The Multilingual Workplace and Multilingual Society

Website: https://www.nhh.no/en/calendar/professional-and-intercultural-communication/2023/fsk504/

Dates: 04-Oct-2023 - 06-Oct-2023
Location: Bergen, Vestland

Focus: Knowledge
Upon completion of the course, the student will have

In-depth understanding of recent empirical research on language requirements for access to the labor market from the perspective of linguistic integration
In-depth understanding of recent empirical research on interaction and language practices in multilingual workplaces
In-depth understanding of recent empirical research on workplace second language learning
Understanding of language requirements for the labour market and wider society, and their consequences

Skills

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to

critically evaluate existing research on multilingual workplace interaction and societal participation
analyze episodes of language learning in workplace interaction
critically reflect on power dynamics, language ideologies and politics in multilingual workplaces
analyze consequences of language requirements for access to working life and societal participation
present you own research and engage in discussion of their peers’ research

General competence

Upon completion of the course, the student will have

Insight into the various mechanisms at play in a workplace and how they impact language learning opportunities and language practices
Insight into how ideological, political and sociocultural factors promote or hinder linguistic integration and social inclusion in the labour market and the wider society

Participants in the course should be prepared to read a course curriculum and submit in advance a project description/draft article/chapter of PhD thesis and have their work commented on by the experts.
Minimum Education Level: MA

Description:
The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), University of Bergen and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences welcome PhD candidates to register for the course The Multilingual Workplace and Multilingual Society offered at NHH in autumn 2023. The PhD course FSK504 (2.5 ECTS) aims to provide in-depth knowledge of topics in language and communication studies relating to migration, integration and the labour market. Research issues that will be discussed are language requirements, workplace interaction, language ideology and politics, and workplace second language learning.

The course will have a combination of keynote lectures and shorter presentations of research, as well as hands-on sessions where individual PhD proposals and draft papers/chapters are discussed. We are delighted to welcome Professor Jo Angouri, (Warwick University) Assistant Professor Kamilla Kraft (UCPH) and Assistant Professor Kamran Kahn as keynote speakers.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Registration: 21-Jun-2023 to 01-Sep-2023

Contact Person: Gisle Andersen
Email: [email protected]

Registration Instructions:
Application deadline: 1 September 2023
To attend FSK504 as a visiting student, you must apply and upload all necessary documentation no later than 1 September.

Compulsory activity: Deadline 10 September 2023
Please note that all admitted candidates, as a preparation for the course, must submit a draft article or project description for Ph.D. project in Canvas (maximum 25 pages) no later than 10 September.