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.
- Green living and sustainability in the Community- Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) - 01.02.15 → 30.06.15 - Project: Practical Project 
- 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 
- 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 
- Learner Perceptions of Web 2.0-Enhanced EFL Tasks - An Explorative Mixed-Methods Study on the U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2012- Kaliampos, J. (Project manager, academic) - 01.03.12 → 01.03.15 - Project: Dissertation project 
- Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Zweite Förderphase)- Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Leiss, D. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Troll, B. (Project staff) - Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony - 01.12.17 → 31.03.19 - 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 
- 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 
- 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 
- 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 
- civicOER: Offene Bildungsressourcen für das Lernen durch Verantwortung in Schule, Hochschule und Zivilgesellschaft. Teilvorhaben: Lehrerbildung, Sprach- und Kulturtandems sowie Zertifikatsprogramm- Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Brückner, J. (Project staff) - Federal Ministry of Education and Research - 01.11.16 → 31.05.18 - Project: Research 
