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

  1. 2010
  2. Published

    Fremdsprachendidaktik in englischsprachigen Ländern

    Byram, M., Lapkin, S., Lo Bianco, J., Met, M., Scott, A. & Benitt, N. (Translator), 2010, Handbuch Fremdsprachendidaktik. Hallet, W. & Königs, F. G. (eds.). 1 ed. Seelze-Velber: Klett/Kallmeyer, p. 28-35 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. 2011
  4. Published

    Das Web 2.0 als Sprachhandlungsort

    Schmidt, T., 2011, Kommunikativer Fremdsprachenunterricht: Positionen - Perspektiven - Postulate : Symposion für Dr. Christoph Edelhoff . Börner, O. & Lohmann, C. (eds.). Braunschweig: Diesterweg, p. 24-27 4 p. (Perspektiven Englisch; no. 9).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Flippin‘ In – Ein literaturbasiertes YouTube-Inszenierungsprojekt im Englischunterricht der Klasse 11

    Schmidt, T., 2011, Inszenierungen im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Grundlagen, Formen, Perspektiven. Küppers, A., Schmidt, T. & Walter, M. (eds.). Braunschweig: Diesterweg, p. 192-207 16 p. (Unterrichts-Perspektiven Fremdsprachen).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Funktion und Profil von Lehrwerken in der Epoche von Standards und Kompetenzen

    Börner, O., Edelhoff, C., Rebel, K., Schmidt, T. & Schröder, K., 2011, In: Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lernen. 40, 2, p. 31-48 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Inszenierungen im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Grundlagen, Formen, Perspektiven

    Küppers, A. (Editor), Schmidt, T. (Editor) & Walter, M. (Editor), 2011, Braunschweig: Diesterweg. 224 p. (Unterrichtsperspektiven Fremdsprachen)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Inszenierungen – Present tense incarnate im Fremdsprachenunterricht

    Küppers, A., Schmidt, T. & Walter, M., 2011, Inszenierungen im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Grundlagen, Formen, Perspektiven. Küppers, A., Schmidt, T. & Walter, M. (eds.). Braunschweig: Diesterweg, p. 5-17 13 p. (Unterrichtsperspektiven Fremdsprachen).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Multiculturalism in Canada: how a Canadian experiences life in Berlin

    Dreßler, C. & Schmidt, T., 2011, In: Praxis Englisch. 6, 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation

  10. Published

    'So tun als ob' 2.0: Computergestützte Projektarbeit und die 'Entkünstlichung' des Fremdsprachenlernens

    Schmidt, T., 2011, Drei Schritte vor und manchmal auch sechs zurück: Internationale Perspektiven auf Entwicklungslinien im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Festschrift für Dietmar Rösler zum 60. Geburtstag. Schmenk, B. & Würffel, N. (eds.). Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 315-324 10 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    Stepping Stones – Theatermethoden und Dramapädagogik

    Küppers, A., Schmidt, T. & Walter, M., 2011, Inszenierungen im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Grundlagen, Formen, Perspektiven. Küppers, A., Schmidt, T. & Walter, M. (eds.). Braunschweig: Diesterweg, p. 222-226 5 p. (Unterrichtsperspektiven Fremdsprachen).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  12. 2012
  13. Published

    Aufgaben 2.0: Konzepte, Materialien und Methoden für das Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen mit digitalen Medien

    Schmidt, T. (Editor), Zibelius, M. (Editor) & Biebighäuser, K. (Editor), 2012, Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. 280 p. (Gießener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachenforschung)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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