Favorable Review of LINEE
March 2010:
External reviewers have assessed LINEE's work in its plans for the future and come to the conclusion that "LINEE is a very good project". LINEE is now disseminating, consolidating and integrating the results of research.
LINEE's Corresponding Members
February 2010:
Erika Werlen (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, BUW) and Elena Ioannidou (University of Cyprus) are collaborating with LINEE as "corresponding members".
With their own research projects, they contribute to LINEE’s projects and benefit from collaboration with LINEE’s experts.
Monica Heller New in Advisory Council
January 2009:
Monica Heller is a new member of LINEE’s Advisory Council. She replaces Hans Goebl. Together with her colleagues in the Council, Harald Haarmann and Wolfang Woelck, she will provide LINEE with external scientific peer review.
Newsletter: Summaries of Research Results
January 2009:
The latest newsletter summarizes the results of LINEE's research conducted between 2008 and 2009: LINEE Newsletter January 2010
Research Results 2009
December 2009:
LINEE has published new research reports on:
- Language, Identity and Culture
- Language Policy and Planning
- Multilingualism and Education
- Language and Economy
Research reports per level of analysis:
- Position Paper European Level
- Position Paper National Level
- Position Paper Regional Level
- Position Paper on theoretical and methodological issues
Language Management in Contact Situations
November 2009:
The book "Language Management in Contact Situations. Perspectives from Three Continents" contains contributions which form a picture of how Language Management Theory is currently used in various places in the world. It was edited by Jiří Nekvapil and Tamah Sherman from one of the partners of LINEE, the Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague.
Nekvapil, Jiří / Sherman, Tamah (eds.) (2009). Language Management in Contact Situations. Perspectives from Three Continents. Frankfurt a. M., Peter Lang (Prague Papers on Language, Society and Interaction, 1).
Multilingualism in the Czech Republic
November 2009:
A team of authors from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague (one of the partners of LINEE), published a book which provides basic information on multilingualism in the Czech Republic. The book is meant for a broad range of readers and partially draws on research conducted by LINEE:
J. Nekvapil, M. Sloboda, P. Wagner (2009): Mnohojazyčnost v České republice: Základní informace – Multilingualism in the Czech Republic: Basic Information. Praha: Lidové noviny.
Back cover text in English
In the Czech Republic, the number of languages and people speaking those languages is continually growing. This is a result of contact with foreign countries, the development of tourism, immigration, the activities of national minorities and their friends, but also of language teaching.
This book provides basic information on multilingualism in the Czech Republic. Following an overview of the language situation, it presents more than twenty languages used in the Czech Republic and a set of selected concepts which are important as concerns the function of these languages.
The book is meant for a broad range of readers: employees in government and civic organizations, teachers and students at secondary schools, and also people from abroad who are interested in language use in the Czech Republic (it contains both texts in Czech and their English translation).
The book was compiled by a team of authors from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
Back cover text in Czech
Počet jazyků a lidí mluvících různými jazyky v České republice neustále roste. Je to v důsledku kontaktů se zahraničím, rozvoje turismu, imigrace, aktivit národnostních menšin a jejich přátel, ale i jazykové výuky.
Tato knížka podává základní informace o mnohojazyčnosti v ČR. Po celkovém přehledu jazykové situace představuje více než dvě desítky jazyků užívaných v ČR a soubor vybraných pojmů důležitých z hlediska fungování těchto jazyků.
Knížka je určena širokému okruhu čtenářů: pracovníkům v samosprávě, státní správě a občanských organizacích, učitelům a žákům středních škol a také zahraničním zájemcům o užívání jazyků v naší zemi (obsahuje jak texty v češtině, tak jejich anglický překlad).
Knížku zpracoval tým autorů z Filozofi cké fakulty Univerzity Karlovy.
Research Results on "Language and Economy"
October 2009:
Research results and ongoing research in the field of "Language and Economy" as well as other LINEE activities are the topic of the LINEE Newsletter October 2009.
A few extracts:
- European courts do not allow prescriptions on language use (on product labels or in connection with job qualifications, for example) unless they see a good reason for it.
