Werner Hüllen

Werner cases (* 17th October 1927 in Cologne , † 13. April 2008 in Dusseldorf ) was last Emeritus Professor of English Literature / Linguistics and Theory of foreign language education at the University-Polytechnic Essen (now University of Duisburg-Essen ). He published around 350 works, including almost 30 books, on a wide variety of topics, particularly in the fields of applied linguistics , foreign language research ( foreign language didactics and language teaching research ), intercultural communication , the history of methods in foreign language teaching and reflection on language in general. In addition, he was particularly involved in (foreign language-related) science policy, the promotion of young talent and in the exchange of knowledge between theory and teaching practice.

Life

Hüllen spent his childhood and youth in Cologne. After military service and imprisonment in France, he studied English, German and philosophy at the University of Cologne from 1946 to 1952. In 1951 he did his doctorate in Cologne with Richard Alewyn with a dissertation on the expressionist poet Theodor Däubler . 1952–1953 he was lecturer for German at the German Department of the University of Birmingham (UK), from 1953 to 1963 in high school service (mainly) in Düsseldorf. From 1963 to 1973 he was professor for English language and literature at the Pedagogical University in Neuss (later part of the Pedagogical University of Rhineland and the University of Düsseldorf). In 1973 he was appointed to the chair of Applied Linguistics / English and teaching of English at the University of Trier appointed in 1977 to the Chair of English / Linguistics and Theory of foreign language education at the University-Essen University (now University of Duisburg-Essen). In 1985 he was visiting professor at the Institute for English and American Philology at the University of Vienna , and from 1990 to 1991 visiting professor at the University of Leipzig . In 1993, Hüllen retired. He died on April 13, 2008 in his home town of Düsseldorf.

Act

Hüllen's ten years as a high school teacher shaped his pedagogical as well as didactic skills and later also made him see foreign language teaching as a complex that was shaped by a variety of interacting factors . While his publications in the 1960s still mainly dealt with literary studies, foreign language didactic, especially language didactic publications only gained the upper hand from the 1970s. Initially (1971) he primarily referred to the linguistic theories of linguistic structuralism ; but soon (from 1973) his linguistic approach broadened and included more and more pragmalinguistic and interaction- analytical factors of human communication. From this time on, Hüllen's work focus shifted from foreign language didactics to empirical foreign language teaching and learning research , i.e. research into the interaction of specific teaching and learning processes in the complex set of conditions of foreign language teaching, as well as the history of methods of foreign language teaching .

In addition to this scientific work, Hüllen's association activities are also noteworthy. Since 1970 he has been involved in the General Association of German Philologists (later Professional Association of Modern Foreign Languages), whose magazine Neusprachliche Mitteilungen published from 1972 to 1982. From 1981, together with colleagues from foreign language teaching and learning research (in short: language teaching research), he established the annual spring conference on research into foreign language teaching, which takes place at Rauischholzhausen Castle . The initiative for the German Society for Foreign Language Research (DGFF) emerged from their group in 1988 , which he founded in 1989 with colleagues from foreign language didactics and language teaching research and of which he was the founding chairman until 1992; He was also responsible for shaping the DGFF's publication organ, the journal for foreign language research , for many years. He was also President of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas from 1992 to 2002 .

Research priorities

Hüllen's research interests were broad. Be highlighted primarily foreign language teaching and methods history of foreign language teaching , intercultural communication , word formation , technical languages , text linguistics , semiotics and history of linguistic theory .

