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Seminar (Fachdidaktik)
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3.02.480 - S Current Issues in ELT
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gehring
Tuesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 08/04/25)
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3.02.482 - S Teaching Advanced EFL Students
Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 08/04/25)
This class aims at providing an overview of what teaching advanced EFL classes (B1-B2+) actually involves in terms of lesson preparation and assessment strategies.
Using standardised tests as a starting point to sharpen one`s diagnostic skills, we shall then turn to different types of tasks designed to foster language learning and thus help pupils to reach a higher level on the CEFR scale. Due to the sheer scope of the various skills that need to be fostered in an average EFL classroom, we shall focus our attention on different learning and teaching materials in order to critically assess whether they are actually fit for purpose. Consequently, designing adequate worksheets, tests and online resources will be the next step in an effort to improve teaching skills and to develop proper units of work (rather than "spur of the moment" teaching). Criteria of successful EFL teaching - both from Germany and the UK - will be applied to all the products designed in class in order to enhance lesson planning expertise. As EFL teachers in Germany are expected to deliver the national (KMK standards) and the regional curriculum (KC Niedersachsen), a rigorous study of the documents in question is required.
Against the backdrop of dvelopments since the Pandemic, opportunities and limits of digital EFL teaching will be examined. Relevant reference needs to be studied in order to work on an expert view on the issue.
By the end of term participants are expected to
-sit two in-class assessments in the course of the term
-compose a 1500 word essay based on relevant literature
-take part in classroom discourse by providing comments and results from academic reading
-be able to critically examine lesson plans against the backdrop of the competence-based approach
All these skills shall be demonstrated and displayed in a portfolio which will be awarded a final grade. The two in-class (and ON CAMPUS!!!) assessments and the essay comprise said portfolio so that participants will receive their grade by the end of term.
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3.02.483 - S Teaching Literature in the Inclusive EFL Classroom
Tuesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 08/04/25)
Teaching literature in the EFL Classroom
Amongst the current generation of teaching professionals, the question whether literature – both with a capital and a small `l´- should be used in the EFL classroom is usually answered with a resounding “yes!”.
For years critics of the competence-based approach have been calling for literature to be re-established as a means of fostering an education that goes beyond a mere acquisition of a certain skill set. In our digital age the number of literary texts available online as well as the products emerging from the communication between readers, texts and authors open up new types of literary discourse and expression transcending age, nationality and educational background.
On the other hand, future teachers of English are bound to come across restrictions regarding their choice of literary works as well as the topics connected to them. German Abitur exams in particular require close scrutiny of the curriculum. Set texts and a variety of linguistic and analytical skills will be required to meet the assessment standards stipulated by the Ministry of Education.
From primary school through to the final years of secondary school and Abitur-level both extensive reading of literary texts as well as reading with a view of composing a piece of writing are expected to be fostered systematically.
The seminar aims at providing an overview of different literary texts, approaches and methods viable in the EFL classroom. Starting with visualisation techniques, story telling, scenic interpretation and creative writing participants are expected to get actively involved in classes by creating their own literary products and exchanging ideas about the viability of different didactic approaches.
Other than that, everyone will be required to provide short keynote presentations on a selection of topics connected to teaching literature.
Against the backdrop of current research in Didactics, participants are expected to analyse teaching and learning materials as well as (excerpts from) current textbooks for various age groups. Different approaches towards teaching literature will be explored.
The development of units of work and lesson plans will be informed by relevant theories of language learning and teaching and can be critically applied to a selection of tasks, resources and ideas for projects connected to teaching literature.
Lesson planning and the analysis of lessons involves
• realistic target setting,
• allowing for differentiation,
• an appropriate choice of materials and media
• as well as devising appropriate assessment strategies.
Schemes of work submitted by students will be put under close scrutiny by peers and the lecturer in order to determine their viability in the classroom. Ideally, concepts and strategies will be put into practice during subsequent internships.
As regards the submission of coursework as part of your final assessment, all participants are required to hand in a portfolio showing their ability to plan and reflect on lessons and schemes of work or tasks.
The first part of the portfolio is going to be composed on campus (cf. "schedule").
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3.02.485 - Prüfungsverwaltung: Module ang702 und ang713 im Fach Englisch
- Dr. Christian Kramer, he/him
The course times are not decided yet.