- Some low-level jobs need no sophisticated language skills, and therefore migrants doing these jobs have difficulties with improving their language competence and lack the motivation to do so.
- Multilingual companies value English as a widespread language, but they also value local languages, especially if their customers use them.
Patrick Stevenson receives Jacob- und Wilhelm-Grimm-Preis
October 2009:
Patrick Stevenson, a member of LINEE at the University of Southampton, has received the distinguished Jacob- und Wilhelm-Grimm-Preis 2009 by the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst: DAAD).
The ceremony will be held on 3rd November 2009 in Bonn, Germany.
Patrick Stevenson's research of the German language is considered the most outstanding and multi-faceted outside of Germany. The DAAD furthermore highly estimates his efforts to integrate and connect German linguistics in international sociolinguistics and linguistics in general.
LINEE congratulates Patrick Stevenson on his achievement and award.
Research Results on "Multilingualism and Education"
August 2009:
Research results and ongoing research in the field of "Multilingualism and Education" as well as other LINEE activities are the topic of the LINEE Newsletter August 2009.
A few extracts
- Using English as a lingua franca does not necessarily discourage people from learning further languages, and native speakers of English are not necessarily more successful in communicating in multilingual contexts than non-natives.
- Language classroom cultures in some cases focus on proficiency in German, but often neglect other vital skills for successful communication.
- Teaching methodologies for state language teaching are in need of modernization in Romania and Slovakia.
LINEE Invites Researchers as Corresponding Members
July 2009:
LINEE has offered the status of “corresponding members“ to 3 scientist who have been collaborating with LINEE in the past:
- Elena Ioannidou (University of Cyprus)
- Erika Werlen (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, BUW) and
- Werner Wiater (Universität Augsburg).
With their own research projects, they contribute to LINEE’s projects and benefit from collaboration with LINEE’s experts.
Papers From Training Institute Available
June 2009:
The LINEE Training Institute takes place from 22 to 27 June (→ description Training Institutes). Several papers by the Training Institute's tutors (Glyn Williams, Richard B. Baldauf and others) are available to the public (→ papers Training Institute).
European Publication Calls LINEE a Success Story
May 2009:
research*eu focus, a European magazine on research in Europe, portrays the LINEE project and the work of the Czech partner, the Charles University in Prague, under the heading success story.
The magazine is available in English and Czech on the Cordis website (text about LINEE: page 30).
LINEE in den Medien
April 2009:
Mehrere deutschsprachige Medien haben während der letzten Wochen eine Medienmitteilung der Universität Wien aufgenommen und über LINEE und dessen Ergebnisse berichtet. Auf Wissenschaftsnachrichten spezialisierte Plattformen wie Alphagalileo, idw-online und CORDIS Wire haben die Nachricht weiter verbreitet.
Pressetext Austria hat ein Interview geführt mit Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Rosita Schjerve-Rindler von der Universität Wien und daraus den Bericht Wunschziel und Realität Europas Mehrsprachigkeit verfasst.
Bayern 2 hat in der Sendung "IQ Wissenschaft und Forschung" LINEE gut vier Minuten Sendezeit gewidmet und Prof. Dr. Peter J. Weber interviewt. Nachzuhören ist der Radiobeitrag auf der Bayern-2-Webseite (Ausgabe vom 20.04.2009, Titel "Gendiagnostik / Mikroneedeling / Mehrsprachigkeit / Levi-Montalcini").
LINEE Final Conference
April 2009:
From 11 to 15 April 2010, LINEE will organize its Final Conference in Dubrovnik (Croatia) in order to disseminate LINEE's knowledge to European, national and regional policy makers, as well as to the general public and the media.
The conference website is set up and open for registrations and submissions of abstracts.
Go to the conference website.
LINEE and DYLAN: Closer Collaboration
March 2009:
LINEE and DYLAN have decided to collaborate more closely:
- they will work together on recommendations to the European Commission on both language research and policies
- doctoral students can participate in Training Institutes of both projects
- both projects link the other project on their website
Conference LPLL 2009
March 2009:
On 18 to 20 June 2009, LINEE members and many other experts will attend the Conference
LPLL 2009: Language Policy and Language Learning – New Paradigms and New Challenges in Limerick, Ireland.