Book publications

Hüllen, W., Rossi, W. & Christopeit, W. (Ed.): Contemporary American Poetry. An introduction to American literature review with texts and interpretations. Frankfurt: Hirschgraben, 1960, 3rd edition 1969.
Hüllen, W., Meller, H. & Nyszkiewicz, H. (ed.): Contemporary English poetry. Introduction to the English literature review with interpretations . Vol. 1: Poetry (Meller), Vol. 2: Prose (Hüllen), Vol. 3: Drama (Nyszkiewicz). Frankfurt: Hirschgraben, 2nd edition 1971.
Hüllen, W .: Linguistics and English lessons. Heidelberg: Quelle and Meyer, 1971, 2nd edition 1973 under the title: Linguistics and English Lessons 1 , 3rd edition 1976.
Hüllen, W. (Ed.): Neuss lectures on foreign language didactics. Berlin: Cornelsen-Velhagen and Klasing, 1973.
Hüllen, W .: Linguistics and English lessons 2 . Heidelberg: Quelle and Meyer, 1976.
Hüllen, W. et al. (Coordinating committee in the DFG focus 'Language teaching research') (Ed.): Language teaching and language learning research. An interim balance. Kronberg: Librarian, 1977.
Hüllen, W., Christ, H. et al. (Commission of the FMF) (Ed.): For the training and further education of foreign language teachers. Considerations for a curriculum. Berlin: Cornelsen-Velhagen & Klasing, 1978.
Hüllen, W. (Ed.): Didactics of English teaching. Darmstadt: Scientific Book Society, 1979.
Hüllen, W. (Ed.): Understanding Bilingualism. Frankfurt: Lang, 1979.
Hüllen, W. & Jung, L .: Language structure and language acquisition. Düsseldorf / Bern: Bagel / Francke, 1979.
Hüllen, W. & Schröder, K. (Ed.): Paul Hartig. Memoirs of a new philologist. Augsburg: Universität, 1981, 2nd edition 1983.
Hüllen, W. et al. (Coordinating committee in the DFG focus on 'Language teaching research') (Ed.): Language teaching and language learning research: Establishing a discipline. Tübingen: Narr, 1983.
Hüllen, W. & Schulze, R. (Ed.): Tempus, Time and Text. Heidelberg: Winter, 1985.
Hüllen, W .: English as a Foreign Language. Contributions to the theory of English teaching in German schools. Tübingen: Francke / UTB, 1987.
Hüllen, W. & Schulze, R. (Ed.): Understanding the Lexicon. Meaning, Sense and World Knowledge in Lexical Semantics. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1988.
Hüllen, W. "Their Manner of Discourse". Reflecting on language around the Royal Society. Tübingen: Narr, 1989.
Bausch, K.-R., Christ, H., Hüllen, W. & Krumm, H.-J. (Ed.): Handbook of foreign language teaching. Tübingen: Francke, 1989, 2nd edition 1991 (later editions without W. Hüllen).
Hüllen, W. (Ed.): Understanding the Historiography of Linguistics. Problems and Projects. Münster: Nodus, 1990.
Hüllen, W. (Ed.): The World in a List of Words. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1994.
Ahrens, R., Bald, W.-D. & Hüllen, W. (Ed.): Handbook of English as a Foreign Language. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1995.
Hüllen, W. & Law, V. (Eds.): Linguists and Their Diversions. A Festschrift for RH Robins on His 75th Birthday. Münster: Nodus, 1996.
Hoffmann, L., Kalverkämper, H. & Wiegand, HE, in connection with Galinski, Ch. & Hüllen, W. (eds.): Fachsprache. Languages for Special Purposes. An international handbook for language research and terminology science. An International Handbook of Special Languages and Terminology Research. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2 vols., 1998 and 1999.
Hüllen, W. English Dictionaries 800-1700. The Topical Tradition. Oxford: Clarendon, 1999, reprint (paperback) 2006.
Hüllen, W. Collected Papers on the History of Linguistic Ideas (ed. Von Isermann, MM). Münster: Nodus, 2002.
Hüllen, W. & Klippel, F. (Ed.): Holy and profane languages. Holy and Profane Languages. The beginnings of foreign language teaching in Western Europe. The Beginnings of Foreign Language Teaching in Western Europe. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz (on commission), 2002.
Hüllen, W. A History of Roget's Thesaurus. Origins, Development, and Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, reprinted in paperback 2005.
Hüllen, W. A short history of foreign language learning. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2005.
Hüllen, W. & Klippel, F. (ed.) With the collaboration of Sabine Doff: Languages of Education - Education through languages in Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005.

Magazine and series editions

1972 to 1982: Editor of the magazine Neusprachliche Mitteilungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. Berlin: Cornelsen.
1981 to 1989 (with Karl-Richard Bausch, Herbert Christ and Hans-Jürgen Krumm): Co-editor of the working papers of the [annual] spring conference on research into foreign language teaching . Series of manuscripts on language teaching research . 1981–1983: Heidelberg: Julius Groos; 1984–1989: Bochum: Brockmeyer.
1989 ff. (With Rainer Schulze): Editor of the book series Language in Performance LiP. Tübingen: Fool.
1989 to 2001: Co-editor of the journal for foreign language research . 1989–1997: Bochum: Brockmeyer; 1998: Hagen: ISL-Verlag; from 1999: Berlin: Pedagogical magazine publisher.
1993 to 2000: Co-editor of the book series Contributions to Foreign Language Research . 1993-1997: Bochum: Brockmeyer; 1998 Berlin and Munich: Langenscheidt; from 2000 Berlin: Pedagogical magazine publisher.
1995 ff .: co-editor of the book series Henry Sweet Society Studies in the History of Linguistics. Münster: Nodus.

Festschrift

Lörscher, Wolfgang & Schulze, Rainer (eds.): Perspectives on Language in Performance. Studies in Linguistics, Literary Criticism, and Language Teaching and Learning. To Honor Werner Hüllen On the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday (2 vols.). Tübingen: Narr, 1987 ( ISBN 3-87808-377-7 )

This two-volume commemorative publication reflects in its scope (over 1400 pages) the broad spectrum of Hüllen's research and publication areas.

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Baur, Rupprecht S. & Klippel, Friederike: "Werner Hüllen / October 17, 1927 - April 14, 2008". Journal for Foreign Language Research 19 (2008), no. 1, pp. 121–125.
Flood, John Flood: “Who says dictionaries are dull? To the language teacher Werner Hüllen on his eightieth ”. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 241, October 17, 2007, p. 41 (online at [1] ).
Klippel, Friederike & Quetz, Jürgen: “Werner Hüllen is celebrating his 80th birthday.” Journal for Foreign Language Research 18 (2007), no. 2, pp. 265–267.
Lörscher, Wolfgang & Schulze, Rainer: “Werner Hüllen. A biographical sketch “, in: Lörscher, W. & Schulze, R. (Ed.): Perspectives on Language in Performance. Studies in Linguistics, Literary Criticism, and Language Teaching and Learning. To Honor Werner Hüllen On the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday (2 vols.). Tübingen: Narr, 1987, pp. XV-XVIII.
Personal articles in Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar and Who is Who?

Web links

Literature by and about Werner Hüllen in the catalog of the German National Library
Website Werner Hüllen
Autobiographical commentary by W. Hüllen (PDF file; 554 kB)
Website of the University of Duisburg-Essen

personal data
SURNAME	Hüllen, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hüllen, Ernst Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German linguist (applied linguistics) and foreign language teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	October 17, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	April 13, 2008
Place of death	Dusseldorf