Dr. Sina Werner
Projects
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Leuphana Language Learning Innovation Lab – Interdisziplinäre Design-Werkstatt für zukunftsweisende Lehr- und Lernmaterialien
Torben Schmidt (Project manager, academic) , Sina Werner (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Publications
Journal contributions
- Exploring Collaborative Dialogue in Technology-Mediated Tasks: An Analysis of Technology-Related Episodes
Sina Werner (Author) , 01.10.2025 , in: CALICO Journal, 42, 3 , p. 502-526 , 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- “The Learning Process Is Mutual”: Connecting Student Teachers and In-Service Teachers in Intercultural Virtual Exchange
Sina Werner (Author) , Robert O’Dowd (Author) , 16.04.2025 , in: Social Sciences, 14, 4 , 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- The First Steps of Blended Mobility in European Higher Education: A Survey of Blended Intensive Programmes
Robert O'Dowd (Author) , Sina Werner (Author) , 01.11.2024 , in: Journal of Studies in International Education, 28, 5 , p. 798-817 , 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Task-in-Process in Breakout Rooms eines aufgabenbasierten Videokonferenzprojekts
Sina Werner (Author) , 01.06.2024 , in: Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lernen, 53, 1 , p. 101-119 , 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Digitalisierungsbezogene Kompetenzen von Lehrkräften – Eine Konkretisierung fächerübergreifender Kompetenzmodelle aus fremdsprachendidaktischer Perspektive
Anastasia Drackert (Author) , Can Küplüce (Author) , Sina Werner (Author) , 01.04.2022 , in: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht, 27, 1 , p. 261-283 , 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange
Gillian Martin (Author) , Breffni O'Rourke (Author) , Sina Werner (Author) , 21.10.2024 Berlin , p. 81-106 , 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- Digital language teaching after COVID-19: what can we learn from the crisis?
Sina Werner (Author) , Can Küplüce (Author) , 01.01.2021 Voillans , p. 296-301 , 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Task-Based Escape Games in Social Virtual Reality: Language Learning Through Shared Experience
Sina Werner (Speaker) , Gillian Martin (Speaker) , Breffni O'Rourke (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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The U.S. Embassy School Election Project - Entwicklung von Kompetenzen für eine demokratische Kultur
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) , Sina Werner (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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The U.S. Embassy School Election Project - Developing Competences of Democratic Culture in a Technology-Mediated TBLT Project
Sina Werner (Speaker) , Torben Schmidt (Coauthor)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Panel: “Navigating and Overcoming Challenges in Language and Language Teacher Education with Virtual Exchange: A Panel with Three Case Studies”
Sina Werner (Speaker)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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“Exploring Language in a Task-Based SVR Escape Game"
Sina Werner (Speaker)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
Courses
This course will be offered as an ERASMUS+Blended Intensive Program. This means that it will combine 1) online lectures, 2) international online collaboration in working groups between student teachers from across Europe (Spain, Finland, Netherlands, ...; 11 November 2024 - 10 January 2025) and 3) a one-week period at the University of León, Spain (9-14 December 2024), which will include the completion of project work and other events.
This seminar is dedicated to exploring innovative practices in foreign language teaching while promoting intercultural exchange and research-based learning. Participants will investigate new developments in language teaching and critically reflect on teaching traditions in their countries, exchanging experiences with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Through online lectures, discussions, and readings, participants will delve into key issues related to innovation in foreign language teaching. They will engage in discussions with student teachers from different European countries to explore innovative practices in language education. Additionally, participants will develop classroom activities and learning materials based on the course themes.
The seminar focuses on research methods relevant to investigating innovation in language education, including qualitative research, interview-based methods, design-based research, and action research.Participants will develop, implement, and research their teaching concepts and innovative practices in language education exploring the conditions, characteristics, and implementation of innovative teaching methods. The development of research projects will serve as a framework for this exploration.
Exemplary Research Questions:
• What are the key challenges and opportunities in implementing innovative language teaching methods in diverse educational settings?
• What is the impact of innovative teaching methods on language learning processes/outcomes?
• How are innovative language teaching practices perceived in different cultural contexts?
Possible Research Methods:
• Surveys or interviews with language teachers and learners
• Analysis of classroom interactions
• Observational studies of language teaching practices
This seminar is dedicated to exploring innovative practices in foreign language teaching while promoting intercultural exchange and research-based learning. Participants will investigate new developments in language teaching and critically reflect on teaching traditions in their countries, exchanging experiences with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Through online lectures, discussions, and readings, participants will delve into key issues related to innovation in foreign language teaching. They will engage in discussions with student teachers from different European countries to explore innovative practices in language education. Additionally, participants will develop classroom activities and learning materials based on the course themes.
The seminar focuses on research methods relevant to investigating innovation in language education, including qualitative research, interview-based methods, design-based research, and action research.Participants will develop, implement, and research their teaching concepts and innovative practices in language education exploring the conditions, characteristics, and implementation of innovative teaching methods. The development of research projects will serve as a framework for this exploration.
Exemplary Research Questions:
• What are the key challenges and opportunities in implementing innovative language teaching methods in diverse educational settings?
• What is the impact of innovative teaching methods on language learning processes/outcomes?
• How are innovative language teaching practices perceived in different cultural contexts?
Possible Research Methods:
• Surveys or interviews with language teachers and learners
• Analysis of classroom interactions
• Observational studies of language teaching practices
Since the publication of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment and its adaptation to the Bildungsstandards, language teachers have started to reconsider task orientated approaches and the role of the four skills as well as of mediation in the EFL classroom. In this seminar we will look at definitions of communicative and linguistic competence (competence models like the CEF) and then focus on assessment procedures as used in VERA 8 (Vergleichsarbeiten 8. Klasse) and other standardised tests of proficiency. The focus will be on both receptive and productive skills. We will also look at educational and political consequences of standard setting and centralised testing and portfolio assessment. Students will be introduced to methods of competence-oriented language teaching.