Research & Projects
My projects connect sociolinguistics with English teacher education. This page brings together my current networks and research projects, my publications and my talks.
Projects
PI marks projects I lead, Co-PI projects I lead together with partners.
Networks and collaborations
Language Teacher Identity Research Group
I initiated an international research network that connects scholars working on identity in the professionalization of foreign language teachers. Monthly meetings and invited talks keep the exchange going.
- Two-day international hybrid LTI Symposium at Paderborn University in November 2025, with 110 participants, organized with D. Keatinge
- Joint colloquia, including the SLTED Conference 2026 in Edinburgh and AAAL 2027 in Atlanta
- Next LTI Symposium at Leipzig University in November 2027
Internationalization of the Praxissemester
Together with Prof. Dr. M. Adams and Prof. Dr. M. Devereaux, I designed an international practical semester, a six-month school internship, for English teacher education students at Paderborn University and the Bagwell College of Education, Kennesaw State University (USA).
- Six-month stays with school-based practical training in the USA and Germany
- 15 internationally mobile students supported so far
- Four one-week exchange and professional development visits in Germany and the USA so far
- Close collaboration with the Professional School of Education (PLAZ) and partner schools in Paderborn
Classroom Linguistics
With Dr. P. Meer (University of Münster) I coordinate a Germany-wide research network at the intersection of applied linguistics, English linguistics and language education.
- Interdisciplinary exchange on educational linguistics and linguistics in (foreign) language education
- Network meetings in Münster and Paderborn; a third meeting is planned for late 2026
- Presentation of the group at the Anglistiktag 2025 in Essen
- ISLE Research Forum with network members (speakers: Marcus Callies, Michelle Devereaux, Sender Dovchin; December 2026)
Research projects
Identity Formation in Language Teacher Professionalization: A Cross-Linguistic Study
Together with S. Melo-Pfeifer (University of Hamburg), I model language teacher identity empirically and from a cross-linguistic perspective. We identify the key dimensions and relations in professional identity construction and what they mean for teacher professionalization and language education.
Language Ideologies in a Multiethnic Community
Extending my earlier work on language regard in South Florida, I study language ideologies in a multicultural and multilingual U.S. context. I analyse transcribed interviews with qualitative coding (MAXQDA) and variationist methods, including relationships with gender, ethnicity, language biography and age.
Linguistics of Teaching (working title)
My habilitation project connects linguistic and language-education perspectives in the school context. It combines theoretical linguistics and empirical methods with questions of teacher professionalization and classroom practice: speech act theory, sociolinguistic variation, mapping and linguistic landscapes, language teacher identity and Global Englishes Language Teaching.
Language Teacher Identity (LTI) and Language (Teacher) Attitudes
With D. Keatinge (Paderborn University) I investigate how language teacher identity and language attitudes develop during teacher education. A quantitative pre-post questionnaire design is complemented by qualitative narratives; the focus is on attitudes towards English in relation to German and other languages, and towards varieties of English.
Completed
Teaching and Research Collaboration with the University of Alberta, Canada
Part of We CAN VirtuOWL (DAAD and BMBF), with D. Keatinge (Paderborn University) and Dr. W. Dunn (University of Alberta). Research focused on student feedback and the didactic development of materials for intercultural teaching contexts.
mittelalt & literarisch
Educational podcast series on the language and literature of the Middle Ages, with Prof. G. Herchert (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Dr. K. Winter (University of Münster).
Arbeitsstelle für Edition und Editionstechnik
Digital processing of the Platen private archive and creation of a corpus of (Early) New High German, with the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Leibniz Institute for the German Language, Mannheim, directed by Prof. G. Herchert and Dr. B. Fisseni.
Partner schools
Schools and networks in Paderborn and the USA that work with my teacher education projects.
- Edith-Stein-BerufskollegPaderborn
- Friedrich-Spee-GesamtschulePaderborn
- Gesamtschule ElsenPaderborn
- Goerdeler-GymnasiumPaderborn
- Grundschule KaukenbergPaderborn
- Grundschule ThunePaderborn
- Pelizaeus-GymnasiumPaderborn
- Reismann-GymnasiumPaderborn
- Städtisches Gymnasium DelbrückDelbrück
- Fachverbund EnglischPaderborn
- Marietta City SchoolsGeorgia, USA
Publications
Sorted by category, unpublished work first. Filter by category or year; the BibTeX export contains every entry.
