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. Published

    Primary EFL teachers as researchers: Benefits and challenges

    Benitt, N., 2017, The professional development of primary EFL teachers: National and international research. Wilden, E. & Porsch, R. (eds.). Münster: Waxmann Verlag, p. 129-140 12 p.

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

  2. Published

    Learning pragmatic routines during study abroad: A focus on proficiency and type of routine

    Soler, E. A. & Hernández, A. S., 20.12.2017, In: Atlantis. 39, 2, p. 191-210 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Cultural Memory, Legal Lynching, and the Death Penalty in Ernest J. Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying

    Völz, S., 2020, In: Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht. 50 (2017), 3/4, p. 155-170 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Kinder- und Jugendliteratur

    O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2017, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze-Methoden-Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 2 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 155-157 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Stereotyp

    O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2017, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze-Methoden-Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 2 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 339-340 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  7. Published

    Introduction: Exploring Plain Anabaptist Societies

    Völz, S. & Moss, M., 2017, The Plain People: Contemporary Perspectives and Future Prospects. Völz, S. & Moss, M. (eds.). Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, (American Studies Journal; vol. 63).

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

  8. Published

    Towards ‘New Memoir’: Ira Wagler’s Ex-Amish Life Narrative Growing Up Amish

    Völz, S., 25.10.2017, In: American Studies Journal. 63, 6.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Extending talk on a prescribed discussion topic in a learner-native speaker eTandem learning task

    Black, E., 05.2017, In: Language Learning in Higher Education. 7, 1, p. 161-184 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Sameness and Difference in Children's Literature: An Introduction

    O'Sullivan, E. & Immel, A., 2017, Imagining Sameness and Difference in Children's Literature : From the Enlightenment to the Present Day. O'Sullivan, E. & Immel, A. (eds.). London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-25 25 p. (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature).

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