Prof. Dr. Engelbert Thaler ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Didaktik des Englischen an der Universität Augsburg. Seine über 650 wissenschaftlichen Publikationen befassen sich mit Verbesserung der Unterrichtsqualität, Lehrer:innenausbildung, Medien- und Literaturdidaktik, interkulturellem Lernen, Entwicklung von Lehrwerken.

Contents

Engelbert Thaler
Introduction

A. Theory

Engelbert Thaler
Transhumanism in Language Teaching

Roman Bartosch
Lessons in Relatability. Posthumanism and Literacy Learning

Klaus Bredl
Transhumanism – More Than Human?

B. Methodology

Werner Delanoy
Quo Vadis Humankind?. Transhumanism, Posthumanism and Language Education

Peter Hohwiller
John Lanchester's The Wall in the Advanced Language Classroom

Arthur Haberlach
"Forever Young! I Want to Be Forever Young!". Teaching Yuval Noah Harari's Homo Deus

Nicolina Pullmann
Gender Identities in the Age of Transhumanism. Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence Among Advanced Learners in Game of Thrones

Stephanie Fuchs
Please, Download Your Identity Here. Transhumanism and the Concept of Identity as Promising Topics for EFL Classrooms

C. Lessons

Ben Maré Dutschmann
The Concept of Transhumanism

Katharina Stark
Transhumanism in Films

Lorenz Körner
Transhumanism and Religion

Ben Maré Dutschmann
Human Enhancement

Contributors