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

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  1. ASB: American Studies Blog

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    19.09.1321.01.15

    Project: Other

  2. American Studies Blogs II

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    22.09.1406.11.15

    Project: Research

  3. American Studies Blog VI

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1931.08.20

    Project: Other

  4. American Studies Blog VII

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    11.08.2031.08.21

    Project: Practical Project

  5. American Studies Blog VIII

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.2131.08.23

    Project: Other

  6. American Studies Journal and Blog

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    01.12.1531.01.17

    Project: Research

  7. American Studies Journal/Blog IV

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    12.12.1615.02.18

    Project: Other

  8. American Studies Journal/Blog V

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1831.03.19

    Project: Research

  9. CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice

    Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic), Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Herzog, C. (Coordination), Altenburger, L. (Project staff), Diekhoff, H. (Project staff), Hase, A. K. (Project staff), Kahnbach, L. (Project staff), Wendt, C. (Project staff), Wucherpfennig, S. (Project staff), Horst de Cuestas, K. (Project staff) & Neumann, A. (Partner)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.03.2031.12.23

    Project: Research

  10. E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)

    01.05.1730.09.17

    Project: Other

  11. Going Green – Education for Sustainability

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.2131.08.23

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  12. Green living and sustainability in the Community

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1530.06.15

    Project: Practical Project

  13. HeaLinGO: Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online

    Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Schiemann, S. (Project manager, academic), Dadaczynski, K. (Project staff), Blume, C. (Project staff), Schmidt, I. (Project staff) & Schmidt, P. R. (Project staff)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.06.1331.03.16

    Project: Research

  14. Innovation Plus 2021/2022 Nr. 59. KOHÄRENZ ERLEBEN – REFLEXION VON UNTERRICHT: AUFGABENORIENTIERT UND VIDEOBASIERT

    Karber, A. (Project manager, academic), Padberg-Gehle, K. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Beckmann, T. (Project staff) & Bielski-Wüsthoff, P. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony

    01.01.2131.01.23

    Project: Teaching

  15. Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Zweite Förderphase)

    Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Leiss, D. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Troll, B. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony

    01.12.1731.03.19

    Project: Research

  16. Leuphana Language Game Lab: Mit Gesellschaftsspielen Sprachen vertiefen

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Miralles-Andress, N. (Project manager, academic)

    26.10.16 → …

    Project: Other

  17. Leuphana Lehrerbildung - Konzept einer Lehrerbildung für den Lernort Schule 2020

    Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1321.06.19

    Project: Research

  18. Nah dran! Die Praxis als Vorbild

    Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic)

    14.07.1430.04.16

    Project: Teaching

  19. 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. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Beilharz, S. (Project staff), Pili-Moss, D. (Project staff), Meurers, D. (Project manager, academic), Nagengast, B. (Project manager, academic), Trautwein, U. (Project manager, academic), Holz, H. (Project staff), Nuxoll, F. (Project staff) & Wendebourg, K. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.04.2031.12.23

    Project: Research

  20. Projektbezogener Personenaustausch Finnland

    Fetzer, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.0714.05.09

    Project: Other

  21. QualiTIES: Qualifying Teachers for Innovative English Settings: Teaching English in heterogeneous classes in secondary years education

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Gerlach, D. (Project manager, academic) & Roters, B. (Project staff)

    01.04.1831.07.21

    Project: Research

  22. Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Vogt, S. (Project staff)

    14.09.1209.12.15

    Project: Research

  23. Sustainable Education & Going Green – An Intercultural German-American Blended- Learning Project

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Kohl, M. (Partner, non-academic) & Ernst, K. (Partner)

    02.09.1331.01.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  24. Teach about U.S.

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Kaliampos, J. (Project staff)

    29.06.1526.01.18

    Project: Practical Project

  25. Teach About U.S.: Educational Outreach Project 2018-2020

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Kaliampos, J. (Project manager, academic)

    25.09.1828.02.21

    Project: Practical Project

  26. Teach about US: Educational Outreach Project - Bridging the American Studies and Science Classrooms: Going Green Meets STEM

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Abels, S. (Partner) & Hüfner, S. K. (Project staff)

    24.02.1730.09.18

    Project: Practical Project

  27. Teach about U.S. IV

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Kaliampos, J. (Project staff)

    01.09.2028.02.21

    Project: Practical Project

  28. The 2024 U.S. Elections School Project

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.2431.05.25

    Project: Practical Project

  29. ZZL-Netzwerk: Theorie-Praxis-Vernetzung im ZZL-Netzwerk in den vier Handlungsfeldern „Heterogenität und Inklusion“, „Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung“, "Coaching & Mentoring" sowie „Lehrkräftegesundheit".

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Peperkorn, M. (Project staff), Beckmann, T. (Project staff), Kulin, S. (Project staff), Besser, M. (Project staff), Fischer, N. (Project staff), Straub, R. P. (Project staff), Troll, B. (Project staff), Köhler, A. (Project staff), Scharnberg, S. (Project staff), Landmeier, J. K. (Project staff), Waschewski, T. (Project staff), Bürgener, L. (Project staff), Brückner, J. (Project staff), Dollereder, L. (Project staff) & Bode, P. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.1630.06.19

    Project: Other

  30. ZZL-Netzwerk 2.0: Theorie-Praxis-Verzahnung in der Lehrerbildung in den Handlungsfeldern „Kompetenzorientierter Unterricht“, „Inklusion“, „Coaching & Mentoring“ und „Lehrkräftegesundheit“

    Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Weinhold, S. (Project manager, academic), Straub, R. P. (Project staff), Schilling, L. (Project staff), Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Fischer-Schöneborn, S. (Coordination), Bormann, F. (Project staff), Kuchenbuch, F. (Project staff), Ahlers, M. (Partner), Verbücheln, E.-M. (Project staff), Barth, M. (Partner), Jastrow, F. (Project staff), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Anders, D. (Project staff), Kleinknecht, M. (Partner), Hohensee, E. (Project staff), Schiemann, S. (Partner), Paulus, P. (Partner), Claußen, J. T. (Project staff), Poschkamp, A.-K. (Project staff), Köllner, G. (Project staff), Hüfner, S. K. (Project staff), Schürmann, H. (Project staff) & Abels, S. (Partner)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.07.1931.12.23

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  31. Transformations:Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen

    Japsen, A. (Coordination), Meier, N. (Coordination), Wenzel, M. (Project manager, academic), Farny, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Cnossen, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.2231.12.23

    Project: Other

  32. TRAWLER: Thinking, Researching, and Academic Writing - a Learning English Resource for Moodle.

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Hübner, A. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Dwenger, I. C. (Project staff) & O'Connor, S. (Project staff)

    01.07.1931.12.19

    Project: Practical Project

  33. US Election Project 2012 – A Social Media-based approach to teaching US Election 2012 in the German EFL classroom at secondary level

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Kohl, M. (Partner, non-academic), Junghanns, C. (Partner) & Ernst, K. (Partner)

    01.03.1227.02.13

    Project: Practical Project

  34. Vorhabensteil: Sprachliche Heterogenität im schulischen Fachunterricht der Sekundarstufe I

    Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Schwippert, K. (Partner), Lutter, A. (Partner), Neumann, A. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner) & Holle, K. (Project staff)

    26.06.1231.12.12

    Project: Research