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.
The pragmatics of Irish English
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Schneider, K. P. (Partner)
01.01.20 → …
Project: Research
Variational Pragmatics: Regional variation across the Englishes
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Schneider, K. P. (Partner)
01.01.20 → …
Project: Research
CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice
Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic), Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Herzog, C. (Coordination), Altenburger, L. (Project staff), Diekhoff, H. (Project staff), Hase, A. K. (Project staff), Kahnbach, L. (Project staff), Wendt, C. (Project staff), Wucherpfennig, S. (Project staff), Horst de Cuestas, K. (Project staff) & Neumann, A. (Partner)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.03.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Interact4School: Out-of-school individual learning and the interfaces to school teaching: Effective digital practising as a basis for competence-oriented foreign language teaching
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Beilharz, S. (Project staff), Pili-Moss, D. (Project staff), Meurers, D. (Project manager, academic), Nagengast, B. (Project manager, academic), Trautwein, U. (Project manager, academic), Holz, H. (Project staff), Nuxoll, F. (Project staff) & Wendebourg, K. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
American Studies Blog VII
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)
11.08.20 → 31.08.21
Project: Practical Project
Teach about U.S. IV
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Kaliampos, J. (Project staff)
01.09.20 → 28.02.21
Project: Practical Project
Innovation Plus 2021/2022 Nr. 59. KOHÄRENZ ERLEBEN – REFLEXION VON UNTERRICHT: AUFGABENORIENTIERT UND VIDEOBASIERT
Karber, A. (Project manager, academic), Padberg-Gehle, K. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Beckmann, T. (Project staff) & Bielski-Wüsthoff, P. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.21 → 31.01.23
Project: Teaching
DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 10: DigiCLIL-Exchange: Vermittlung fremdsprachlicher, interkultureller und fachlicher Kompetenzen zur Vorbereitung und Begleitung studienrelevanter Auslandsaufenthalte im Blended-Learning-Format
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Benitt, N. (Project staff), Birdman, J. (Project staff), Pandarova, I. (Project staff) & Çiçek, O. (Project staff)
01.08.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Teaching