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CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline Unknown
2007, Sept 10 - 11, Vaasa, Finland. Foreign Language-Medium Studies in
Tertiary Education: Opportunity for Language Learning and Gateway to
European Mobility. Symposium Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu (VAMK),
University of Applied Sciences.
Invitation
& Call for Participation
Most universities of applied sciences offer part of their teaching
through a foreign language – either in the form of degree
programs or shorter teaching modules of units. What happens to the
learner in these programs in terms of language attainment? Is there
need for optimizing the pedagogical arrangements? Should more flexible
FL-medium options be provided and how?
In our seminar, we will explore issues related to these topical
questions. Whether your interests are research projects or sharing
experience – or just networking – you will be very welcome to attend.
We also provide a concrete hands-on workshop for those interested in
hands-on action on implementing and improving FL-medium teaching
modules.
Besides our research and teaching personnel giving
presentations related to local experience, we are pleased to have
professor Sauli Takala, a well-known expert on European language
policy, as the key-note speaker
The main themes covered in presentations and workshops include the following:
This symposium will bring together researchers who are investigating characteristics of language produced in immersion and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) classrooms. The points of interest may be located at any level of linguistic organization: phonological, lexicogrammatical, pragmatic, discoursal/textual. The purpose is to invite reflection, share experiences and identify areas for future research and development grounded on empirical observations on what happens in CLIL classrooms. Organizers: Christiane Dalton-Puffer & Ute Smit
The symposium will be concerned with issues and questions such as the following:
The symposium will start on Thursday, Sept. 20th in the early afternoon and will run through until lunchtime on Saturday, the 22nd. To underline the character of the event as a symposium, there will NOT be parallel sessions . Talks are of 45 minutes, including discussion time, and there will be poster displays.
- What are the characteristics of CLIL classroom discourse? Are these similar/different across contexts (linguistic, institutional, cultural)?
- In what ways is CLIL classroom language different from (or the same as) FL classes and/or L1 content classes?
- When CLIL happens in foreign language environments, what are the influences of the surrounding L1 culture on the CLIL classroom community?
- What is the role of L1 and the nature of language contact in CLIL settings?
A selection of the papers are expected to be published (probably in the “Language in context” series, eds. by Ruth Wodak and Martin Stegu, Peter Lang Publ.).
Registration fee: EUR 80,- Reduced rate: EUR 50,- (for students and unemployed scholars)
There will be a limited number of travel grants for researchers from countries with non-convertible currencies (pending funding).
A circular with information about travel and accommodation will be sent out to participants in due course (to help you calculate: hostel rooms ca 40,- EUR; hotel rooms from 70,- EUR). Several low-cost carriers serve Vienna from many European destinations.
If you are interested, send us an e-mail confirming your intention to participate by 20 January 2007. Include your provisional title and indicate your preferred mode of presentation (talk or poster).
By 1 April 2007: submit your abstract (300 words max) to the organizers: christiane.dalton-puffer@univie.ac.at and ute.smit@univie.ac.at
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last updated May 1, 2007