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.

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    Reformulation and common grounds

    Fetzer, A., 2007, Lexical markers of common grounds. Fetzer, A. & Fischer, K. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Brill, p. 157-179 23 p.

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

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    Children's literature

    O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Imagology: The Cultural Construction and Literary Representation of National Characters : a Critical Survey. Beller, M. & Leerssen, J. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi, p. 290-294 5 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 13).

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

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    Jonathan Swift, A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people of Ireland from beeing a burden to their parents or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha - Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 795 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Political discourse in the media: cross-cultural perspectives

    Fetzer, A. (ed.) & Lauerbach, G. E. (ed.), 27.06.2007, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 379 p. (Pragmatics & beyond)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Meine Sprache wohnt woanders: Sprache als Heimat in Kinderliteratur und Kindheitsautobiographien

    O'Sullivan, E., 2008, In: Kjl & m forschung.schule.bibliothek. 60, 4, p. 13-22 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Writing for the rising generation, British fiction for young people, 1672 - 1839

    O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Anglia. 123, 3, p. 526-528 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Comparative children's literature

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 210 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Validity claims in context: monologue meets dialogue

    Fetzer, A., 2007, Theoretical approaches to dialogue analysis: Selected papers from the IADA Chicago 2004 conference. Lawrence, N. (ed.). Niemeyer, p. 157-179 23 p. (Beiträge zur Dialogforschung; vol. 33).

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