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
Kompetente Lehrkräfte vs. intelligente Software - Wie kann fremdsprachliches Üben mit digitalen Medien optimiert werden?
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
05.12.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Kompetente Lehrkräfte vs. Intelligente Software — Wie kann fremdsprachliches Üben mit digitalen Medien optimiert werden?
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
21.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Kongress Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2019
Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker), Bianca Roters (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
27.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Künstliche Intelligenz trifft Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren - Disruptive Technologien als Chance und Herausforderung
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
10.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Künstliche Intelligenz und DaF/DaZ-Lehren und Lernen: Wo stehen wir und wohin geht der Weg? (IDT 2022)
Torben Schmidt (Panel participant)
16.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Künstliche Intelligenz und Fremdsprachenlernen (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
09.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Landessprachentag Niedersachsen 2020
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
22.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Language Learning in Blended-Learning Projects: Moodle, Web 2.0, and Learner Agency
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
11.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Language Learning in Digital Projects - The Going Green Project
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
09.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Language Policy and Language Learning: New Paradigms and New Challenges - LPLL 2009
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
19.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Learning Management Systems in EFL: Simulating the U.S. Presidential Election in a Transatlantic Blended Learning Project
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
13.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Lerner*innensprache, Fachsprache, Agency – Digitale Lerner*innentexte in transdisziplinärenNachhaltigkeitsdiskursen im projektbasierten Englischunterricht
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
26.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leveraging digital affordances to make language learning stick
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
24.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Master Class Under Guidance of Prof. Anne Burns
Nora Benitt (Organiser)
2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Merely Chocolate-Covered Broccoli? From Early CALL to Digital Game-Based Language Learning
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
10.12.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Mit KI zur adaptiven Lernendenunterstützung im Fremdsprachenlernprozess - Potenziale, Grenzen, Ausblick
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
07.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Mobile Language Learning und Gamification – Good and Bad Recipes for Chocolate Coated Broccoli
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
15.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Multiperspektivische Unterrichtsvideos in der Lehrerbildung
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Carolyn Blume (Speaker)
11.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Multiperspektivische Unterrichtsvideos in der universitären LehrerInnenausbildung
Prisca Paulicke (Speaker), Timo Ehmke (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Dominik Leiß (Speaker)
29.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nachwuchstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - 2015
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
24.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
NewMac Symposium - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
02.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ombudsperson (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Office)
01.04.2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Performativity and Authenticity in the Web 2.0-Enhanced Foreign Language Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
06.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
PostDoc und Juniorprofessur als Königsweg?
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
20.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Praxis Englisch (Journal)
Torben Schmidt (Editorial Board)
2011 → 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Pre-Service Teachers Developing Digital Games for the EFL classroom – Potentials, Procedures, Products (SLTED, Wien)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Pre-Service Teachers Developing Games for the EFL classroom – Potentials, Procedures, Products
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
20.04.2023 → 21.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Programm-Workshop "Inklusion und Heterogenität als Thema der Lehrer_innenbildung" der QOLB
Milena Peperkorn (Speaker), Bianka Troll (Speaker), Michael Besser (Speaker), Katharina Müller (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Carolyn Blume (Speaker)
05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Projektabschlusspräsentation
Patrick Bielski-Wüsthoff (Speaker), Anke Karber (Coauthor), Torben Schmidt (Coauthor), Jessica Süßenbach (Coauthor), Timo Beckmann (Coauthor) & Kathrin Padberg-Gehle (Coauthor)
11.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Reflexionskompetenz in der Fremdsprachenlehrer*innenbildung – Theorien, Konzepte, Empirie
Bianca Roters (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
17.09.2020 → 18.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexionskompetenz in der universitären Englischlehrkräfteausbildung durch Peer-Feedback-basierte E-Portfolioaufgaben fördern – Konzept und empirische Begleitforschung
Gitte Köllner (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Coauthor)
17.09.2020 → 18.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Round Table: Education, Sustainability, and Digitalization 2020
Torben Schmidt (Participant)
24.09.2020 → 25.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Saint Mary's University
Torben Schmidt (Visiting researcher)
15.07.2010 → 15.09.2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2012 → 2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Schritte in Richtung einer vollautomatisierten, adaptiven E-Learning-Umgebung-Entwicklung eines Vorhersagemodels schierigkeitsgenerierender Einflussfaktoren bei Lückentext-Übungen im Bereich Tense-Aspect-Mood
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
14.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
"Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg": Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
"Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg" (MBJS Brandenburg, LISUM Berlin-Brandenburg)
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
"Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg" (MBJS Brandenburg, LISUM Berlin-Brandenburg)
Joannis Kaliampos (Keynote Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Keynote Speaker) & Steffi Vogt (Keynote Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht Veranstaltung für Beraterinnen und Berater - 2011
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
12.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Second Language Teacher Education: Challenges and New Horizons - SLTED 2022
Torben Schmidt (Organiser) & Manuela Schlick (Organiser)
16.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Smartphone vs. Schulbuch
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
29.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Social Media and the US Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
25.02.2012 → 31.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strengthening Form-Focused Practice in Task-Based Language Teaching Through Intelligent CALL (EUROCALL)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Detmar Meurers (Speaker), Lisa Middelanis (Speaker) & Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
18.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Symposium "Das mobile Klassenzimmer – Schulisches Lehren und Lernen mit mobilen Endgeräten" - 2015
Torben Schmidt (Keynote speaker)
11.12.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Taking ICALL to task: Blending form-focus & task-based foreign language learning
Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Detmar Meurers (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Task Demand and Task Support in Cooperative Classroom Action Research – A Critical Look at Tasks in Pre-Service EFL Teacher Education
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teach about U.S. – Going Green: US Embassy Teacher Academy 2015
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
26.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Teach about U.S. – Going Green: US Embassy Teacher Academy 2015
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
16.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education