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

    Höhlenein- und Ausgänge: Wirklichkeitsbewältigung in der zeitgenössischen Literatur Nordamerikas

    Moss, M., 2006, Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag. 242 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  2. Published

    In zwei Sprachen erzählen

    O'Sullivan, E., 2006, In: Buch&Maus. 2, p. 2-4 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Trügerische Sicherheit: Referenzniveaus als Passepartout für den Fremdsprachenunterricht?

    Quetz, J. & Burwitz-Melzer, E., 2006, Fremdsprachenlernen und Fremdsprachenforschung: Kompetenzen, Standards, Lernformen, Evaluation ; Festschrift für Helmut Johannes Vollmer. Timm, J-P. (ed.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 355-372 18 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik ).

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

  4. Published

    Mehrsprachigkeit und Interkulturalität in Fremdsprachenportfolios

    Quetz, J. & Burwitz-Melzer, E., 2006, Mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktik gestern, heute und morgen: Festschrift für Franz-Joseph Meißner zum 60. Geburtstag . Martinez, H., Reinfried, M. & Bär, M. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 203-213 11 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik ).

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

  5. Published

    Kenneth Grahame, The wind in the willows

    Dittmar, W. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Gaa - Hah. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  6. Published

    At the periphery of the periphery: children's literature, global and local

    O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Global fragments: (dis)orientation in the new world order. Bartels, A. & Wiemann, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 241-258 18 p.

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

  7. Published

    Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    Pragmatic and discourse-analytic approaches to present-day English: Introduction

    Fetzer, A. & Aijmer, K., 01.09.2008, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 40, 9, p. 1497-1502 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Textrezeption im Referenzrahmen, in den Bildungsstandards, in Abschlussprüfungen und im Unterricht

    Quetz, J., 2007, Textkompetenzen: Arbeitspapiere der 27. Frühjahrskonferenz zur Erforschung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Bausch, K-R., Burwitz-Melzer, E., Königs, F. G. & Krumm, H-J. (eds.). Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, p. 150-160 11 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik ).

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

  10. Published

    German and Irish childrens's literature: a comparative perspective

    O'Sullivan, E., 2008, Intercultural connections within German and Irish children's literature. Tebbutt, S. & Fischer, J. (eds.). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, p. 25-45 21 p. (Irish German studies; vol. 3).

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