37 publications
38 entries
Monographs and edited volumes
submitted
Englischdidaktik an beruflichen Schulen
von Elbwart, K. Narr Studienbücher. Narr.
submitted
What to Keep Human: A Language Teacher’s Guide to Generative AI
Kavakli Ulutas, N. and von Elbwart, K. In Practice Series. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
under contract
Reframing Language Teacher Identity: Globalization, Multilingualism, and AI
von Elbwart, K. and Keatinge, D. Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching Series. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
in print
English Language Education in Times of Global Changes
von Elbwart, K. and Hohwiller, P. (eds.). KFU Kolloquium Fremdsprachenunterricht. Berlin: Peter Lang.
2023
Beackerte Felder: Kultur, Bildung, Erinnerung. Gaby Herchert zum 65.
von Elbwart, K., Fisseni, B., Winter, K. and Wodtke, E. (eds.). Perspektiven des Regionalen, Band 1. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag.
2020
Language Regard in the Sunshine State: Floridian Perspectives on Language Ideologies and Linguistic Variation
von Elbwart, K. Trier: WVT.
2014
Language Choice in Children’s Animated TV Shows
von Elbwart, K. Florida Atlantic University. MA thesis.
Articles
submitted
Language choices and ideological dilemmas in TESOL contexts
von Elbwart, K. TESOL Quarterly. Wiley.
submitted
Language in motion: Transforming intercultural learning through linguistic landscapes in Germany and Canada
von Elbwart, K. Linguistic Landscapes. John Benjamins.
in preparation
Visualizing the native speaker
Melo-Pfeifer, S. and von Elbwart, K.
in print
“I need to make sure that we focus on British and American English”: Language attitudes as a crucial factor to construct LTI in pre-service TESOL professionals
von Elbwart, K. and Keatinge, D. Anglistik 1/2027.
in print
Classroom Linguistics: Bridging linguistics and English language education in Germany
Meer, P. and von Elbwart, K. Anglistik 1/2027.
in print
Self-confidence and reflexivity: The educational potential of visual narratives in adult education
Melo-Pfeifer, S. and von Elbwart, K. Hessische Blätter für Volksbildung. Special issue “Visuelle Narrative in der Erwachsenenbildung”, edited by Birte Egloff and Timm Feld.
2025
The spread of the English language: Das Englische als globales Phänomen
von Elbwart, K., Hartmann, J. and Schildhauer, P. Grundschule Englisch. Friedrich Verlag.
2022
English only? Multilingualism in EFL classrooms
von Elbwart, K. Praxis Englisch 03/2022, 44–46.
2022
Painting America: Fostering visual literacy through art to teach US-American history and culture in EFL classrooms
von Elbwart, K. and Alfes, L. F&E Edition 27: Teaching the United States: Past, Present and Future Visions, 23–34. PH Vorarlberg.
2021
Speaking Singlish: A legacy of Singapore’s colonialism?
von Elbwart, K. Praxis Englisch 4/2021, 44–46.
2021
Welcome to Miami, bienvenido a Miami: Showcasing Florida to teach linguistic and cultural diversity in the EFL classroom
von Elbwart, K. Praxis Englisch 1/2021, 44–46.
Articles in edited volumes
in print
Designing Global Englishes Language Teaching materials: Challenges across the curriculum
Schildhauer, P. and von Elbwart, K. In: von Elbwart, K. and Hohwiller, P. (eds.), English Language Education in Times of Global Changes. KFU Kolloquium Fremdsprachenunterricht. Peter Lang.
in print
The “Global” in English language education
von Elbwart, K. and Hohwiller, P. In: von Elbwart, K. and Hohwiller, P. (eds.), English Language Education in Times of Global Changes. KFU Kolloquium Fremdsprachenunterricht. Peter Lang.
2026
Assessing attitudes towards the use of Englishes in pre-service teacher education
von Elbwart, K. and Keatinge, D. In: Reckermann, J. and Römhild, R. (eds.), Global Englishes Language Teaching in Germany: Perspectives on Research, Teacher Education, and Classroom Practice. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.
2023
Developing language teacher identity and leadership skills in intercultural learning environments
von Elbwart, K. and Keatinge, D. In: Reinders, H. (eds.), Language Teacher Leadership: Insights from Research and Practice, 209–228. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2023
Introduction
von Elbwart, K., Fisseni, B. and Winter, K. In: von Elbwart, K., Fisseni, B., Winter, K. and Wodtke, E. (eds.), Beackerte Felder: Kultur, Bildung, Erinnerung. Gaby Herchert zum 65. Perspektiven des Regionalen, Band 1. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag.
2023
Podcasts in higher education: mittelalt & literarisch
von Elbwart, K., Winter, K. and Keidel, M. In: von Elbwart, K., Fisseni, B., Winter, K. and Wodtke, E. (eds.), Beackerte Felder: Kultur, Bildung, Erinnerung. Gaby Herchert zum 65. Perspektiven des Regionalen, Band 1. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag.
