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.

  1. 2014
  2. Published

    Der implizite Übersetzer in der Kinderliteratur: Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des kinderliterarischen Übersetzens

    O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Text-Notationen: Übersetzung und Mehrsprachigkeit im Bereich der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur . Lexe, H. & Cevela, I. (eds.). 2. ed. Wien: STUBE, p. 4-13 10 p. (Fernkurs Kinder- und Jugendliteratur : Projekte).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  3. Published

    Discourse pragmatics: Signposting a vast field

    Barron, A. & Schneider, K. P., 2014, Pragmatics of Discourse. Barron, A. & Schneider, K. P. (eds.). Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 1-33 34 p. (Handbooks of Pragmatics; vol. III).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    From the particular to the universal (and back again?): Irish children's literature in Germany

    O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Ireland and the Irish in Germany – Reception and Perception. O’Reilly, C. & O’Regan, V. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 103-124 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Games, culture and English - Bringing Digital Games and Gaming Culture into the EFL Classroom

    Jones, R. D. & Schmidt, T., 2014, In: Praxis Englisch. 6, p. 39-43 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation

  6. Published

    German Children's Literature Planting a Hope

    O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Literature Planting Dreams in Children: Papers presented at the 3rd World Children's Literature Convention in Changwon. 8-12 August 2014. p. 206-217 12 p. (Publications of the Asian Children's Literature Convention).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  7. Published

    Kommunikation – Korpus – Kultur: Ansätze und Konzepte einer kulturwissenschaftlichen Linguistik

    Benitt, N. (ed.), Koch, C. (ed.), Müller, K. (ed.), Saage, S. (ed.) & Schüler, L. (ed.), 2014, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 244 p. (Giessen contributions to the study of culture; vol. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Linguistik als Kulturwissenschaft? Überlegungen zum Zusammenhang von Sprache, Wissen und Kultur

    Schüler, L., Müller, K., Benitt, N., Koch, C. & Saage, S., 2014, Kommunikation – Korpus – Kultur: Ansätze und Konzepte einer kulturwissenschaftlichen Linguistik. Benitt, N., Koch, C., Müller, K., Saage, S. & Schüler, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, p. 1-24 24 p. (Giessen contributions to the study of culture; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    New Ways of Teaching English: The U.S. Embassy Election Project 2012

    Kohl, M. (ed.) & Schmidt, T. (ed.), 2014, Lüneburg, Halle: Institute of English Studies Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 64 p. (American Studies Journal; no. 58)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  10. Published

    Notting Hill Gate: Workbook mit Audio-CD

    Schmidt, T. (ed.) & Edelhoff, C. (ed.), 2014, Diesterweg. 144 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  11. Published

    Pragmatics of Discourse

    Schneider, K. P. (ed.) & Barron, A. (ed.), 2014, Berlin / New York: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 400 p. (Handbooks of Pragmatics; vol. III)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch