ETE - English Teacher Education

Find here our research foci, current projects, upcoming events, and recent publications. 

The ETE department is involved in cutting-edge research, which is important because our research not only improves the subject of foreign language pedagogy, but also informs our teaching here at the university. Below, you can find an overview of the research projects that influence the courses and topics we teach. The broad range of topics and methodologies ensures that students not only receive an extensive insight into developments in the field, but also can choose amongst course topics that are most interesting and relevant to them. 

The current research projects focus on:
•    how diversifying ideas of culture affect the way we think and teach (socio-/sub-)cultures in the English language classroom and beyond (Lotta König)
•    how fictional texts can be taught to analyze, engage with and reflect on aspects of diversity in the texts, their contexts, and learners’ lives (Lotta König),
•    how cultural issues are negotiated in moments of mediating between or communicating in (un-)familiar languages (Lotta König)
•    how English as a Global Language affects views on teaching English at school (Carolin Zehne, Peter Schildhauer),
•    what happens in the classroom when cooperative learning is put into practice (Peter Schildhauer),
•    how big data and algorithms can and should be addressed and used in ELT (Peter Schildhauer),
•    how a portfolio can be developed and integrated to chart children’s language-learning progress, to foster self-assessment skills and to help children transition from a bilingual primary to a secondary school (Manon Greenyer-Schüler, Patricia Skorge and Carolin Zehne),
•    how teachers understand the definition and implementation of critical literacies in their language classrooms (Eleni Louloudi),
•    how to combine analog (e.g., picturebooks) and digital (e.g., social media) materials to work towards (student-centered) social justice practices with prospective English teachers (Eleni Louloudi),
•    how young adult dystopian TV series and films can facilitate bilingual teaching in pedagogics (Sandra Winkelmann).