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. 2007
  2. Published

    Political discourse in the media: cross-cultural perspectives

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

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Context, contexts and appropriateness

    Fetzer, A., 01.01.2007, Context and appropriateness. Fetzer, A. (ed.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 3-27 25 p.

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

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Authentische Aufnahmen für Übungen und Tests des Hörverstehens in Schule und Erwachsenenbildung

    Quetz, J. & Burwitz-Melzer, E., 2007, Stein, Barbara: Wege zu anderen Sprachen und Kulturen: Festschrift für Frau Prof. Dr. Heidemarie Sarter . Stein, B. (ed.). Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, p. 175-184 10 p.

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

  6. Published

    Challenges in political interviews: an intercultural analysis

    Fetzer, A., 2007, Political discourse in the media. Fetzer, A. (ed.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 163-195 33 p.

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

  7. Published

    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

  8. Published

    Context and appropriateness: micro meets macro

    Fetzer, A. (Editor), 2007, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 265 p. (Pragmatics & beyond)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Hans Blumenberg: Geschichten als Bausteine einer "Ästhetik der Entängstigung"

    Moss, M., 2007, 15 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie: Festschrift für Dr. Werner Budesheim. Pries, M. (ed.). Freie Lauenburgische Akademie für Wissenschaft und Kultur, p. 145-154 10 p. (Beiträge für Wissenschaft und Kultur; no. 8).

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

  10. Published

    Idylle und Ernüchterung: eine imagologische Analyse des Irlandbilds in der deutschsprachigen Literatur nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

    O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Horizonte verschmelzen: zur Hermeneutik der Vermittlung ; Hartmut Eggert zum 70. Geburtstag. Brittnacher, H. R. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 117-128 12 p.

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

  11. Published

    If i may say so: indexing appropriateness in dialogue

    Fetzer, A., 2007, Context and appropriateness. Fetzer, A. (ed.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 115-145 31 p.

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

  12. Published

    Lexical markers of common grounds

    Fetzer, A. (Editor) & Fischer, K. (Editor), 2007, 1. ed. ed. Amsterdam: Brill Verlag. 214 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesScholarly editions and encyclopediaResearch

  13. Published

    Literaturbeziehungen: Repräsentationen fremder Nationen und Kulturen in der Literatur

    O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München [u.a.]: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 166-183 18 p.

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

  14. Published

    Non-acceptances in context

    Fetzer, A., 2007, In: Intercultural Pragmatics. 4, 4, p. 493-520 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  15. Published

    Reformulation and common grounds

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

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

  16. Published

    Repräsentationen eigener und fremder Kulturen in der (Kinder)Literatur

    O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Dialoge zwischen den Kulturen. Honnef-Becker, I. (ed.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 127-144 18 p. (Diskussionsforum Deutsch ; vol. 24).

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

  17. Published

    Standards und Kompetenzentwicklung in Fremd- und Zweitsprachen: der gemeinsame europäische Referenzrahmen für Sprachen und das europäische Sprachenportfolio

    Quetz, J., 2007, Sprachdiagnostik im Lernprozess: Verfahren zur Analyse von Sprachständen im Kontext von Zweisprachigkeit . Reich, H. H. (ed.). Waxmann Verlag, Vol. 3. p. 43-54 12 p. (FörMig-Edition ; vol. 3).

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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    The common European framework of reference for languages: advantages and pitfalls of a ubiquitous steamroller

    Quetz, J., 2007, Kalbü mokymas ir mokymasis daugiakultürėje ir daugiakalbėje Europoje: Language teaching and learning in multicultural and plurilingual Europe - selected papers. Chodzkiene, L. (ed.). Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla, p. 30-40 11 p.

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

  20. Published

    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

  21. 2006
  22. Published

    "Minister, we will see how the public judges you.'': Media references in political interviews

    Fetzer, A., 01.02.2006, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 38, 2, p. 180-195 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review