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.
- 2025
- Published
Implicit statistical learning and working memory predict EFL development and written task outcomes in adolescents
Pili-Moss, D., Hamrick, P., Schmidt, T., Meurers, D. & Wendebourg, K., 01.07.2025, In: System. 131, 14 p., 103656.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Creating curricula for competence: Findings from a comparison of three sustainability graduate programs
Birdman, J. & Lang, D. J., 29.03.2025, North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education.. Filho, W. L., Newman, J., Salvia, A. L., Trevisan, L. V. & Corazza, L. (eds.). Cham: Springer, (World Sustainability Series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Student Game Design for Language Learning
Schmidt, T., 18.03.2025, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. McCallum, L. & Tafazoli, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 1. 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Insecurity and Safety Complications in Nigeria: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Study of Human Security Threat in Nigerian Newspaper Reports
Osisanwo, A., 25.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Corpus Pragmatics. 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Insenierung
Küppers, A. & Schmidt, T., 15.02.2025, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik : Ansätze – Methoden – Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 202-203 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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“I'll get it”: Payment offers, payment offer sequences and gender on First Dates
Barron, A., 01.2025, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 235, p. 4-25 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exploring Difficult History Lessons, Identity Construction, the Artistic Expansion of Sitcom Storytelling Tools in the Black-ish Episode, "Juneteenth"
Völz, S., 2025, Teaching Popular Culture in the Humanities Classroom. Archiopoli, A., Hampsten, K. & Fish Hatfield, E. (eds.). Lanham: Lexington Books, p. 162-175 14 p. (Education and Popular Culture).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Exposing Sexual Abuse among the Amish and Seeking Social Change: Misty Griffin’s Tears of the Silenced
Völz, S., 2025, Life Narratives, Creativity, and the Social in the Americas. Raussert, W. & Teixeira, S. R. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur, p. 183-200 18 p. (American Frictions; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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“IT’s the Devil”: Responsibility Allocation And Negotiations In Police-suspect Interrogations In Ibadan, Nigeria
Osisanwo, A. & Adegbosin, O., 2025, In: Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice. 25, 1, p. 172-192 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Creative Potential of Multilingual Picturebooks: Perspectives from Literary Studies and Foreign Language Teaching Research
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2025, Creative Readings of Multilingual Picturebooks: International and Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Hartmann, E. C. & McGillicuddy, Á. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 105-121 290 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review