Professorship for English Didactics
Organisational unit: Professoship
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)
Main research areas
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
- 2022
Where tasks, technology, and textbooks meet: Intelligent tutoring systems on the task-based language teacher's horizon (SLTED, Universität Wien)
Middelanis, L. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
15.09.2022 → 17.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Enhancing EFL classroom instruction via an ICALL platform: effects on language development and transfer to tasks (EUROCALL)
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker), Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker), Middelanis, L. (Speaker) & Meurers, D. (Speaker)
18.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Strengthening Form-Focused Practice in Task-Based Language Teaching Through Intelligent CALL (EUROCALL)
Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker), Meurers, D. (Speaker), Middelanis, L. (Speaker) & Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
18.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Künstliche Intelligenz und DaF/DaZ-Lehren und Lernen: Wo stehen wir und wohin geht der Weg? (IDT 2022)
Schmidt, T. (Panel participant)
16.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
03.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
“Intercultural Learning Outcomes in Virtual Exchange”
Werner, S. (Speaker), O'Dowd, R. (Coauthor) & Ritter, M. (Coauthor)
31.05.2022 → 04.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Input und Workshop: Einen EFL Escape Room planen und beforschen.
Kaßner, J. C. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Lecturer)
16.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
I’m going DeepL underground
Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Strasser, T. (Speaker)
25.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ombudsperson (Organisational unit)
Schmidt, T. (Office)
01.04.2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2021
Workshop: EFL Escape Room planen und beforschen.
Kaßner, J. C. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Lecturer)
06.12.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Do mindsets make a difference? Professionalizing teachers for inclusive language learning environments
Roters, B. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker), Gerlach, D. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
23.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vom multiperspektivischen Unterrichtsmitschnitt zum multiperspektivischen Lernbaustein - Prozesse, didaktische Aufbereitung, Lerneffekte
Blume, C. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
26.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Taking ICALL to task: Blending form-focus & task-based foreign language learning
Blume, C. (Speaker), Meurers, D. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Individual difference predictors of L2 learning at the syntax/semantics interface
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
20.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung (Journal)
Gerlach, D. (Editor) & Schmidt, T. (Editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2020
Automatization of comprehension in adult L2 learning
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
10.12.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Round Table: Education, Sustainability, and Digitalization 2020
Schmidt, T. (Participant)
24.09.2020 → 25.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Landessprachentag Niedersachsen 2020
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
22.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexionskompetenz in der Fremdsprachenlehrer*innenbildung – Theorien, Konzepte, Empirie
Roters, B. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker), Gerlach, D. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (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
Köllner, G. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Coauthor)
17.09.2020 → 18.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Digitalkonferenz: Fremdsprachenlernen im digitalen Zeitalter
Schmidt, T. (Plenary speaker)
04.09.2020 → 06.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teach About US - Innovative Ways of Teaching English: The Election Project 2020
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
20.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Teach About US - Innovative Ways of Teaching English: The Election Project 2020
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
18.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Teach About US - Innovative Ways of Teaching English: The Election Project 2020
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
11.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Cognitive predictors of child and adult L2 learning in the earliest stages of aural exposure
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
06.02.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Assessing cognitive abilities for L2 learning: A review of accessible tools
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
09.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
- 2019
Learning Management Systems in EFL: Simulating the U.S. Presidential Election in a Transatlantic Blended Learning Project
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
13.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Going Green: Digital project work as a transdisciplinary and transcultural task in the foreign language and STEM classrooms
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
07.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Goethe Institut, USA
Kaliampos, J. (Visiting researcher)
12.2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Language Learning in Blended-Learning Projects: Moodle, Web 2.0, and Learner Agency
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
11.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Kongress Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2019
Blume, C. (Speaker), Gerlach, D. (Speaker), Roters, B. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
27.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leveraging digital affordances to make language learning stick
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
24.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Cognitive predictors of accurate syntax/semantics mapping in the early stages of adult L2 learning
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
02.09.2019 → 03.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Contributions of declarative and procedural memory to second language accuracy and automatization
Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)
28.08.2019 → 31.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Multiperspektivische Unterrichtsvideos in der Lehrerbildung
Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Blume, C. (Speaker)
11.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Künstliche Intelligenz und Fremdsprachenlernen (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
09.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
26.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English: An Update on Ongoing Projects
Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
01.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Going Green – Education for Sustainability in the EFL Classroom
Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
30.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Investigating learner agency for global digital citizenship
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
26.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
13.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Language Learning in Digital Projects - The Going Green Project
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
09.03.2019Activity: 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
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
02.03.2019Activity: 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
Schmidt, T. (Speaker)
02.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Going Green
Kaliampos, J. (Organiser), Schmidt, T. (Organiser), Hübner, A. (Organiser), Moss, M. (Organiser), Dwenger, I. C. (Organiser), Edlich, M. G. P. (Organiser), Hübner, A. (Speaker) & Moss, M. (Speaker)
20.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Going Green - Education for Sustainability in the EFL and STEM Classrooms
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (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
Kaliampos, J. (Speaker)
08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
,,English Day'' an der Oberschule Jesteburg - 2020
Hübner, A. (Organiser) & Benitt, N. (Organiser)
24.01.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
- 2018
KBBB Herbsttagung: Transfer zwischen Lehrer(fort)bildung und Wissenschaft
Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker), Gerlach, D. (Speaker), Esser, S. (Speaker) & Bollmann, E. (Speaker)
05.11.2018 → 06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The ABCs of Inclusive English Teacher Education: Attitudes, Beliefs and (Reflective) Competence
Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker) & Roters, B. (Speaker)
25.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research