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
- 2024
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
7 Formen der Leistungsbewertung im videospielbasierten (Fremdsprachen-)Unterricht
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
15.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gamification – Fremdsprachenlernen spielebasiert gestalten von digitalen (Lern-)Spielen bis Escape Games
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Jonna Charlotte Kaßner (Speaker)
14.04.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren trifft KI–Potenziale, Herausforderungen und Ausblicke für den Unterricht von heute und morgen
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
20.03.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- 2023
“...and then the students wäre very fett”:Task performance and ‘(not)-doing-being-an-expert’ in a TBLL setting
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Peter Schildhauer (Speaker)
05.10.2023Activity: 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
Connecting sustainability and culture: Building competencies through virtual exchange
Jodie Birdman (Speaker), Irina Pandarova (Coauthor), Anne Barron (Coauthor), Torben Schmidt (Coauthor), Nora Benitt (Coauthor) & Handan Çelik (Coauthor)
03.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
30. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Freiburg im Breisgau
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
29.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
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
AI-enhanced EFL Learning - Research, Developments, and Future Directions
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
08.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Lerner*innensprache, Fachsprache, Agency – Digitale Lerner*innentexte in transdisziplinärenNachhaltigkeitsdiskursen im projektbasierten Englischunterricht
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
26.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Mit KI zur adaptiven Lernendenunterstützung im Fremdsprachenlernprozess - Potenziale, Grenzen, Ausblick
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
07.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
„Bildungsinnovation braucht Bildungsforschung“ -
Torben Schmidt (Reviewer)
01.02.2023 → 01.06.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Digitale (Lehr)Welten - Rollenverständnis und Kompetenzen von Fremdsprachenlehrenden
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Jan Sprenger (Speaker)
25.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Going Green in the EFL Classroom– Investigating learner agency for global digital citizenship
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
18.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2022
Gamification in Foreign Language Education: Escape Games.
Jonna Charlotte Kaßner (Speaker), Sina Werner (Lecturer) & Robert O'Dowd (Lecturer)
29.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Künstliche Intelligenz trifft Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren - Disruptive Technologien als Chance und Herausforderung
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
10.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The impact of ICALL practice on the EFL classroom: From individualized practice to communicative language use
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Lisa Middelanis (Speaker) & Detmar Meurers (Speaker)
14.10.2022Activity: 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
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
Designing Digital Material for Foreign Language Learning
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Manuela Schlick (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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
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
'Teaching as a journey, not a destination.’ Examining the Inclusive Mindsets, Attitudes and Reflective Competence of Pre-Service and Experienced EFL Teachers in Germany
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker) & Bianca Roters (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Where tasks, technology, and textbooks meet: Intelligent tutoring systems on the task-based language teacher's horizon (SLTED, Universität Wien)
Lisa Middelanis (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (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)
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
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
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
Transformation durch Dialog der Disziplinen, Akteur*innen und Institutionen – Vom Bezugsdisziplinen-Ansatz der Englischdidaktik zu transdisziplinären Communities für Innovation in Forschung, Lehre und Unterrichtspraxis
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Input und Workshop: Einen EFL Escape Room planen und beforschen.
Jonna Charlotte Kaßner (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
16.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
I’m going DeepL underground
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Thomas Strasser (Speaker)
25.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ombudsperson (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Office)
01.04.2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2021
Workshop: EFL Escape Room planen und beforschen.
Jonna Charlotte Kaßner (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
06.12.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
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
Vom multiperspektivischen Unterrichtsmitschnitt zum multiperspektivischen Lernbaustein - Prozesse, didaktische Aufbereitung, Lerneffekte
Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
26.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
Individual difference predictors of L2 learning at the syntax/semantics interface
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
20.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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