Language acquisition in the context of individual and social multilingualism
Organiser Abendroth-Timmer, Dagmar / Bach, Gerhard / Haberzettl, Stefanie
(all U of Bremen · Germany)
As part of Europe’s incentive to promote the formation of transnational and intercultural identities in a diversified knowledge-based society, “plurilingual competence” has become a central factor in defining European citizenship. This directly impacts educational research and the practice of foreign and second language learning and instruction both inside and outside of formal schooling. Research and plannung need to address the interplay of individual and social multilingualism and transculturalism.
Contributors to Symposium:
Abendroth-Timmer, Dagmar / Fäcke, Christine · Strukturelle und kontextuelle Bedingungen von Mehrsprachigkeit und ihre Erforschung in der Fremdsprachendidaktik (U of Bremen · Germany, U of Augsburg · Germany)
Dimroth, Christine / Haberzettl, Stefanie · The age factor in multilingualism (MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmengen · Netherlands, U of Bremen · Germany)
Tarasov, E. / Ufimtseva N. / Markovina I. · Ethnopsycholinguistic studies of intercultural communication in Russia (Moscow Psycholinguistic School · Russia)
Conacher, Jean E. / Penman, Christine · The development of multilingualism through sociocultural communication (U of Limerick · Ireland, Napier U, Edinburgh · UK)
Lochtman, Katja · Mehrsprachigkeit und der Erwerb einzelner Sprachen in Belgien: Attitüden und Motivation bei französisch- und niederländischsprachigen Studierenden in Brüssel (Vrije U Brussel / U Libre de Bruxelles · Belgium)
Hélot, Christine · Repenser l'espace scolaire comme un espace plurilingue (IUFM Alsace / U Marc Bloch, Strasbourg · France)
Pena Díaz, Carmen · Learning to communicate in the bilingual classroom in Spain (U of Alcalá · Spain)