German + Multilingualism Lecture Series

[James Skidmore]

Dear Colleagues:

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.

Friday, 13 January 2012, 1:00-2:30pm, EV3 3408
Prof. Per Urlaub (University of Texas at Austin)
Transcultural Competence, Third Spaces, and Music Documentary Film in University Foreign Language Education
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.
Friday, 20 January 2012, 1:00-2:30pm, EV1 221
Prof. Emma Betz (Kansas State University)
Managing Diverging Agendas and Vulnerable Claims in Interaction: First Names as Address Terms in German, Siebenbürger Sächsisch, and English

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.
Friday, 27 January 2012, 1:00-2:30pm, PAS 2438
Prof. Nicole Marx (Universität Paderborn)
Promoting Plurilingual Potential: The Case for More Languages in the Language Classroom
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.

For a snappy poster, suitable for framing or display in class, click here: http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/GermanandMultilingualism.pdf.

Carry on,
Skid

James M. Skidmore
Chair of the Dept. of Germanic & Slavic Studies
Faculty of Arts / University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON  N2L 3G1  CANADA

Academic Co-Convenor, Congress 2012
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