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
- Presentations (poster etc.)
Arbeitsgedächtniskapazität beim Englischlernen mit dem intelligenten Tutorsystem FeedBook
Katharina Wendebourg (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Heiko Holz (Speaker), Detmar Meurers (Speaker), Stephen Bodnar (Speaker) & Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
14.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Aufbau und Messung von Expertise bei Lehramtsstudierenden
Julia Drexhage (presenter), Timo Ehmke (presenter), Dominik Leiss (presenter) & Torben Schmidt (presenter)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › 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
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
- talk or presentation in privat or public events
Assessing cognitive abilities for L2 learning: A review of accessible tools
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
09.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Blogs in the Foreign Language Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Connect US – A Discussion of Innovative Teaching Projects
Joannis Kaliampos (Panel participant)
09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Developing learner agency in technology-enhanced transdiciplinary EFL learning environments – The Going Green Project
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
02.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Digitale Medien im Unterricht: Die U.S.-Präsidentschaftswahl 2012
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Digital Media in the English Language Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Education for Sustainability: "Going Green" - A Project in Progess
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Fachforum English 2014 des Landesschulamts und der Lehrkräfteakademie Hessen: Kooperativ arbeiten - individuell lernen
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - A Hands-On Look at the Project
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green: Digital project work as a transdisciplinary and transcultural task in the foreign language and STEM classrooms
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
07.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
20.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
26.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
30.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Going Green: Teaching Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - Teaching Sustainability in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green - Teaching Sustainability in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Going Green – Teaching Sustainability in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
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
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
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 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
"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
Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
13.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English: An Update on Ongoing Projects
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
01.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
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 Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
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
- Conference Presentations
7th International Conference ICT for Language Learning
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
82. Tagung der Arbeitsgruppe für Empirische Pädagogische Forschung - AEPF 2017
Sabrina Kulin (Speaker), Timo Ehmke (Speaker), Dominik Leiß (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
27.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“...AND THEN THE STUDENTS WÄRE VERY FETT”: TASK PERFORMANCE AND ‘(NOT)-DOING-BEINGAN-EXPERT’ IN A TBLL SETTING
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Peter Schildhauer (Speaker)
05.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Cognitive predictors of accurate syntax/semantics mapping in the early stages of adult L2 learning
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
02.09.2019 → 03.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Connecting sustainability and culture: Building competencies through virtual exchange
Jodie Birdman (Coauthor), Irina Pandarova (Coauthor), Anne Barron (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Coauthor), Nora Benitt (Coauthor) & Handan Çelik (Coauthor)
03.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Contributions of declarative and procedural memory to second language accuracy and automatization
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
28.08.2019 → 31.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
DELT – Digitally-enhanced Language Teaching: Entwicklung und Implementierung eines hochschulischen standortübergreifenden Lehr-Lernkonzepts zur digitalisierungsbezogenen Professionalisierung von Englischlehramtsstudierenden
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Svea Wucherpfennig (Speaker), Rossa Henning (Speaker), Joline Schmit (Speaker) & Lisa Klaaen (Speaker)
28.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Designing Digital Material for Foreign Language Learning
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Manuela Schlick (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Digitale (Lehr)Welten - Rollenverständnis und Kompetenzen von Fremdsprachenlehrenden
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Jan Sprenger (Speaker)
25.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Digitalkonferenz: Fremdsprachenlernen im digitalen Zeitalter
Torben Schmidt (Plenary speaker)
04.09.2020 → 06.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Do mindsets make a difference? Professionalizing teachers for inclusive language learning environments
Bianca Roters (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
23.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Education for Sustainability and Going Green: Intercultural Learning in a German-American Blended-Learning Project
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker), Martina Kohl (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Education for Sustainability and Going Green: Intercultural Learning in a German-American Blended-Learning Project
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
14.06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Effektives digital gestütztes Üben im kompetenzorientierten EFL-Unterricht: Fokus auf L2-Entwicklung und Feedback in einem intelligenten Tutorensystem
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
27.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Enhancing EFL classroom instruction via an ICALL platform: effects on language development and transfer to tasks (EUROCALL)
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Lisa Middelanis (Speaker) & Detmar Meurers (Speaker)
18.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Going Green Education for Sustainability (Fremdsprachentag Berlin-Brandenburg)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
08.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Going Green Education for Sustainability (Fremdsprachentag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
24.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research