Professorship for English Didactics
Organisational unit: Section
Organisation profile
The Department of Didactics of English deals with a variety of aspects of teaching and learning English as a foreign language in education. The emphasis is on primary and secondary schools (Grund-, Haupt- und Realschulen), but vocational schools (Berufsbildende Schulen) and further education as well as ongoing professional development are also important fields of work in the following areas: research and teaching in the field of teacher training, methods and approaches of English teaching in view of their role in teaching the English language, English language literature and cultures. The focus of our research is on foreign language teaching and learning with digital media and video-based teaching research.
Teaching and research in the department is concerned with the roles of learners and teachers in the English teaching and learning process and the consequences of this for the design of learning environments, learning materials, tasks and exercises. Our seminars aim to familiarise future teachers with relevant theoretical concepts and evidence-based methods of foreign language teaching and to systematically develop their competences. For this purpose, for example, teaching materials are analysed and materials and lesson plans are developed. Current issues regarding standards and curriculum development are taken into account. In cooperation with campus schools, innovative seminar concepts are realised, which enable a continuous exchange of theory and practice. The seminars also contribute to the development of students' diagnostic skills, by looking at current approaches to learning assessment, especially the European Language Portfolio and forms of digitally supported, adaptive practice and testing. The teaching content focuses on dealing with heterogeneity in foreign language teaching, teaching intercultural communicative competence and constructing digitally supported teaching and learning settings. The Department of English Didactics cooperates closely with the Future Centre for Teacher Education at Leuphana University and is an innovation leader for teaching projects such as the multi-perspective teaching videodatabase Multiview (multiview.leuphana.de) or the use of a video conference system in cooperation with the Jesteburg Secondary School. Within the framework of a permanently established, multi-phasic and multi-institutional development team consisting of university teachers, university students, representatives of the teacher education seminar and external experts, new formats for teacher training are jointly developed and researched.
Research and development areas at a glance:
- Computer Assisted Language Learning (multimedia teaching and learning scenarios, intelligent tutorial systems, artificial intelligence, chatbots)
- Promotion of receptive and productive orality
- Project-based learning didactics
- Drama techniques in the EFL classroom
- Playful approaches (analog and digital game development)
Topics
Computer Assisted Language Learning, Web 2.0 in the EFL Classroom – Tasks, Methods, Scenarios, Project Work, Drama Techniques, Foreign Language Learning on Primary Level,
Teacher Training Research
Zwischen Zuckerguss und simulierten Welten - Digitales Fremdsprachenlernen in Zeiten von Gamification, Serious Games und Commercial Off-The-Shelf Games
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
13.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zukunftszentrum Lehrerbildung (ZZL) (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung (Journal)
David Gerlach (Editor) & Torben Schmidt (Editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Workshop/Lehrerfortbildung: Das Praxiserkundungsprojekt (PEP) als Instrument zur Unterrichtsentwicklung: Teil 2 - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
07.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop/Lehrerfortbildung: Das Praxiserkundungsprojekt (PEP) als Instrument zur Unterrichtsentwicklung: Teil 1 - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
22.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop/Lehrerfortbildung: Das Praxiserkundungsprojekt (PEP) als Instrument zur Unterrichtsentwicklung: Teil 1 - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
05.12.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop: Korpus - Kommunikation - Kultur: Linguistik als Kulturwissenschaft?
Nora Benitt (Organiser)
04.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Where tasks, technology, and textbooks meet: Intelligent tutoring systems on the task-based language teacher's horizon (SLTED, Universität Wien)
Lisa Middelanis (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
15.09.2022 → 17.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
'When the going gets tough, the tough go green': Explorng Sustainability in an Intercultural Blended-Learning Project
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
28.01.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
When the going gets tough, the tough go green: Exploring Sustainability in an Intercultural Blended-Learning Project
Joannis Kaliampos (Lecturer) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
01.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Web as Culture - 2009
Torben Schmidt (Organiser)
16.09.2009 → 18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Web as Culture - 2009
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
17.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Was bringen die digitalen Medien für den Lerngewinn im (Englisch)Unterricht?