Diese Stud.IP Veranstaltung wird für die digitale Prüfungsanmeldung und -verwaltung der Mastermodule ang702 (M.Ed. Grundschule) und ang713 (M.Ed. Haupt-/Realschule) verwendet. Studierende der entsprechenden Masterstudiengänge müssen sich in dem Semester eintragen, in dem Sie das Modul belegen. Die Anmeldung zur Prüfung ist nur über diese Veranstaltung möglich!
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Project (Fachdidaktik oder Fachwissenschaften)
(Das Projekt kann einerseits im Rahmen des "Fachdidaktik"-Seminars oder andererseits im Rahmen eines weiteren Seminars "Fachwissenschaften" absolviert werden. ) |
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3.01.238 - Michel Foucault und die Literaturwissenschaft
- Prof. Dr. Anton Kirchhofer
- Prof. Dr. Urte Helduser
Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 09/04/25), Location: A01 0-005
Dates on Tuesday, 17.06.2025 18:00 - 20:00, Location: A01 0-007
Michel Foucaults Schriften zur Relation von Macht und Wissen, zur Subjektivierung, sein Diskursbegriff oder seine Theorie der Autorschaft haben die literaturwissenschaftliche Theoriebildung maßgeblich bestimmt und sind auch für die Analyse literarischer Texte produktiv gemacht worden. Das Seminar soll in Foucaults Historische Diskursanalyse einführen und ihre Anschlüsse für die literaturwissenschaftliche Analyse erproben. Dazu sollen im Seminar zunächst ausgewählte Schriften Foucaults behandelt werden und im Anschluss daran literarische Texte aus der Perspektive Foucaults gelesen werden.
Am 14.5. wird im Rahmen des Seminars ein Gastvortrag von Prof. Dr. Rob Mitchell (Duke University, USA) stattfinden.
Die folgenden Texte Michel Foucaults stehen (jeweils in Auszügen) auf dem Programm: 1. “Qu‘est-ce qu‘un auteur?“ / „Was ist ein Autor?“ / “What is an Author?“ (1969) 2. Histoire de la sexualité I: La volonté de savoir /Der Wille zum Wissen. Sexualität und Wahrheit I / History of Sexuality, Vol. 1 (1976) 3. Surveiller et Punir / Überwachen und Strafen / Discipline and Punish (1975) 4. Le Mots et les Choses / Die Ordnung der Dinge / The Order of Things (1966).
Dazu sollen die folgenden literarischen Texte sollen gelesen werden:
• Laurence Sterne: The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, [9 Vols.] (1759-67)
• Georg Büchner: Woyzeck (1836/37)
Das Seminar wird für Studierende der Anglistik und der Germanistik angeboten und soll auch die beiden Fächer mit einander ins Gespräch bringen. Das Seminar findet (weitgehend) auf Deutsch statt. Foucaults Texte können entweder auf Deutsch oder auf Englisch gelesen werden, ein Reader mit den entsprechenden deutschen und englischen Übersetzungen wird auf Stud.IP zur Verfügung gestellt.
Für die (vorbereitende) Lektüre von Sternes Tristram Shandy und Büchners Woyzeck werden folgende Ausgaben zur Anschaffung empfohlen:
• Laurence Sterne. Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman [1759-1767]. Ed. Melvyn New and Joan New. Penguin Classics 2003. (ISBN: 978-0-14-143977-8) (Germanistikstudierende können auch die folgende Übersetzung lesen: L.S.: Leben und Meinungen von Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Übersetzt von Otto Weith, Stuttgart: Reclam 2010, ISBN: 978-3-15-018711-1)
Bis Ende Mai ist die Kenntnis der ersten vier "Volumes" von Tristram Shandy verpflichtend.
• Georg Büchner: Woyzeck. Stuttgart: Reclam 2022 (ISBN: 978-3-15-014323-0)
Vorausgesetzt werden kontinuierliche Lektüre und regelmäßige Teilnahme an den Seminarsitzungen. Zur aktiven Teilnahme gehört außerdem die Einreichung von Lektüreprotokollen und Thesenpapieren.