2022
A view from the Sunshine State: Mapping perceptions and language ideologies in Florida
von Elbwart, K. In: Ronan, P. and Ziegler, E. (eds.), Language, Migration and Identity, 23–49. Oxford: Peter Lang.
2022
Teaching Language Internationally: Knowledge transfer in a German-Canadian teaching project in teacher education
von Elbwart, K. and Keatinge, D. In: Harmening, A. L., Leinfellner, S. and Meier, R. (eds.), Wissenstransfer als Aufgabe, Herausforderung und Chance kulturwissenschaftlicher Forschung. Interdisziplinäre Studien des Paderborner Graduiertenzentrums für Kulturwissenschaften, 201–229. Darmstadt: wbg academic.
2015
Mord am Hofe. Literarische Verarbeitung der Königsmarckaffäre
von Elbwart, K. In: Cölfen, H., Helmer, K. and Herchert, G. (eds.), Aller Ehre werth und nicht leicht zu ersetzen: Adel, Hof und Höflichkeit. Symposion der AEET in Hansühn am 21.02.2014, 91–104. Duisburg: Univ.-Verl. Rhein-Ruhr.
n.d.
„Wer Jubiläen feiert, erinnert sich.“
von Elbwart, K., Burovikhina, V. and Winter, K. In: Cölfen, H., Helmer, K. and Herchert, G. (eds.), Aller Ehre werth und nicht leicht zu ersetzen: Feste, Feiern, Jubiläen, 13–36. Duisburg: Univ.-Verl. Rhein-Ruhr.
Teaching materials
2025
Introducing Global Englishes with young learners
von Elbwart, K., Hartmann, J. and Schildhauer, P. Grundschule Englisch. Friedrich Verlag.
2023
“Sabotaged Pipelines and a Mystery: Who Did It? (Was it Russia?)” A look at international conflicts and ecological challenges
von Elbwart, K. Englisch betrifft uns 1/2023.
2022
Taking a bite out of the Big Apple: A jeopardy quiz about New York
von Elbwart, K. Englisch betrifft uns 1/2022.
2021
Analyzing a cartoon about cultural diversity and systemic racism in the US. A written exam
von Elbwart, K. Englisch betrifft uns 4/2021, 23–26.
2021
Code-switching: Expressing identity and belonging through language. A written exam
von Elbwart, K. Englisch betrifft uns 5/2021, 23–26.
2021
Of monasteries, hotels, and mansions: Tracking down Spanish architecture in Florida
von Elbwart, K. Praxis Englisch 06/2021, 39–46.
2021
Teaching vocabulary with superheroes: A word search puzzle
von Elbwart, K. and Moisich, O. Englisch betrifft uns 4/2021.
Online publications
2022
A practice report on Teaching Language Internationally in Germany and Canada
Keatinge, D., von Elbwart, K. and Dunn, B. International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) 2021 Conference Proceedings.
2020
A writers’ conference: Improving students’ academic writing skills, or: The writing conference in higher education
von Elbwart, K. Lehrwerkstatt online. Center for University Quality Development, University of Duisburg-Essen.
2020
mittelalt und literarisch. Podcast series on the language and literature of the Middle Ages
von Elbwart, K., Herchert, G. and Winter, K. University of Duisburg-Essen.
Talks
Invited talks and a selection of peer-reviewed conference papers, newest first.
