulin, S. (Project staff), Besser, M. (Project staff), Fischer, N. (Project staff), Straub, R. P. (Project staff), Troll, B. (Project staff), Köhler, A. (Project staff), Scharnberg, S. (Project staff), Landmeier, J. K. (Project staff), Waschewski, T. (Project staff), Bürgener, L. (Project staff), Brückner, J. (Project staff), Dollereder, L. (Project staff) & Bode, P. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Other
Lückentexte revisited: Vom computerbasierten, adaptiven Testen zum adaptiven, fremdsprachlichen Üben mit automatisiertem, dynamischem Feedback: Entwicklung und Effekt-Messung am Beispiel „L2 Englisch Lückentexte Verbformen im Zeitengefüge“
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Benitt, N. (Partner), Brefeld, U. (Partner) & Pandarova, I. (Project staff)
01.10.16 → 30.09.17
Project: Research
Leuphana Language Game Lab: Mit Gesellschaftsspielen Sprachen vertiefen
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Miralles-Andress, N. (Project manager, academic)
26.10.16 → …
Project: Other