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

    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, p. 103-124 22 p.

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

  2. Published

    Constructing small talk in learner-native speaker voice-based telecollaboration: A focus on topic management and backchanneling

    Barron, A. & Black, E., 01.02.2015, In: System. 48, p. 112-128 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Eliciting Learner Perceptions of Web 2.0 Tasks through Mixed-Methods Classroom Research

    Kaliampos, J., 08.2014, Sprachenausbildung, Sprachen bilden aus, Bildung aus Sprachen: Dokumentation zum 25. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (DGFF) Augsburg, September 2013. Fäcke, C., Rost-Roth, M. & Thaler, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 241-252 12 p. (Beiträge zur Fremdsprachenforschung; no. 13).

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

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    Web 2.0 Tasks in Action: EFL Learning in the U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2012

    Kaliampos, J. & Schmidt, T., 2014, In: American Studies Journal. 58, 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Mündlichkeit fördern und bewerten: Anregungen zur Differenzierung im kommunikativen Englischunterricht

    Edelhoff, C. (Editor) & Schmidt, T. (Editor), 2013, Braunschweig: Diesterweg. 54 p. (Perspektiven Englisch; no. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesEducation

  6. Published

    Smartphone = Smart Learning? Englischlernen per App und Co.

    Schmidt, T., 2013, In: At Work - Das Englisch-Magazin von Diesterweg. 15, 23/2013/14, p. 6-7 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation

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    Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online (HeaLinGo) as an innovative approach in School Health Promotion

    Schmidt, T., Schiemann, S., Dadaczynski, K. & Paulus, P., 2013, The 4th European Conference on Health Promoting Schools - Equity, Education and Health, Odense/ Dänemark. p. 151-152 2 p.

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

  8. Published

    For Young Readers and Adults Alike? Children's Books in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

    O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2013, In: Hard Times . 93, p. 59-63 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  9. Published

    Variational Pragmatics

    Barron, A., 01.01.2017, The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics . Barron, A., Gu, Y. & Steen, G. (eds.). Abingdon/New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 91-104 14 p. (Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Where pragmatics and dialectology meet: Introducing variational pragmatics

    Schneider, K. P. & Barron, A., 2012, Pragmatics II: Critical Concepts in Linguistics. Kasher, A. (ed.). London/New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. Volume V. p. 369-400 33 p.

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