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.

  1. Teaching pragmatics with textbooks

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.12 → …

    Project: Research

  2. Vorhabensteil: Sprachliche Heterogenität im schulischen Fachunterricht der Sekundarstufe I

    Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Schwippert, K. (Partner), Lutter, A. (Partner), Neumann, A. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner) & Holle, K. (Project staff)

    26.06.1231.12.12

    Project: Research

  3. Der deutsche Gatsby x 8: eine Ausstellung

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    10.04.1201.07.12

    Project: Practical Project

  4. US Election Project 2012 – A Social Media-based approach to teaching US Election 2012 in the German EFL classroom at secondary level

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Kohl, M. (Partner, non-academic), Junghanns, C. (Partner) & Ernst, K. (Partner)

    01.03.1227.02.13

    Project: Practical Project

  5. Selbstlern-Moodle-Kurs als Begleitung zum Modul "Introduction to English Literature"

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic) & Köhler, U. K. (Project staff)

    15.10.1115.10.13

    Project: Teaching

  6. bLÜmsday 2010: Bloomsday in Lüneburg

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    22.06.1003.02.11

    Project: Practical Project

  7. The construction of national identity in ABC books and picturebooks from the 19th century to the present

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic), Immel, A. (Partner), Lathey, G. (Partner), Morgado, M. (Partner), Rutschmann, V. (Partner) & Renonciat, A. (Partner)

    04.12.09 → …

    Project: Research

  8. Pragmatics of Discourse. Handbook of Pragmatics III

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Schneider, K. P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0801.07.13

    Project: Research