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
- Article in conference proceedings › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Interculturally Wired, Locally Connected: Online Collaboration and Intercultural Learning in a Bi-national Blended Learning Project
Kaliampos, J., 11.2014, International Conference ICT for Language Learning: Conference Proceedings. Martellini, L. (ed.). 1 ed. Libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni, 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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One Size fits None: Adaptivity in Digital Games for Language Learning
Blume, C. & Schmidt, T., 2017, Sprachen lehren: 26. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung in Ludwigsburg; 30. September 2015 - 3. Oktober 2015; Kongressband. Appel, J., Jeuk, S. & Mertens, J. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 253-267 15 p. (Beiträge zur Fremdsprachenforschung; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Primary EFL teachers as researchers: Benefits and challenges
Benitt, N., 2017, The professional development of primary EFL teachers: National and international research. Wilden, E. & Porsch, R. (eds.). Münster: Waxmann Verlag, p. 129-140 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Scaffolding Learner Agency in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Environments
Kaliampos, J., 08.2019, Tagungsdokumentation 2018 - Perspektiven inklusiven Englischunterrichts: Gemeinsam lehren und lernen: Dokumentation zur Tagung vom 20. und 21. September 2018 an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. Blume, C., Gerlach, D., Benitt, N., Eßer, S., Roters, B., Springob, J. & Schmidt, T. (eds.). Marburg: Netzwerk Inklusiver Englischunterricht , (Netzwerk Inklusiver Englischunterricht).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Transdisziplinärer Fremdsprachenerwerb im Themenfeld "Bildung für Nachhaltigkeit" in einem digitalen, transatlantischen CLIL-Lernprojekt als Beitrag zur Ausbildung internationaler Partizipationsfähigkeit
Schmidt, T., 2021, Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeit beim Lehren und Lernen von Fremd- und Zweitsprachen: Arbeitspapiere der 41. Frühjahrskonferenz zur Erforschung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Burwitz-Melzer, E., Riemer, C. & Schmelter, L. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 187-196 10 p. (Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Zwischen Blindflug und wirksamer Assistenz. Korrektives Feedback beim individuellen, fremdsprachlichen formfokussierten Üben mit intelligenter Sprachlernsoftware
Schmidt, T., 22.08.2022, Feedback beim Lehren und Lernen von Fremd- und Zweitsprachen: Arbeitspapiere der 42. Frühjahrskonferenz zur Erforschung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Burwitz-Melzer, E., Riemer, C. & Schmelzer, L. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 172-183 12 p. (Gießener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- Article in conference proceedings › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Inklusiver Fremdsprachenunterricht (FU)
Blume, C., Kielwein, C., Kötter, M., Schmidt, T. & Trautmann, M., 2019, Sprachen lernen integriert - global, regional, lokal: 27. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung in Jena, 27.-30. September 2017; Kongressband. Falkenhagen, C., Funk, H., Reinfried, M. & Volkmann, L. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 441-444 4 p. (Beiträge zur Fremdsprachenforschung; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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The role of learners’ memory in app-based language instruction: the case of Duolingo.
Vasileiou, I. & Pili-Moss, 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. 364-369 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
- Special Journal issue › Education
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Games
Jones, R. D. (ed.) & Schmidt, T. (ed.), 05.2020, Seelze: Friedrich Verlag GmbH. 49 p. (Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch; vol. 54, no. 165)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Education