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.
Topics
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.
Learner Perceptions of Web 2.0-Enhanced EFL Tasks - An Explorative Mixed-Methods Study on the U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2012
01.03.12 → 01.03.15
Project: Dissertation project
US Election Project 2012 – A Social Media-based approach to teaching US Election 2012 in the German EFL classroom at secondary level
Schmidt, T., Kaliampos, J., Kohl, M., Junghanns, C. & Ernst, K.
01.03.12 → 27.02.13
Project: Practical Project
Selbstlern-Moodle-Kurs als Begleitung zum Modul "Introduction to English Literature"
O'Sullivan, E. & Köhler, U. K.
15.10.11 → 15.10.13
Project: Teaching
Förderung der Regelprofessur im Fach Englische Sprachwissenschaft im Rahmen des Professorinnenprogramms an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
01.03.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Individual grant
The construction of national identity in ABC books and picturebooks from the 19th century to the present
O'Sullivan, E., Immel, A., Lathey, G., Morgado, M., Rutschmann, V. & Renonciat, A.
04.12.09 → …
Project: Research
Pragmatics of Discourse. Handbook of Pragmatics III
Barron, A. & Schneider, K. P.
01.01.08 → 01.07.13
Project: Research