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
- Guest lectures
Ein Chatbot-System für das Fremdsprachenlernen
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
27.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Englisches und Romanisches Seminar der Leibniz Universität Hannover. Doktorandenkolloquium der Fremdsprachendidaktik
Carolyn Blume (Oral presentation), Bianca Roters (Oral presentation) & Torben Schmidt (Oral presentation)
01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
(Englisch-)Unterricht digital - Was bringt die Technik für den Lerngewinn?
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
27.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Fostering Oral Skills Through the Use of Participatory Web 2.0 Technologies in the Project-based EFL Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
11.01.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Fremdsprachenlernen in Web 2.0-Projekten - Aufgaben, Prozesse, Produkte, Perspektiven
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
07.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
From Podcast to Simulation Projects - Web 2.0 Projects in the Secondary EFL Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
31.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gamification of Language Leaning
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
12.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gamifying Language Learning – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen neuer (digitaler) Zugänge zum Fremdsprachenlernen
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
16.01.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Goethe Institut Kairo Multimedia-Führerschein Multiplikatorenschulung
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
01.05.2010 → 05.05.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Going Green 2016 - Education for Sustainability: A Brief Résumé of the Second year
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
18.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Going Green - Teaching Sustainability in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Going Green - Teaching Sustainability in the English-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
10.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Going Green - Teaching Sustainability in the English-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
11.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online (HeaLinGo) as an innovative approach in School Health Promotion
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
07.10.2013 → 09.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
I’m going DeepL underground
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Thomas Strasser (Speaker)
25.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Künstliche Intelligenz und Fremdsprachenlernen (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
09.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
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
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" (MBJS Brandenburg, LISUM Berlin-Brandenburg)
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
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
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
Teach about U.S. – Going Green: US Embassy Teacher Academy 2015
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
12.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Teach About US - Innovative Ways of Teaching English: The Election Project 2020
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
18.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Teach About US - Innovative Ways of Teaching English: The Election Project 2020
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
20.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Teach About US - Innovative Ways of Teaching English: The Election Project 2020
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
11.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
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 Listening in the EFL Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
18.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Teaching Teens: Herausforderungen & Möglichkeiten
Nora Benitt (Lecturer)
17.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
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 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. 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
Tech and TEFL - Learning and Teaching English in the Digital Age
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
19.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
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
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