PrimaSCA: Global Englishes Language Teaching – Primary School Curricula Analysis

This project takes place with Dr. Mona Nishizaki (Uni Genua, Italien) and was financed via a fellowship of the University of Münster’s International Office in 2024. In this project, the researchers analysed six carefully selected primary school curricula for English in Germany regarding the extend they mirror GELT-oriented concepts. Based on a qualitative content analysis and a final scoring, the results allow a comparison of the diverging findings across content categories as well as across curricula.

Publications include:

Reckermann, J. & Nishizaki, M. (17.01.2025). Herkunftssprachen und Kulturverständnis im Englischunterricht der deutschen Grundschule – eine Lehrplananalyse. Vortrag auf der internationalen MEMO-Tagung, Universität Innsbruck, Österreich.

Reckermann, J. & Nishizaki, M. (16.11.2024). Starting Early with Global Englishes Language Teaching? A Curricular Analysis. Vortrag auf der TEFL9 Konferenz, Universität Nova, Lissabon, Portugal.

Nishizaki, M. & Reckermann, J. (26.10.2024). Starting GELT Early – An Analysis of Germany’s Primary School English Curricula. Vortrag auf der internationalen ELINET Tagung „Local Voices – Global Impact“, Federal University of Pará, Brasil. (Teilnahme online)