Carolin Zehne

Bielefeld University · Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, British and American Studies, Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Der Beitrag skizziert drei Phasen, in denen die Englischdidaktik vor und nach der UN-BRK auf Inklusionsansprüche reagiert hat. Es werden zentrale Prinzipien herausgearbeitet und kritisch beleuchtet, die in diesem bis zum Hamburger Abkommen 1964 zurückreichenden Diskurs betont werden (bspw. Maximierung von Lernzeit, Differenzierung u. a.). Als Ausbl...

Oftentimes, the promotion of scientifically gifted students in regular schools can constitute a great challenge for educators, the school system, as well as students themselves. The article introduces the Osthushenrich-Center for Giftedness Research (Osthushenrich-Zentrum für Hochbegabungsforschung an der Fakultät für Biologie, OZHB) at Bielefeld U...

Today’s learners of English will face the challenge of having to communicate with speakers of English from a variety of backgrounds in their future. The smallest fraction of their prospective interlocutors will be native speakers of well-known standard varieties such as British and American English. Researchers of different research paradigms have...

The aim of this article is to link English as a lingua franca (ELF) to inclusive teaching practices in English language teaching (ELT). It will be argued that the use of English as a lingua franca can provide another dimension to the language. This is particularly useful in the light of differentiation and individualization in open settings. Firstl...

Der Artikel arbeitet zunächst die Fachspezifik des übergreifenden Konzepts Forschendes Lernen im Fach Anglistik an der Universität Bielefeld heraus, indem einerseits auf fremdsprachendidaktische Forschungsthemen und andererseits auf das anglophone Paradigma Action Research (Aktions- bzw. Handlungsforschung) Bezug genommen wird. Darauf aufbauend wir...

Teacher attitudes towards ELF in Germany, beginnings of my PhD project

The following article presents a concept of a science club which was developed by two master's students as a part of their thesis and which has been developed and improved ever since. The extra-curricular concept emphasises pupils' individuality through focusing on problem based leaning, station learning, and mixed age groups. Having joined the clu...

With decreasing numbers of students pursuing a career in science (OECD, 2008), the call for educational reforms building a basis for an interest in science is great. Cooperation between schools and universities are an important aspect of these reforms, as they aim at sparking an interest in science (Robert Bosch Foundation, 2005). The Ministry of E...