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. Published

    Effective digital practice in the competence-oriented English as a foreign language classroom in Germany: Focus on L2 development and feedback in an intelligent tutorial system

    Schmidt, T. & Pili-Moss, D., 14.05.2025, Innovative Teaching and Classroom Processes: Research Perspectives from Germany and China. Ehmke, T. & Lee, J.C.-K. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 146-158 13 p.

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

  2. Published

    Effects of oral corrective feedback on the development of complex morphosyntax: An exploratory mixed-effects model study

    Pili-Moss, D., 04.05.2021, In: Instructed Second Language Acquisition. 5, 1, p. 69-103 35 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Eliciting Learner Perceptions of Web 2.0 Tasks through Mixed-Methods Classroom Research

    Kaliampos, J., 08.2014, Sprachenausbildung, Sprachen bilden aus, Bildung aus Sprachen: Dokumentation zum 25. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (DGFF) Augsburg, September 2013. Fäcke, C., Rost-Roth, M. & Thaler, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 241-252 12 p. (Beiträge zur Fremdsprachenforschung; no. 13).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Enhancing EFL classroom instruction via the FeedBook: effects on language development and communicative language use.

    Pili-Moss, D., Schmidt, T., Blume, C., Middelanis, L. & Meurers, D., 12.12.2022, Intelligent CALL, granular systems and learner data : short papers from EUROCALL 2022. Arnbjörnsdóttir, B., Bédi, B., Bradley, L., Friðriksdóttir, K., Garðarsdóttir, H., Thouësny, S. & Whelpton, M. J. (eds.). Voillans: Research-publishing.net, p. 328-333 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  5. Published

    Entwicklung und Ausgestaltung des Profilstudiums Inklusion und Diversität in der Lehrkräftebildung an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

    Troll, B., Süßenbach, J., Kuhl, P., Jastrow, F., Schmidt, T. & Blume, C., 2022, Innovationen in Theorie-Praxis-Netzwerken - Beiträge zur Weiterentwicklung der Lehrkräftebildung. Ehmke, T., Fischer-Schöneborn, S., Reusser, K., Leiss, D., Schmidt, T. & Weinhold, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 82-101 20 p.

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

  6. Published

    Ergebnisse und Herausforderungen der Arbeit in Theorie-Praxis-Netzwerken

    Ehmke, T., Fischer-Schöneborn, S., Reusser, K., Leiss, D., Schmidt, T. & Weinhold, S., 2022, Innovationen in Theorie-Praxis-Netzwerken - Beiträge zur Weiterentwicklung der Lehrkräftebildung. Ehmke, T., Fischer-Schöneborn, S., Reusser, K., Leiss, D., Schmidt, T. & Weinhold, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 328-336 9 p.

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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Published

    Games

    Jones, R. D. (Editor) & Schmidt, T. (Editor), 05.2020, Seelze: Friedrich Verlag. 49 p. (Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch; vol. 54, no. 165)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueEducation

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