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
29.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Vom multiperspektivischen Unterrichtsmitschnitt zum multiperspektivischen Lernbaustein - Prozesse, didaktische Aufbereitung, Lerneffekte
Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
26.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Videographiebasierte Forschungsmethoden
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
15.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
U.S. Embassy Teacher Academy 2013
Torben Schmidt (Organiser)
19.09.2013 → 22.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
U.S. Embassy Teacher Academy 2013
Torben Schmidt (Keynote Speaker)
19.09.2013 → 22.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tutorentreffen Multimedia Führerschein für Deutsch als Fremdsprache im Auftrag des Goethe-Instituts
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
01.05.2010 → 06.05.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Transformation durch Dialog der Disziplinen, Akteur*innen und Institutionen – Vom Bezugsdisziplinen-Ansatz der Englischdidaktik zu transdisziplinären Communities für Innovation in Forschung, Lehre und Unterrichtspraxis
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Transdisziplinäre Entwicklungsteams in der LehrerInnenbildung - Verbindung von Akteuren aus dem Kontext (schul-)pädagogischer und hochschulischer Bedingungen
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
12.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Transdisziplinäre Entwicklungsteams in der Lehrer_innenbildung - Verbindung von Akteuren aus dem Kontext schulischer und hochschulischer Bedingungen
Sabrina Kulin (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Robin Pascal Straub (Speaker)
12.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Towards a fully-automated adaptive e-learning environment: A predictive model for difficulty generating factors in gap-filling activities that target English tense-aspect-mood
Torben Schmidt (Oral presentation)
13.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Towards a fully-automated adaptive e-learning environment: A predictive model for difficulty generating factors in gap-filling activities that target English tense-aspect-mood
Roger Dale Jones (Oral presentation)
13.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Towards a fully-automated adaptive e-learning environment: A predictive model for difficulty generating factors in gap-filling activities that target English tense-aspect-mood
Irina Pandarova (Oral presentation)
13.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
27.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
28.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
29.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
01.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Professional Development of in-service and pre-service primary EFL teachers. National and International Research
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
23.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Theorie und Praxis in der Lehrerbildung: Eine Untersuchung anhand der Campusschule Online
Julia Drexhage (Speaker), Dominik Leiß (Speaker), Timo Ehmke (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
15.09.2014 → 17.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Theorie und Praxis in der Lehrerbildung - Eine Untersuchung anhand der Campusschule Online
Julia Drexhage (presenter), Dominik Leiss (presenter), Timo Ehmke (presenter) & Torben Schmidt (presenter)
2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The impact of ICALL practice on the EFL classroom: From individualized practice to communicative language use
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Lisa Middelanis (Speaker) & Detmar Meurers (Speaker)
14.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The English Academy (External organisation)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2008 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
The ABCs of Inclusive English Teacher Education: Attitudes, Beliefs and (Reflective) Competence
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Bianca Roters (Speaker)
25.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The ABCs of Inclusive English Teacher Education; Attitudes, Beliefs, & (Reflective) Competence.
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Bianca Roters (Speaker) & Carolyn Blume (Speaker)
20.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
TESOL International Association (External organisation)
Nora Benitt (Member)
2013 → 2015Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
TESOL International Association (External organisation)
Joannis Kaliampos (Member)
2014 → 2015Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Tech and TEFL - Learning and Teaching English in the Digital Age
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
19.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Teaching the U.S. Elections in the EFL Classroom - The U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2016
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
03.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Teaching the U.S. Elections in the EFL Classroom. The U.S. Embassy School Election Project
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
03.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Teaching the U.S. Elections in the EFL Classroom. The U.S. Embassy School Election Project
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
07.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Teaching the U.S. Election 2012 through Digital Media: The U.S. Election 2012 School Project
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Teaching the machine how to assess grammar skills. Modelling verb-tense exercise characteristics as a basis for an adaptive E-learning system
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer), Irina Pandarova (Lecturer) & Roger Dale Jones (Lecturer)
29.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Teaching Teens: Herausforderungen & Möglichkeiten
Nora Benitt (Lecturer)
17.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Teaching Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Teaching students with dyslexia and reading/spelling difficulties in the English as a foreign language classroom
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
02.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Teaching Listening in the EFL Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
18.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Teaching Listening Comprehension in the EFL Classroom: Processes, Materials, Tasks and Tests
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
11.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
'Teaching as a journey, not a destination.’ Examining the Inclusive Mindsets, Attitudes and Reflective Competence of Pre-Service and Experienced EFL Teachers in Germany
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker) & Bianca Roters (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research