Prüfungsart: Hausarbeit
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3.02.930 - S World Englishes
- Prof. Dr. Ronald Geluykens
Monday: 14:00 - 17:00, weekly (from 07/04/25)
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3.02.931 - S American English
- Prof. Dr. Ronald Geluykens
Monday: 17:00 - 20:00, weekly (from 07/04/25)
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3.02.950 - S Non-native English
- Prof. Dr. Marcel Schlechtweg
Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 09/04/25)
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3.02.951 - S Dual Language Development: Word Order Phenomena
- Dr. phil. Dobrinka Genevska-Hanke
Friday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 11/04/25)
This class deals with the development of English as one of more languages in the broad sense, from birth or successively. Since bilinguals seldom use their languages in a balanced way, different dominance patterns arise and change over the lifespan, including the forgetting of the first language, referred to as language attrition - a phenomenon induced by the acquisition of an L2. We will look at various developmental settings, different language phenomena in the domain of syntax and consider the impact of cross-linguistic differences on attrition, acquisition and processing. In addition, we will deal with language acquisition theory and its research methods. By the end of the term students will be able to give an elaborate description of the phenomena of bilingualism in question and the factors of influence involved but also conduct a small research project themselves.
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3.02.970 - S Imperialism and Malthusianism in Early Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Thursday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 10/04/25)
Objectives
In the course of this seminar, you will
- encounter early nineteenth-century (and some very late eighteenth-century) philosophical and economic texts dealing with the question of population.
- critically engage yourself with different forms and theories of imperialism and Malthusianism.
- explore the intersection between imperialism and Malthusianism in the Romantic period.
- discuss how Mansfield Park (1814) and The Last Man (1826) address imperialism and Malthusianism at the level of content, and you will analyse the formal and generic means through which these two novels negotiate questions of population.
- reflect on Malthusian afterlives.
- develop individual research questions related to the seminar’s topic.
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3.02.980 - S Married or Single? 19th-Century American Women's Fiction and the Politics of Marriage
- Priv.-Doz. Dr. Michaela Keck
Tuesday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 08/04/25)
Examining the preeminent women’s magazines, gift books and religious writings between 1820 and 1860, Barbara Welter notes that in 19th-century US-America, marriage was considered as a cultural imperative that was deemed necessary for women’s happiness (“Cult of True Womanhood” 158). Yet marriage not only meant the end of female chastity and innocence, but also of entering into a life of dependence upon her husband – who by law became her owner and she, the wife, his property. In contrast, slave women were denied the legal right to matrimony and commitment to their husbands since both were considered the slaveowner’s property all along. This seemingly straightforward social order regarding the marriage of Black and White women and the ways in which it determined their legal and socioeconomic status, however, was heavily contested, not least by women themselves. In fact, numerous women called for a critical reassessment of the cultural imperative of White matrimony, whereas enslaved Blacks fought for their emancipation, including the right to choose a husband and wife and enter into a legally sanctioned union. Accordingly, some women writers envisioned different ways of married and unmarried life; others insisted on their separate, sovereign selves and bodies within marriage; yet others called for racial commitment in marriage. This course concerns itself with the various contributions of nineteenth-century American women’s literature – Black and White – to the dynamic discourse about the institution of marriage.
Please read the following novels:
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Married or Single? (1857).
I highly recommend Deborah Gussmann’s 2015 edition with University of Nebraska Press (https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803271920/married-or-single/).
You can also download both volumes of the novel here:
Vol. 1: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510021218687&seq=1
Vol. 2: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951p00386684w&seq=7
Louisa May Alcott’s unfinished novel Diana & Persis (first edition 1978):
https://archive.org/details/dianapersis00alco/page/n139/mode/2up (you might have to sign up to archive.org first).
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Hagar’s Daughter (1901–1902): any affordable version will work. You can also read it online at: https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hopkins/hagar/hagar.html.
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3.02.990 - S American History on Film
- Prof. Dr. Martin Butler
- Rebecca Käpernick, M.A.
- Johanna Loos
Dates on Tuesday, 08.04.2025, Tuesday, 15.04.2025, Tuesday, 22.04.2025 14:00 - 16:00, Tuesday, 29.04.2025 14:00 - 18:00, Tuesday, 06.0, 5.2025, Tuesday, 13.05.2025 14:00 - 16:00, Tuesday, 20.05.2025, Tuesday, 27.05.2025, Tuesday, 03.06.2025, Tuesday, 10.06.2025 14:00 - 18:00, Tuesday, 17.06.2025 14:00 - 16:00, Tuesday, 01.07.2025, Tuesday, 08.07.2025 14:00 - 18:00 ...(more), Location: V03 2-A215, V03 0-D003, V03 0-D001
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