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. Published

    Learning how to request using textbooks: A pragmalinguistic, sociopragmatic and cross-cultural analysis

    Barron, A., 2015, Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2015): October 26-29, 2015; IICE- 2015 Proceedings . Shoniregun, C. A. & Akmayeva , G. A. (eds.). Infonomics Society, p. 147-153 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Learning Analytics and Personalized Learning: Adaptive Hausaufgaben zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit

    Schmidt, T., Leiß, D. & Ehmke, T., 2018, In: Schulverwaltungsblatt für Niedersachsen. 2, p. 277-280 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Learning about European neighbours in primary school teacher training: tasks for developing linguistic and cultural awareness

    O'Sullivan, E., 2005, Aufgabenorientierung im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Festschrift für Michael K. Legutke.. Müller-Hartmann, A. (ed.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 433-444 12 p.

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

  4. Published

    Learner pragmatics at the discourse level: Staying “on topic” in a telecollaborative eTandem task

    Black, E. & Barron, A., 07.2018, In: System. 75, p. 33-47 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung – Einflüsse von Digitalisierung und Internet

    Klawitter, J., Lobin, H. & Schmidt, T., 2012, Kulturwissenschaften digital : Neue Forschungsfragen und Methoden . Schmidt, T., Lobin, H. & Klawitter, J. (eds.). 1. ed. Campus Verlag, p. 9-29 21 p. (Interaktiva; vol. 12).

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

  6. Published

    Kulturwissenschaften Digital: Neue Forschungsfragen und Methoden

    Klawitter, J. (Editor), Lobin, H. (Editor) & Schmidt, T. (Editor), 2012, 1. ed. Frankfurt, New york: Campus Verlag. 187 p. (Interaktiva; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Kulturell geprägte Konventionen des Sprachgebrauchs

    Barron, A., 2016, Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht . Burwitz-Melzer, E., Mehlhorn, G., Riemer, C., Bausch, K.-R. & Krumm, H.-J. (eds.). 6 ed. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 131-136 6 p. 28

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

  8. Published

    Kreativität im Englischunterricht

    Schmidt, T., 2012

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

  9. Published

    Komparatistik

    O'Sullivan, E., 2020, Handbuch Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Kurwinkel, T. & Schmerheim, P. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 334–342 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

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

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

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch