Intendierte Lernergebnisse
The students will demonstrate the skills and knowledge to interpret and analyse different language biographies, different societal and pedagogical approaches to bi- and multilingualism.
Lehrmethodik
This course will be held in English. Students should have a good comand of English - meaning that they can understand everyday English spoken at a normal speed. They should be able to express their thoughts and ideas. I do not care for good or bad pronunciation, good or bad grammar as long as the message is comprehensible. So this course might be a good idea to overcome one's language anxiety (if that should be the case). I do hope to attract students from different countries so that English would be the lingua franca.The Course will be interactive in the sense that a) I will engage in open dialogue with the students, discussing input, b) students will have to prepare English texts and present them (we will discuss how to present at the beginning of the course), c) in the sense that the students will work together in pairs or groups (in this pair- or groupwork any language is allowed as long as all participants can take part; summaries for presentation to all have to be in English).
Inhalt/e
We will discuss key concepts mono-, bi-, pluri- and multilingualism and how these concepts are seen in society. We will focus on language biographies and reflect upon the influence of how multilingualism is seen in society (e.g. media), institutions and families.
Erwartete Vorkenntnisse
... is welcome but not required ...
Literatur
Among others:Baker, Colin & Wright, Wayne E. (2017): The Foundations of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. Multilingual Matters, Clevedon.Garcia, Ofelia/Johnson, Ibarra Susana/Seltzer, Kate (2016): The translanguaging Classroom: Leveraging Student Bilingualism for Learning. Multilingual Matters, Clevedon.