Prof. Dr. Torben Schmidt
Professor of English Didactics
Institute of English Studies
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Prof. Dr. Torben Schmidt
Universitätsallee 1, C5.135
21335 Lüneburg
Fon +49.4131.677-2616
Fax +49.4131.677-2666
torben.schmidt@leuphana.de
Universitätsallee 1, C5.135
21335 Lüneburg
Fon +49.4131.677-2616
Fax +49.4131.677-2666
torben.schmidt@leuphana.de
Prof. Dr. Torben Schmidt is Professor of English Didactics at the Institute of English Studies at Leuphana University Lüneburg. His fields of interest are foreign language learning and the digital media, self-directed learning and project work in the EFL classroom, teaching EFL in elementary schools, drama in education, and the teaching of listening and speaking.
Vita
Education, Employment, and Positions
- winter term 2016/2017: visiting scholar at the University College of Teacher Education in Vienna
- since Jan 2012: Prof. of English Didactics at Leuphana University Lüneburg
- Apr 2011 - Jan 2012: Prof. (Jun.-Prof.) of English Didactics at Leuphana University Lüneburg
- summer term 2010: visiting scholar at the Saint Mary's University in Halifax (Canada)
- Dec 2008 – Mar 2011: associate, Giessen International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)
- Jan 2007 – Apr 2008: research assistant, M.A. "E-LINGO – Teaching languages to young learners", Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany
- Jun 2004 – Apr 2007: doctoral research project, topic of dissertation: "Gemeinsames Lernen mit Selbstlernsoftware – Eine empirische Analyse lernprogrammgestützter Partnerarbeitsphasen im Unterricht der Klasse 7" (Cooperative learning with language learning software), (advisor: Prof. Dr. Michael K. Legutke, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany), (graduation with highest honour)
- Jan 2003 – Jun 2006: research assistant, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- Oct 2002 – Jun 2004: postgraduate studies, English Literature and Linguistics, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (graduation with distinction)
- Oct 1998 – Jun 2002: teacher training studies, English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Psychology, Educational Sciences, first state examination, teaching degree for secondary schools, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (graduation with distinction)
Fellowships and Awards
- 2016: Forschungspreis Best Fundraiser der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
- 2015: Deutschland Land der Ideen - Ausgezeichneter Ort 2015 für das Projekt "Going Green"
- 2013: Piepho-Preis für Ideen im kommunikativen Fremdsprachenunterricht – Sonderpreis der Jury für das US Election 2012 School Project, gemeinsam mit Joannis Kaliampos und dem gesamten Projektteam
- 2012: Prize for innovative teaching by the Leuphana University
- Oct 2008 – Mar 2011: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Association of InterdisciplinaryResearch in the Field of Cultural Techniques and their Medialisation, funded by the Ministry of Science and Art, Federal State of Hesse, Germany
- Oct 2007 – Dec 2007: Junior Research Fellow at the InternationalGraduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, Member of the Graduate Centre
- Oct 2007: Hans Eberhard Piepho Price 2007 for the dissertation thesis
- Jul 2004 – Jun 2006: Doctoral Fellowship, Centre of Teacher Educationand Educational Research (ZLF), Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
- Oct 2004: Runner Up, Competition Best School Lesson 2004 in Germany, Award established by 'Teachers Online' and the German Ministry of Science and Education
- Mar 2003: Runner Up, Competition "Die Klasse Lösung" (Designing a concept for the integration of computers in the foreign language classroom), Educational Fare, Nurenberg
Current professional and academic association memberships
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGFA)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung / German Society for Foreign Language Research
- Englisch und Mehrsprachigkeit, English and Multilingualism (German Association)
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
Committees
- Member of the Advisory Board of "The English Academy" (since 2008)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Praxis Englisch" (2010-1015)
- Member of the Editorial Board of "American Studies Journal" (since 2013)
- Member of the Senate Commission "Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs der Leuphana Universität" (2011-2016)
- Member of the Research Commission of the Faculty of Education (2012-2016)
- Member of the Academic Commission of the Faculty of Education (since 2016)
- Co-founder and member of the management team of Zukunftzentrum Lehrerbildung (since 2013)
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