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
- 2021
Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung (Journal)
David Gerlach (Editor) & Torben Schmidt (Editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2020
Automatization of comprehension in adult L2 learning
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
10.12.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Landessprachentag Niedersachsen 2020
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
22.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
Digitalkonferenz: Fremdsprachenlernen im digitalen Zeitalter
Torben Schmidt (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
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)
18.03.2020Activity: 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