67 talks and presentations
- Peer-reviewed presentations42
- Invited talks13
- Other presentations12
Invited talks
March 2027
Beyond the Native Speaker: Language Teacher Identity in Global Englishes
Guest lecture, University of Cyprus, Nicosiaupcoming
December 2026
Unlocking Languages! Sprachsensibler Englischunterricht an beruflichen Schulen
Online seminar, Ernst Klett Verlagupcoming
June 2026
Many Englishes, One Classroom? Global Englishes in Language Education
Guest lecture, University of Würzburg
May 2026
Multilingualism and Classroom Language(s)
Global Englishes Lecture Series, Universities of Münster and Bonn
May 2026
Native speakerism: The need to question the (standard) norm
Global Englishes Lecture Series, Universities of Münster and Bonn
March 2026
Language teacher identity in the first stage of teacher education
Guest lecture with the MonISLA research group, Université de Montréal, Canada
September 2025
KI-sensibler Fremdsprachenunterricht
Netzwerktagung Englisch, Ernst Klett Verlag, Leipzig
September 2025
Language-Aware English Teaching at Vocational Schools With and Without AI: Potential and Practical Impulses
Fremdsprachentag 2025, Englisch und Mehrsprachigkeit NRW
September 2024
Language matters! Sprachsensibler Unterricht am Berufskolleg
Fremdsprachentag 2024, Englisch und Mehrsprachigkeit NRW
July 2024
Teaching Linguistics Idea Swap
Workshop with Dr. Lynn Santelmann (Portland State University), Linguistic Society of America (LSA), 15 July and 28 October 2024
August 2022
Multilingualism in vocational education
Fremdsprachentag 2022, Englisch und Mehrsprachigkeit NRWcancelled
September 2021
Spanglish, migration and the world of work? Using Florida to teach linguistic and cultural diversity in vocational schools
Fremdsprachentag 2021, Englisch und Mehrsprachigkeit NRW
December 2020
From lecture hall to lecture hall? Career paths in academia
Orientation event, UDE Mentoring GeiWi program, University of Duisburg-Essen
Conference papers (peer-reviewed, selection)
June 2027
From Association to Risk: How German Business Media Frame Partnership Spillover in the Familienunternehmer-AfD Controversy
with M. Ehrl. International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UKsubmitted
March 2027
Drawing Linguistic Biographies: Tracing the Professional Becoming of (Multilingual) Language Teachers in Germany
with S. Melo-Pfeifer. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Atlanta, Georgia, USAaccepted
2027
What’s next, GELT? A future workshop on Global Englishes Language Teaching
with P. Meer. Future workshop and panel, German Association for Foreign Language Research (DGFF), Göttingensubmitted
2027
Important, influential, invisible? Multilingualism in the professional identity development of English teachers and teacher educators
with H. Niesen. German Association for Foreign Language Research (DGFF), Göttingensubmitted
September 2026
From the multilingual individual to the multilingual teacher? Linking linguistic and professional biographies of foreign language teachers in Germany
with S. Melo-Pfeifer. German Association for Applied Linguistics (GAL), Lüneburg
September 2026
Global Englishes, language attitudes and identity: Pre-service teachers constructing their language teacher identities in a foreign language learning context
with D. Keatinge. SLTED Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
April 2026
Analyzing language ideologies to counteract linguistic discrimination in TESOL contexts
with D. Keatinge. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, Illinois, USA
January 2026
“This course helped in developing an international view on how to teach language.” Constructing language teacher identity in a COIL setting
with D. Keatinge. Fremdsprachendidaktisches Forschungskolloquium, Leibniz University Hannover
June 2025
“It is my job to teach students English how it should be – and that is either British or American English”: Analyzing language choices to counteract linguistic discrimination in TESOL contexts
with D. Keatinge. Integrating Critical Anti-Racist Pedagogies into Language Teacher Education Conference, online
March 2025
“It’s not correct English!” Attitudes towards outer circle varieties of English in teacher education
with D. Keatinge. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, Colorado, USA
January 2025
Designing Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT) materials
with P. Schildhauer. 2nd Classroom Linguistics SIG meeting, Paderborn
2025
Language in motion: Transforming intercultural learning through linguistic landscapes in Germany and Canada
Linguistic Landscapes 16, Essen
2025
When linguistics meets English language education: Classroom linguistics in Germany
with P. Meer. Anglistiktag 2025, Essen (workshop)
2025
“I need to make sure that we focus on British and American English”: Attitudes towards Englishes in pre-service TESOL professionals
with D. Keatinge. Anglistiktag 2025, Essen
October 2024
Designing Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT) materials: Challenges across the curriculum
with J. Hartmann and P. Schildhauer. 2nd Annual ELINET Conference “Global Voices, Local Impact: Education, Language, and Diversity”, Brazil
May 2024
The development of language teacher identity in an online international learning environment
with B. Dunn and D. Keatinge. 12th International Language Teacher Education Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
December 2023
Teaching Language Internationally
Project presentation, HRK Advance thematic conference “Internationalization of Teaching: Governance & Practice of Virtual Mobility and Lived Multilingualism”, online
September 2023
Visualizing linguistic borderlands: Perceptual dialectology in (foreign) language education
German Association for Foreign Language Research (DGFF), Freiburg
September 2023
Language teacher identity across borders? Identity construction in international learning environments in teacher education
with D. Keatinge. German Association for Foreign Language Research (DGFF), Freiburg
May 2023
“Them character been face with a life-changing decision.” Assessing attitudes towards non-standard varieties of English in teacher education
with D. Keatinge. Global Englishes Language Teaching Symposium, Münster
March 2023
The construction of language teacher identity in an online collaborative learning environment for pre-service teachers
with B. Dunn and D. Keatinge. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, Oregon, USA
I give talks in English and German on Global Englishes in the classroom, language attitudes, language teacher identity and language-aware teaching at vocational schools.
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