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
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Inklusiven Fremdsprachenunterricht gestalten - Von Theorie-Praxis-Netzwerken, multiprofessionellen Teams und interdisziplinärer Forschung
Schmidt, T., 2017, Inklusion, Diversität und das Lehren und Lernen fremder Sprachen: Arbeitspapiere der 37. Frühjahrskonferenz zur Erforschung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Burwitz-Melzer, E., Königs, F. G., Riemer, C. & Schmelter, L. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 285-295 11 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Interaktives Fremdsprachenlernen: Potenziale und Herausforderungen
Jones, R. D., Stuhlmann, S. & Zeyer, T., 2016, Interaktivität beim Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen mit digitalen Medien: Hit oder Hype?. Zeyer, T., Stuhlmann, S. & Jones, R. D. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 11-42 32 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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“It’s not as academic and impossible as it seems to be” – Aktionsforschung und berufliches Selbstvertrauen in der fremdsprachlichen Lehrerbildung
Benitt, N., 2016, Fremdsprachendidaktische Professionsforschung: Brennpunkt Lehrerbildung. Legutke, M. K. & Schart, M. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 269-290 22 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Jogos digitais interativos e aplicativos gamificados para a aprendizagem de línguas na era digital
Blume, C. & Schmidt, T., 2018, Ensino de Línguas e Tecnologias Móveis: Políticas Públicas, Conceitos, Pesquisas e Práticas em Foco. Marques-Schäfer, G. & Rozenfeld, C. C. D. F. (eds.). São Paulo: Edições Hipótese, p. 76-96 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung – Einflüsse von Digitalisierung und Internet
Klawitter, J., Lobin, H. & Schmidt, T., 2012, Kulturwissenschaften digital : Neue Forschungsfragen und Methoden . Schmidt, T., Lobin, H. & Klawitter, J. (eds.). 1. ed. Campus Verlag, p. 9-29 21 p. (Interaktiva; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Lehrerbildung - besser interaktiv? Videokonferenzen als digitale Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis in der Englischlehrerausbildung
Benitt, N. & Schmidt, T., 2016, Interaktivität beim Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen mit digitalen Medien: Hip oder Hype?. Zeyer, T., Stuhlmann, S. & Jones, R. D. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 259-283 25 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Linguistik als Kulturwissenschaft? Überlegungen zum Zusammenhang von Sprache, Wissen und Kultur
Schüler, L., Müller, K., Benitt, N., Koch, C. & Saage, S., 2014, Kommunikation – Korpus – Kultur: Ansätze und Konzepte einer kulturwissenschaftlichen Linguistik. Benitt, N., Koch, C., Müller, K., Saage, S. & Schüler, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, p. 1-24 24 p. (Giessen contributions to the study of culture; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Media-Assisted Foreign Language Learning - Concepts and Functions
Schmidt, T. & Strasser, T., 2018, Teaching English as a Foreign Language: An Introduction. Suhrkamp, C. & Viebrock, B. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 211-231 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Pädagogischer Doppeldecker - Blended Learning als Methode für die Entwicklung von inklusiven Einstellungen und fachdidaktischem Wissen in der Lehrkräfteausbildung im Fach Englisch als Fremdsprache
Blume, C. & Schmidt, T., 2020, Hochschullehre digital gestalten in der (fremd-)sprachlichen LehrerInnenbildung: Inhalte, Methoden und Aufgaben. Niesen, H., Elsner, D. & Viebrock, B. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 73-95 23 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review