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Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Engelbert Thaler for his continuous support and encouragement. Prof. Dr. Thaler has constantly provided an open door, offered insightful suggestions and endorsed my academic development. I am also very grateful to Prof. Dr. Christiane Fäcke for her valuable feedback and advice throughout the project. With her inestimable comments and questions she has repeatedly encouraged me to think further. Furthermore, I would like to acknowledge the important contributions of Prof. Dr. Katja Sarkowsky who has supervised my Zulassungsarbeit für das Staatsexamen [final thesis for student teachers at university in Germany] on Ugandan post-independence literature and offered valuable suggestions also for the present study. Further thanks go to Prof. Dr. Hubert Zapf as the third member of my dissertation committee for his time and thoughtful comments.

My gratitude is also directed to all colleagues in the Fremdsprachendidaktisches Forschungskolloquium [research colloquium of foreign language didactics] of Augsburg University and their thought-provoking impulses in discussions in Augsburg, Salzburg and Frauenwörth. Particular thanks go to my friends Dr. Parnaz Kianiparsa and Dr. Sara Vali for making themselves available as interraters in this project and always providing assistance and support. Furthermore, I am especially indebted to my friend Stephanie Bajor who always had an open ear and generously offered her opinions throughout this project.

I owe deep gratitude to the two English teachers and head teachers of the schools I conducted my study in and all the students participating in this research. Without their readiness to participate and their engaged involvement in the study, this project could not have been realised.

In addition, I want to thank all those who made my study stay in Uganda an enlightening and memorable experience: I am indebted to Augsburg University for granting me a scholarship, to the Ugandan writers I interviewed, i.e. Doreen Baingana, Violet Barungi, Beatrice Lamwaka, Dr. Aaron Mushengyezi, Glaydah Namukasa, Julius Ocwinyo, Oscar Ranzo, Rose Rwakasisi, for their readiness to answer my questions, and to the teachers and students at different schools in Uganda for sharing their experiences with Ugandan children’s fiction. Particular thanks go to Mrs Evangeline Barongo, the chair-person of UCWIA, for her great support during my stay in Uganda. Furthermore, I want to thank my many friends in Uganda who provide me with a home away from home whenever I visit.

I also want to extend thanks to Mr Robert Raabe for proofreading the whole work, the Graduate School GGS of Augsburg University for providing a support network and offering many interesting courses, Prof. Dr. Mehlhorn and Prof. Dr. Schramm and the participants of the DGFF Summer School 2014 for thought-provoking impulses. My gratitude also goes to colleagues in the field of Didactics of History, Miriam Hannig and Philipp Bernhard, for giving valuable ideas for this project from yet another perspective. Furthermore, I would like to acknowledge my sincere gratitude to VG Wort for its invaluable help in financing this work.

Finally, I am indebted to my family and friends (you know who you are), who have always supported me in my endeavours. Particular thanks go to my sister Katharina who has diligently read the complete draft of this thesis and provided me with insightful suggestions.