Research Projects
Click on the acronyms below to link to short descriptions of each of the projects. The acronyms refer to the project titles in German. Titles have been translated here into English and ordered thematically.
More detailed information on the projects can be found in our brochure as well in respective project publications.
Multilingualism in Regular Subject Lessons
MuM-Multi - Fostering language in multilingual mathematics classrooms - efficacy and effects of mono- and bilingual interventions
Follow-up project MuM-Multi II - Fostering language in multilingual mathematics classrooms - multilingual strategies of resident and newly arrived emergent bilinguals
BiPeer - Facilitating German reading skills among bilingual primary school children through peer learning
Follow-up project meRLe - Promoting reading skills in German via multilingual-sensitive reciprocal teaching in primary education
IMe - Performed multilingualism in drama and theatre-pedagogical settings in project work and subject lessons
Multilingualism and writing
Mehrschriftlichkeit - The interrelation between language abilities in the first and second languages and extra-linguistic factors
SchriFT - Writings skills in lower secondary school and the involvement of Turkish - An empirical study on the effects of promoting writing skills in subject lessons and in the heritage language Turkish
Follow-up project SchriFT II - Writing in subject-specific lower secondary education, with the inclusion of Turkish. An intervention study on the effectiveness of interdisciplinary and subject-specific writing support in cooperative learning settings
SimO - Writing skills in multilingual secondary schools. The effect of profiled revision tasks on written production of 6th grade students in the L1s German and Turkish and the L2 German
Follow-up project TimO - Text revision in multilingual secondary schools
Multilingualism and Foreign Language Learning
MEG-SKoRe - Multilingualism as a linguistic and cognitive resource in English language acquisition in primary school
Follow-up project MEG-SKoRe II - Multilingualism as a linguistic and cognitive resource in English language acquisition in primary school
Multilingualism and Language Awareness
Language Skills and Metalinguistic Awareness - Metalinguistic interactions in multilingual learning settings as a predictor of metalinguistic awareness and its relevance top the learning of German, foreign and heritage languages
Follow-up projects MehrSprachen (Many Languages) - An intervention study to enhance metalinguistic awareness and language skills among primary school children
Heritage Languages
Russian and Polish Heritage Language as a resource in the classroom - Investigating the role of school and family contexts for the use of heritage languages by students with a migration background
Follow-up project Language Awareness and Multilingualism - Developing a resource-oriented didactics for heritage and foreign language education with the example of Russian and Polish heritage speakers
Integration of Multilingualism in Educational Institutions
Collaborative Project GeLeGanz - Educational Success and Social Participation of Socially and Educationally Disadvantaged Students with Migration Background in Extended Education
MIKS - Multilingualism as a field of action in intercultural school development: An intervention study in primary schools
Follow-up project MIKS II - Dissemination of a professionalisation and school development concept in an age of new migration
IMKi - Effects of active integration of multilingualism in preschools
Multilingual Development from a Longitudinal Perspective
MEZ - Multilingual development: A longitudinal perspective
Folllow-up project MEZ II - Multilingualism in the transition from school to work