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
- Special Journal issue › Research
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Digitalisierung und Differenzierung
Schmidt, T. (ed.) & Würffel, N. (ed.), 2018, Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. 148 p. (Fremdsprachen lehren und lernen; vol. 47, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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New Ways of Teaching English: The U.S. Embassy Election Project 2012
Kohl, M. (ed.) & Schmidt, T. (ed.), 2014, Lüneburg, Halle: Institute of English Studies Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 64 p. (American Studies Journal; no. 58)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Themenheft "Inklusion"
Gerlach, D. (ed.) & Schmidt, T. (ed.), 2021, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren. 153 p. (Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung; vol. 32, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
- Special Journal issue › Education
- Published
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
- Article in conference proceedings › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- Published
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
- Article in conference proceedings › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
Being in the Game; Language Teachers as Digital Learners
Blume, C., 2016, Conference Proceedings: ICT for Language Learning. Florencie: Libreriauniversitaria, p. 313-316 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Corrective Feedback beim formfokussierten digitalen Grammatiküben der Fremdsprache Englisch – eine kriteriengeleitete Analyse von Feedbackformen und -strategien am Beispiel von Duolingo
Wucherpfennig, S. & Schmidt, T., 2024, Digitales Lehren und Lernen im Fachunterricht : Aktuelle Entwicklungen, Gegenstände und Prozesse. Michael, A., Michael, B., Christion, H. & Poldi, K. (eds.). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 55-74 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Digitale Transformation (fremd)sprachlicher Lehr-Lernprozesse und der Bildungsauftrag im Fach
Vogt, K. & Schmidt, T., 2021, Fachliche Bildung und digitale Transformation - Fachdidaktische Forschung und Diskurse: Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik 2020. Maurer, C., Rincke, K. & Hemmer, M. (eds.). Regensburg: Universität Regensburg, p. 40-43 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- Published
Digitale Transformation im Fremdsprachenunterricht und dessen Bildungsauftrag
Vogt, K. & Schmidt, T., 2021, Fachliche Bildung und digitale Transformation - Fachdidaktische Forschung und Diskurse: Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik 2020. Maurer, C., Rincke, K. & Hemmer, M. (eds.). Regensburg: Universität Regensburg, p. 44-47 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review