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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Pragmatics broadly viewed: Introduction
Barron, A., Gu, Y. & Steen, G., 01.01.2017, The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics . Barron, A., Gu, Y. & Steen, G. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1-3 3 p. (Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Requests in Informal Conversations: A Contrastive Study of English and German
Flöck, I., 2024, Analyzing Pragmatic Variation in English: New Developments in Contrastive, Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Pragmatics. Geluykens, R. & Flöck, I. (eds.). München: LINCOM Europa, p. 283-323 41 p. (LINCOM studies in pragmatics; vol. 34).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › 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
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Teacher Learning and Technology-Enhanced Teacher Education
Benitt, N., Schmidt, T. & Legutke, M., 2019, Second Handbook of English Language Teaching. Gao, X. (ed.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 1171-1193 23 p. (Springer International Handbooks of Education; vol. Part F1628).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › 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., 18.02.2025, Creative Readings of Multilingual Picturebooks: International and Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Hartmann, E. C. & McGillicuddy, Á. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 105-121 17 p. (Routledge research in literacy education).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange
Martin, G., O'Rourke, B. & Werner, S., 21.10.2024, Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften: Konzepte, Methoden und interkulturelle Anwendungen. Senkbeil, K. & Ahlers, T. (eds.). Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 81-106 26 p. (Hildesheimer Schriften zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The rhetorical structure of marketisation in selected emails of tertiary institutions
Olajimbiti, E. O. & Dada, S. A., 11.07.2023, Transformation of Higher Education Through Institutional Online Spaces. Taiwo, R., Idowu-Faith, B. & Ajiboye, S. (eds.). IGI Global Publishing, p. 110-126 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The Sociolinguistics of language use in Ireland
Barron, A. & Pandarova, I., 01.01.2016, Sociolinguistics in Ireland. Hickey, R. (ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 107-130 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Toward a Production-Oriented Imagology
Köhler, U. K., 01.11.2022, New Perspectives on Imagology. Edtstadler, K., Folie, S. & Zocco, G. (eds.). Leiden: Brill Verlag, p. 93-111 19 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 30).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Two languages, two children’s literatures: Translation in Ireland today
O'Sullivan, E., 01.09.2020, Children's Literature in Translation: Texts and contexts. van Coillie, J. & McMartin, J. (eds.). Leuven: Leuven University Press, p. 55-70 16 p. (Translation, Interpreting and Transfer; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review