LINGUIST List 21.2850 Thu Jul 08 2010 Confs: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Germany Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Julia Reitze, Freiburg Language Policy & Language Teaching Conference Message 1: Freiburg Language Policy & Language Teaching Conference Date: 07-Jul-2010 From: Julia Reitze <julia.reitzesli.uni-freiburg.de> Subject: Freiburg Language Policy & Language Teaching Conference E-mail this message to a friend Freiburg Language Policy & Language Teaching Conference Date: 14-Oct-2010 - 16-Oct-2010 Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Contact: Dr. Janina Leithold - Cünnen Contact Email: janina.cuennensli.uni-freiburg.de Meeting URL: http://www.sli-konferenz-mehrsprachigkeit.de/?&L=4 Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: The 2010 Topic: 'Multilingualism and Aspects of Intercultural and Transcultural Language Teaching' The topic for this year's conference originated from the (very) fact that the University of Freiburg in Germany is located almost directly at the borders to Switzerland and France. This geographical location brings with it the possibility for contact and exchange with the universities and other institutions of higher education in our neighbouring countries. This in turn provides an incentive to instructors and students in all three lands. An important goal here is to encourage mobility, particularly among students, and thereby increase cross-border, educational exchange. EUCOR (European Confederation of Upper Rhine Universities) has a central function in achieving this aim. When it comes to language policy, the Upper Rhine Region has long been seen as being multilingual. Numerous measures and projects have been initiated to promote the learning of the language spoken in the neighbouring country and to ensure that residents have the language competencies needed for the regional and European employment market. This same situation can be seen all across Europe. A glance at the borders between Poland and Germany or France and Spain shows that living near to another country opens up a realm of possibilities in social, political and educational sectors, provided of course, such opportunities are taken advantage of in a timely manner and appropriate steps are initiated in the proper places, such as schools and universities. An additional influential factor is that policy efforts often ignore or underestimate intercultural and region-specific requirements. Multilingual regions, such as South Tyrol or countries like Luxemburg or Switzerland, are exemplary in that they seem to have mastered the above named hurdles. Whether despite, or perhaps (even) because of political processes, questions of identity or cultural affiliation, as well as the role of regional and minority languages and their fixed position in social and academic life are once again very current. Ireland, Wales, the Basque region or Catalonia are pressing examples. A resulting question is not only which language a teacher should speak when working in a foreign country, but also which measures should be taken in order to prepare instructors and students for teaching and learning abroad. Program: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11 - 14 Registration: Lobby in front of HS 1010 (Lecture Room 1010) 14 - 14.30 Conference Opening: Welcome address from the Dean of the Department of Philology and the Rector or Vice Rector of the University of Freiburg N.N. Welcome address from the SLI Chairperson, Prof. Dr. Bernd Kortmann (University of Freiburg) 14.30 - 15 Plenary Lecture: Prof. Dr. Georges Lüdi (Universität Basel): Die Oberrheinregion als Werkstatt zur Erforschung und Implementierung von Mehrsprachigkeitskonzepten 15 - 15.30 Plenary Lecture: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Juliane House (University of Hamburg): 'The Role of English in the World and in the University' 15.30 - 16 Questions and Discussion: Moderator: Prof. Dr. Daibhí Ó'Croinín (NUI, Galway) 16 - 16.30 Coffee Break and Cornelsen Publishing House Book Exhibition 16.30 - 18 Panel and Discussion: Multilingual Europe: Consequences and Chances for Higher Education Moderator: Prof. Dr. Karen Lauridsen (Aarhus School of Business) Panel: Prof. Dr. Georges Lüdi (Universität Basel) Prof. Dr. Rita Franceschini (Freie Universität Bozen/Bolzano) Prof. Dr. Carmen Pérez-Vidal (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) Prof. Dr. Francis Favereau (Université Rennes II) Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Juliane House (Uni Hamburg) Dr. Ian Tudor (Université Libre, Brüssel) Prof. Dr. Mario Oesterreicher (Fachhochschule, Zwickau) Jaques Sparfel (EUCOR, Université Strasbourg) 19 Reception (KG I, Ground Floor, HS 1010 Lobby) Friday, October 15, 2010 All Plenary Lectures and Coffee Breaks take place in HS 1010 and in the lobby! 9 - 9.30 Plenary Lecture Prof. Dr. Rita Franceschini (Freie Universität Bozen/Bolzano): 'Vom Zugewinn der Mehrsprachigkeit und deren Umsetzung an Universitäten' 9.45 - 10.15 Coffee Break and Cornelsen Publishing House Book Exhibition 10.15 - 12.30 Workshops 1 - 4 (parallel): The Workshops take place in room 1108 - 1236. Working Groups 1-3: Workshop Section 1: Europe as Regions? Multilingualism and Transculturalism: New requirements for European Union language policies? Working Groups 1-3: Workshop Section 2: Language - Culture - Identity Working Groups 1-3: Workshop Section 3: Multilingual, Intercultural and Transcultural Learning and Teaching: Culture- specific and Cross-Culture Methods in the Classroom as New Chances for (International) Teaching? Working Groups 1-3: Workshop Section 4: Placement Tests, Levels and Learning Outcomes: New challenges through Multilingual Courses of Study? 12.30 - 14 Lunch Break 14 - 16 Workshop-sections 1 - 4 (parallel) 16 - 16.30 Coffee Break and Cornelsen Publishing House Book Exhibition 16.30 - 17.15 Compilation of Workshop Group Results 17.15 - 17.45 Plenary Lecture Prof. Dr. Carmen Pérez-Vidal (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) 'Promoting Language Learning in Catalan Higher Education: The Plan of Action for Multilingualism (2007 - 2013) at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)' 17.45 - 18.15 Questions and Discussion Moderator: Prof. Dr. Francis Favereau (Université Rennes II) 19.30 Conference Dinner (Greiffeneggschlössle, Schloßberg) Saturday, October 16, 2010 The Workshops take place in rooms 1108 - 1236. Round Table Discussion and Coffe Breaks take place in the Aula and in the Prometheus Hall in front of it. 9 - 11 Workshops 1 - 4 (parallel): Presentation of Results and Discussion 11 - 11.30 Coffee Break 11.30 - 13 Podium Discussion and Summary Moderator: Dr. Michael Langner (Universität Luxemburg / Fribourg, CH) Podium: Prof.Dr. Georges Lüdi (Universität Basel) Prof. Dr. Rita Franceschini (Freie Universität Bozen/Bolzano) Prof. Dr. Carmen Perez Vidal (Universität Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) Prof. Dr. Karen M. Lauridsen (Aarhus School of Business) Dr. Ian Tudor (Université Libre, Brüssel) Prof. Dr. Francis Favereau (Université Rennes II) Prof. Dr. Daibhí Ó'Croinín (NUI, Galway) Prof. Dr. Mario Oesterreicher (Fachhochschule, Zwickau) 13 End of Conference Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 08-Jul-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.