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)

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

  1. 2015
  2. Published

    Lesetechnik

    Schmidt, T., 2015, Sprachdidaktik: Erstsprache, Zweitsprache, Fremdsprache. Kilian, J. & Rymarczyk, J. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 1 p. (Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    Notting Hill Gate 1

    Schmidt, T. (ed.) & Edelhoff, C. (ed.), 2015, Braunschweig: Diesterweg. 264 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  4. Published

    Notting Hill Gate 1: Inklusions- und Fördermaterialien mit Audio-CD

    Schmidt, T. (ed.) & Edelhoff, C. (ed.), 2015, Diesterweg. 144 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  5. Published

    Notting Hill Gate 1: Workbook mit Lernsoftware und Audio-CD

    Schmidt, T. (ed.) & Edelhoff, C. (ed.), 2015, Diesterweg. 144 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  6. 2014
  7. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published
  9. 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

  10. Published

    Results from the U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2012

    Kaliampos, J. (ed.), 06.2014, In: American Studies Journal. 32, 58, 5 p., 06.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  11. Published

    Climate Challenge: An environmental video game to develop environmental competency

    Jones, R. D., 2014, In: Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht. Englisch. 48, 129, p. 32-37 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Games, culture and English - Bringing Digital Games and Gaming Culture into the EFL Classroom

    Jones, R. D. & Schmidt, T., 2014, In: Praxis Englisch. 6, p. 39-43 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation