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.
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Literaturbeziehungen: Repräsentationen fremder Nationen und Kulturen in der Literatur
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München [u.a.]: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 166-183 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Höhlenein- und Ausgänge: Wirklichkeitsbewältigung in der zeitgenössischen Literatur Nordamerikas
Moss, M., 2006, Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag. 242 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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In zwei Sprachen erzählen
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, In: Buch&Maus. 2, p. 2-4 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Trügerische Sicherheit: Referenzniveaus als Passepartout für den Fremdsprachenunterricht?
Quetz, J. & Burwitz-Melzer, E., 2006, Fremdsprachenlernen und Fremdsprachenforschung: Kompetenzen, Standards, Lernformen, Evaluation ; Festschrift für Helmut Johannes Vollmer. Timm, J.-P. (ed.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 355-372 18 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Mehrsprachigkeit und Interkulturalität in Fremdsprachenportfolios
Quetz, J. & Burwitz-Melzer, E., 2006, Mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktik gestern, heute und morgen: Festschrift für Franz-Joseph Meißner zum 60. Geburtstag . Martinez, H., Reinfried, M. & Bär, M. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 203-213 11 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kenneth Grahame, The wind in the willows
Dittmar, W. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Gaa - Hah. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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At the periphery of the periphery: children's literature, global and local
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Global fragments: (dis)orientation in the new world order. Bartels, A. & Wiemann, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 241-258 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Pragmatic and discourse-analytic approaches to present-day English: Introduction
Fetzer, A. & Aijmer, K., 01.09.2008, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 40, 9, p. 1497-1502 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Textrezeption im Referenzrahmen, in den Bildungsstandards, in Abschlussprüfungen und im Unterricht
Quetz, J., 2007, Textkompetenzen: Arbeitspapiere der 27. Frühjahrskonferenz zur Erforschung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Bausch, K.-R., Burwitz-Melzer, E., Königs, F. G. & Krumm, H.-J. (eds.). Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, p. 150-160 11 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research