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
- Editor of journals
American Studies Journal (Journal)
Maria Moss (Editor) & Torben Schmidt (Editor)
31.08.2013 → 30.09.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Praxis Englisch (Journal)
Torben Schmidt (Editorial Board)
2011 → 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung (Journal)
David Gerlach (Editor) & Torben Schmidt (Editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- Editor of series
Diesterweg (Publisher)
Torben Schmidt (Editor)
2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Education
- Conferences
23. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - 2009
Torben Schmidt (Moderator)
30.09.2009 → 03.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2013
Torben Schmidt (Moderator)
25.09.2013 → 28.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
26. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - 2015
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
26. Kongress für Fremdsprachenforschung der DGFF - 2015
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
02.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
28. Arbeitstagung des Arbeitskreises der Sprachenzentren, Sprachlehrinstitute und Fremdspracheninstitute e.V. - AKS 2014
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
02.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
3. Kongress des Gesamtverbandes Moderne Fremdsprachen - 2010
Torben Schmidt (Moderator)
16.09.2010 → 18.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th European Conference of Health Promoting Schools - 2013
Torben Schmidt (presenter)
06.10.2013 → 09.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
52. Jahrestagung der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Englisch an Gesamtschulen - BAG 2014
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
19.06.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
82. Tagung der Sektion "Empirische Bildungsforschung" - AEPF 2017
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
25.09.2017 → 27.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8. Nachwuchstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2011
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
28.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Das inklusive Klassenzimmer - 2018
Simone Abels (Organiser), Nora Benitt (Organiser), Michael Besser (Organiser), Steffen Greve (Organiser), Torben Schmidt (Organiser) & Jessica Süßenbach (Organiser)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachforum Kirchhain (Staatliche Schulämter Marburg-Biedenkopf und Gießen) 2010
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
11.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
GMF-Kongress 2009
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
05.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Going Green
Joannis Kaliampos (Organiser), Torben Schmidt (Organiser), Andreas Hübner (Organiser), Maria Moss (Organiser), Inga Cornelia Dwenger (Organiser), Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich (Organiser), Andreas Hübner (Speaker) & Maria Moss (Speaker)
20.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
IATEFL's 43rd Annual International Conference and Exhibition - 2009
Torben Schmidt (Participant)
02.04.2009 → 05.04.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Convention and English Language Expo - TESOL 2014
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
29.03.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung Gesellschaft für angewandte Linguistik - GAL 2011
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
23.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kongress Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2019
Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker), Bianca Roters (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
27.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Language Policy and Language Learning: New Paradigms and New Challenges - LPLL 2009
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
19.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachwuchstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - 2015
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
24.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
NewMac Symposium - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
02.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht Veranstaltung für Beraterinnen und Berater - 2011
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
12.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
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
Symposium "Das mobile Klassenzimmer – Schulisches Lehren und Lernen mit mobilen Endgeräten" - 2015
Torben Schmidt (Keynote speaker)
11.12.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Professional Development of in-service and pre-service primary EFL teachers. National and International Research
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
23.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tutorentreffen Multimedia Führerschein für Deutsch als Fremdsprache im Auftrag des Goethe-Instituts
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
01.05.2010 → 06.05.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
U.S. Embassy Teacher Academy 2013
Torben Schmidt (Organiser)
19.09.2013 → 22.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Web as Culture - 2009
Torben Schmidt (Organiser)
16.09.2009 → 18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Web as Culture - 2009
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
17.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop: Korpus - Kommunikation - Kultur: Linguistik als Kulturwissenschaft?
Nora Benitt (Organiser)
04.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop/Lehrerfortbildung: Das Praxiserkundungsprojekt (PEP) als Instrument zur Unterrichtsentwicklung: Teil 1 - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
22.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop/Lehrerfortbildung: Das Praxiserkundungsprojekt (PEP) als Instrument zur Unterrichtsentwicklung: Teil 1 - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
05.12.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop/Lehrerfortbildung: Das Praxiserkundungsprojekt (PEP) als Instrument zur Unterrichtsentwicklung: Teil 2 - 2013
Nora Benitt (Speaker)
07.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
- External workshops, courses, seminars
Einsatz von Videos in der Lehrerbildung
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
16.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
,,English Day'' an der Oberschule Jesteburg - 2020
Andreas Hübner (Organiser) & Nora Benitt (Organiser)
24.01.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Going Green Teacher Seminar Nürnberg 2014
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Master Class Under Guidance of Prof. Anne Burns
Nora Benitt (Organiser)
2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- Guest lectures
AI-enhanced EFL Learning - Research, Developments, and Future Directions
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
08.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
All Kinds of Special: Using Multi-Perspective Videos to Prepare Pre-Service Teachers for Inclusive English Instruction
Torben Schmidt (Oral presentation) & Carolyn Blume (Oral presentation)
22.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Aufbruch in das Fremdsprachenlernen von morgen
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
22.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Automatization of comprehension in adult L2 learning
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
10.12.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Cognitive predictors of child and adult L2 learning in the earliest stages of aural exposure
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
06.02.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Videoplattform "Multiview" als Lerngelegenheit für Studierende zum Umgang mit Heterogenität und Inklusion - Unterrichtssituationen aus 11 Perspektiven
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer) & Carolyn Blume (Lecturer)
12.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Digital Project Work in the EFL Classroom
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
28.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education