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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies invites you to a series of lectures on the topic of German and Multilingualism. These talks are part of our search for an assistant professor in applied linguistics with a specialization in
multilingualism. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Friday, 13 January 2012, 1:00-2:30pm, EV3 3408</span></u></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Prof. Per Urlaub</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> (University of Texas at Austin)<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Transcultural Competence, Third Spaces, and Music Documentary Film in University Foreign Language Education
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<i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">After proposing a definition of transcultural competence rooted theoretically in Homi Bhabha’s concept of the third space, I will argue that documentary films can foster the development of
transcultural competence among university foreign language learners. I will illustrate this claim by analyzing the films Full Metal Village by Sung-Hyung Cho and Rhythm Is It! by Thomas Grube and Enrique Sanchez-Lensch.</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Friday, 20 January 2012, 1:00-2:30pm, EV1 221</span></u></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Prof. Emma Betz
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">(Kansas State University)<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Managing Diverging Agendas and Vulnerable Claims in Interaction: First Names as Address Terms in German, Siebenbürger Sächsisch, and English
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</span><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Using cross-linguistic evidence, this study shows how interactional and interpersonal factors determine micro-linguistic choices. Some conversational turns contain syntactically optional
address terms in unit-final position. Through them, speakers invoke a past exchange and increase the constraint for a response to a problematic action, thus prioritizing their agenda over a co-participant's.</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Friday, 27 January 2012, 1:00-2:30pm, PAS 2438</span></u></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Prof. Nicole Marx</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> (Universität Paderborn)<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Promoting Plurilingual Potential: The Case for More Languages in the Language Classroom
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<i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">While multilingualism research has diverse interests, a particularly intriguing area is that of multilingualism pedagogy. The present paper will explore concepts of multi- and plurilingual
teaching and learning as well as the increasing need for evidence-based research in this field.</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For a snappy poster, suitable for framing or display in class, click here:
<a href="http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/GermanandMultilingualism.pdf">
http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/GermanandMultilingualism.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Carry on,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Skid<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">James M. Skidmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Chair of the Dept. of Germanic & Slavic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Faculty of Arts / University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#984806">Academic Co-Convenor, Congress 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#984806"><a href="http://www.congress2012.ca"><span style="color:navy">www.congress2012.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">E | <a href="mailto:skidmore@uwaterloo.ca">
skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">W | <a href="www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore">
www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">W | <a href="www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca">
www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T | 519.888.4567, x33687<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">F | 519.746.5243<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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