LINGUIST List 13.1290

Wed May 8 2002

Qs: Ling Competence/Russian, Socioling for Teachers

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  • Martin P�tz, Linguistic competence in Russian
  • Kirsten Ann SCHAETZEL (ELL), sociolinguistics of the classroom

    Message 1: Linguistic competence in Russian

     Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 18:20:25 +0200
    From: Martin P�tz <puetzuni-landau.de>
    Subject: Linguistic competence in Russian


    Dear colleagues,

    I'm a Russian native speaker currently working on a bilingual project initiated by the University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau, Germany) and supervised by the Hamburg Senate. One of the aims is to find out about the current state of the linguistic abilities of Russian speaking pre-school children. To my knowledge, there are hardly any studies available in Germany dealing with the lexico-grammatical competence of Russian children. What is needed is a description of the grammatical and lexical system of 4-5 year-old children who speak Russian as their mother tongue (either raised in a monolingual Russian environment or in a bilingual setting). I'm especially interested in the verbal system with respect to its functional use in various situations.

    In other words, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could contact me who has worked on similar issues, or else could let me know about bibliographical (Russian) references dealing with linguistic competences of Russian children at the pre-school level.

    I will certainly post a summary and would like to thank you already now for your kind assistance.

    Natascha Puetz-Legtchilo email <puetzuni-landau.de>

    Message 2: sociolinguistics of the classroom

     Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 11:24:55 +0800
    From: Kirsten Ann SCHAETZEL (ELL) <kaschnie.edu.sg>
    Subject: sociolinguistics of the classroom


    I am putting together an MA sociolinguistics course for English teachers. I am looking for sociolinguistics texts and articles that have the classroom as their focus: how sociolinguistic concepts have an impact on the classroom, and the teaching and learning that occurs there. I am especially interested in any research in this area that has been done in Asia.

    Thanks.

    Kirsten Schaetzel Assistant Professor National Institute of Education 1 Nanyang Walk Singapore 637616