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
„Transformations: Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen"
Japsen, A., Meier, N., Wenzel, M., Farny, S., Schmidt, T. & Cnossen, B.
01.07.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Other
DigiTal - Teilprojekt 10: DigiCLIL-Exchange: Vermittlung fremdsprachlicher, interkultureller und fachlicher Kompetenzen zur Vorbereitung und Begleitung studienrelevanter Auslandsaufenthalte im Blended-Learning-Format
Barron, A., Schmidt, T., Benitt, N., Birdman, J. & Pandarova, I.
01.08.21 → 31.07.24
Project: Teaching
Interact4School: Out-of-school individual learning and the interfaces to school teaching: Effective digital practising as a basis for competence-oriented foreign language teaching
Schmidt, T., Blume, C., Beilharz, S., Pili-Moss, D., Meurers, D., Nagengast, B., Trautwein, U., Holz, H., Nuxoll, F. & Wendebourg, K.
01.04.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice
Ahlers, M., Besser, M., Kuhl, P., Lehr, D., Süßenbach, J., Schmidt, T., Herzog, C., Altenburger, L., Diekhoff, H., Hase, A. K., Kahnbach, L., Wendt, C., Wucherpfennig, S., Horst de Cuestas, K. & Neumann, A.
01.03.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
ZZL-Netzwerk 2.0: Theorie-Praxis-Verzahnung in der Lehrerbildung in den Handlungsfeldern „Kompetenzorientierter Unterricht“, „Inklusion“, „Coaching & Mentoring“ und „Lehrkräftegesundheit“
Ehmke, T., Leiss, D., Schmidt, T., Weinhold, S., Straub, R. P., Schilling, L., Besser, M., Fischer-Schöneborn, S., Bormann, F., Kuchenbuch, F., Ahlers, M., Verbücheln, E., Barth, M., Jastrow, F., Süßenbach, J., Anders, D., Kleinknecht, M., Hohensee, E., Schiemann, S., Paulus, P., Claußen, J. T., Poschkamp, A., Köllner, G., Hüfner, S. K., Schürmann, H. & Abels, S.
01.07.19 → 31.12.23
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
TRAWLER: Thinking, Researching, and Academic Writing - a Learning English Resource for Moodle.
Schmidt, T., Hübner, A., Blume, C., Dwenger, I. C. & O'Connor, S.
01.07.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Practical Project
Teach About U.S.: Educational Outreach Project 2018-2020
25.09.18 → 28.02.21
Project: Practical Project
QualiTIES: Qualifying Teachers for Innovative English Settings: Teaching English in heterogeneous classes in secondary years education
Schmidt, T., Blume, C., Gerlach, D. & Roters, B.
01.04.18 → 31.07.21
Project: Research
Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Zweite Förderphase)
Besser, M., Abels, S., Leiss, D., Schmidt, T., Süßenbach, J., Greve, S. & Troll, B.
01.12.17 → 31.03.19
Project: Research
Teach about US: Educational Outreach Project - Bridging the American Studies and Science Classrooms: Going Green Meets STEM
Schmidt, T., Kaliampos, J., Abels, S. & Hüfner, S. K.
24.02.17 → 30.09.18
Project: Practical Project
American Studies Journal/Blog IV
Schmidt, T., Moss, M., Völz, S. & Henck, M.
12.12.16 → 15.02.18
Project: Other
Leuphana Language Game Lab: Mit Gesellschaftsspielen Sprachen vertiefen
Schmidt, T. & Miralles-Andress, N.
26.10.16 → …
Project: Other
Lückentexte revisited: Vom computerbasierten, adaptiven Testen zum adaptiven, fremdsprachlichen Üben mit automatisiertem, dynamischem Feedback: Entwicklung und Effekt-Messung am Beispiel „L2 Englisch Lückentexte Verbformen im Zeitengefüge“
Schmidt, T., Benitt, N., Brefeld, U. & Pandarova, I.
01.10.16 → 30.09.17
Project: Research
ZZL-Netzwerk: Theorie-Praxis-Vernetzung im ZZL-Netzwerk in den vier Handlungsfeldern „Heterogenität und Inklusion“, „Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung“, "Coaching & Mentoring" sowie „Lehrkräftegesundheit".
Schmidt, T., Leiss, D., Ehmke, T., Blume, C., Peperkorn, M., Beckmann, T., Kulin, S., Besser, M., Fischer, N., Straub, R. P., Troll, B., Köhler, A., Scharnberg, S., Landmeier, J. K., Waschewski, T., Bürgener, L., Brückner, J., Dollereder, L. & Bode, P.
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Other
American Studies Journal and Blog
Schmidt, T., Moss, M., Völz, S. & Henck, M.
01.12.15 → 31.01.17
Project: Research
American Studies Blogs II
Schmidt, T., Moss, M., Völz, S. & Henck, M.
22.09.14 → 06.11.15
Project: Research
Nah dran! Die Praxis als Vorbild
Ehmke, T., Schmidt, T. & Leiss, D.
14.07.14 → 30.04.16
Project: Teaching
Sustainable Education & Going Green – An Intercultural German-American Blended- Learning Project
Schmidt, T., Kaliampos, J., Kohl, M. & Ernst, K.
02.09.13 → 31.01.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Leuphana Lehrerbildung - Konzept einer Lehrerbildung für den Lernort Schule 2020
Leiss, D., Ehmke, T. & Schmidt, T.
01.09.13 → 21.06.19
Project: Research
HeaLinGO: Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online
Paulus, P., Schmidt, T., Schiemann, S., Dadaczynski, K., Blume, C., Schmidt, I. & Schmidt, P. R.
01.06.13 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg
Schmidt, T., Kaliampos, J. & Vogt, S.
14.09.12 → 09.12.15
Project: Research
Vorhabensteil: Sprachliche Heterogenität im schulischen Fachunterricht der Sekundarstufe I
Leiss, D., Schwippert, K., Lutter, A., Neumann, A., Schmidt, T. & Holle, K.
26.06.12 → 31.12.12
Project: Research
Learner Perceptions of Web 2.0-Enhanced EFL Tasks - An Explorative Mixed-Methods Study on the U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2012
01.03.12 → 01.03.15
Project: Dissertation project
US Election Project 2012 – A Social Media-based approach to teaching US Election 2012 in the German EFL classroom at secondary level
Schmidt, T., Kaliampos, J., Kohl, M., Junghanns, C. & Ernst, K.
01.03.12 → 27.02.13
Project: Practical Project