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1. Linguist List Issue: Deutsch-polnische Familien: Ihre<br>
Sprachen und Familienkulturen in Deutschland und in Polen:<br>
Ja?czak (<a href="mailto:linguist@linguistlist.org">linguist@linguistlist.org</a>)<br>
2. Linguist List Issue: Did you acknowledge my last<br>
transmission?: Sahliger (<a href="mailto:linguist@linguistlist.org">linguist@linguistlist.org</a>)<br>
3. Linguist List Issue: Languages in the Public Space of the<br>
Francophone World (<a href="mailto:linguist@linguistlist.org">linguist@linguistlist.org</a>)<br>
4. Fwd: [Edling] ?Languages for the Future? British Council<br>
Report (Harold Schiffman)<br>
5. Daniel Ward joins supporters of the Languages for All?<br>
initiative in their mission to change the dynamic of<br>
world-language education (Harold Schiffman)<br>
6. A portrait of the selfie (Baron, Dennis E)<br>
7. Helsinki opens doors to first Northern S?mi language<br>
immersion classes (Dave Sayers)<br>
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Subject: [lg policy] Linguist List Issue: Deutsch-polnische Familien:<br>
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Message1: Deutsch-polnische Familien: Ihre Sprachen und Familienkulturen in Deutschland und in Polen: Jańczak<br>
Date:21-Nov-2013<br>
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Title: Deutsch-polnische Familien: Ihre Sprachen und Familienkulturen in<br>
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Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 17:21:52 -0500 (EST)<br>
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Subject: [lg policy] Linguist List Issue: Did you acknowledge my last<br>
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Message1: Did you acknowledge my last transmission?: Sahliger<br>
Date:21-Nov-2013<br>
From:Laura Bally <a href="mailto:publicity@peterlang.com">publicity@peterlang.com</a><br>
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Title: Did you acknowledge my last transmission?<br>
Subtitle: Sprechfunkverkehr in der Luftfahrt - Audioverbale Interaktion zwischen<br>
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Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 17:23:23 -0500 (EST)<br>
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Subject: [lg policy] Linguist List Issue: Languages in the Public<br>
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Message1: Languages in the Public Space of the Francophone World<br>
Date:22-Nov-2013<br>
From:Claus D. Pusch <a href="mailto:pusch@uni-freiburg.de">pusch@uni-freiburg.de</a><br>
LINGUIST List issue <a href="http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-4720.html" target="_blank">http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-4720.html</a><br>
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Full Title: Languages in the Public Space of the Francophone World<br>
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Date: 24-Sep-2014 - 27-Sep-2014<br>
Location: MÔøΩnster in Westfalen, Germany<br>
Contact Person: Claus D. Pusch<br>
Meeting Email: <a href="mailto:pusch@uni-freiburg.de">pusch@uni-freiburg.de</a><br>
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Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics<br>
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Subject Language(s): French (fra)<br>
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Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2014<br>
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Meeting Description:<br>
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Languages in the public space of the Francophone world<br>
Linguistic Landscape Studies at the interface of contact linguistics, sociology of language and linguistic ecology<br>
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Session Organizers:<br>
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MÔøΩnica Castillo Lluch (University of Lausanne / Switzerland)<br>
Alexandra DuppÔøΩ (RWTH Aachen / Germany)<br>
Claus D. Pusch (University of Freiburg im Breisgau / Germany)<br>
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This session is organized in the context of the 9th German Congress on French Language and Literature (9. Kongress des Frankoromanistenverbandes) at WestfÔøΩlische Wilhelms University in MÔøΩnster, Germany. Practical information on travel, accommodation, the inscription procedure etc. will be available on the conference website at <a href="http://www.uni-muenster.de/Romanistik/Aktuelles/Frankoromanistenkongress/kongress.html" target="_blank">http://www.uni-muenster.de/Romanistik/Aktuelles/Frankoromanistenkongress/kongress.html</a>.<br>
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Call for Papers:<br>
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In recent decades, Linguistic Landscape Studies (LLS) has established itself as an analytic approach towards the presence of (written) language(s) in the public space. Target areas for practitioners of LLS are preferably located in urban environments: on the one hand, those which are considered monolingual but are characterized by a multilingualism that has evolved out of unplanned processes of migration, transculturation and globalization, and on the other hand, those which are considered territorially or administratively bi- or multilingual and where the presence of multiple languages in the public sphere is the result of (more or less) coherent language planning and language policy.<br>
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Even if the status of LLS is object of some controversy (cf. CfP), it goes without saying that this approach is characterized by a multitude of interfaces with other disciplines and domains of knowledge. Thus, our panel has a twofold aim: first, we invite practitioners of LLS to present case studies based on empirical research in Francophone areas in the broad sense, i.e. where French is either the dominant language, a minority language or a contact language. Second, we wish to provide room for discussion on methodological reflections concerning the potentials and limits of LLS. We would particularly appreciate talks that combine the two perspectives, i.e. empirical case studies, and methodological and epistemological reflections (cf. CfP).<br>
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We invite case studies of LLS in the Francophone world and papers on methodological questions such as the following:<br>
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- Do LLS necessarily study 'cityscapes' (cf. Gorter 2006: 83)? Or can language diversity in public spaces also be observed in areas outside of urban agglomerations (cf. Gade 2003, for example) in today's society of globalized information (and if so, to which degree?)?<br>
- Do the quantitative approach applied in most of the LLS projects up to now, and the requirement of full coverage and exhaustive data collection in the determined target zone guarantee valid and convincing results? Or might it be preferable to opt for qualitative approaches (and if so,: with which object of study precisely? Cf. Jaworski / Thurlow 2010) or for hybrid 'mixed' methods which are quite popular in different areas of study of contemporary linguistics and which would combine the two approaches?<br>
- Is the concentration in LLS on the scriptural elements in the linguistic landscape, which ignores or treats peripherally other signs and semiotic levels observable in the public space, justified as a means of necessary reductionism which holds for any scientific methodology aiming at realistic and feasible results? Or does such reductionism prevent scholars of LLS from fully grasping and describing the multimodality of linguistic landscapes adequately (cf. again Jaworski / Thurlow 2010)?<br>
- Which is the role of the individual subject who perceives the linguistic landscape in the conceptual construction of the latter? In many LLS projects, it is the researcher her-/himself whose perception of the public space determines the quality of the observed data and that of the results derived from their analysis. However, the researcher-observer's perception is not the same as that of an observing 'layman'. However, how can the perceptual pathway of such a lay observer and her/his necessarily selective and, therefore, hierarchical vision of a linguistic landscape be documented and integrated into LLS studies, especially if the criterion of (technical and ethical) feasibility is taken into account?<br>
- On the epistemological level, do LLS constitute a new 'school' or maybe even a new discipline within linguistics, or should they be given the more modest status of a (new?) methodological paradigm? Is the LLS methodology able to produce innovative results that can not be provided by other established research methods in socio- and contact linguistics?<br>
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Paper proposals, which should not exceed 500 words (bibliographical references included), must be sent in PDF format, with the indication of the author's / authors' name(s), address(es) and contact details on a separate page, by email to the organizers of the panel:<br>
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MÔøΩnica Castillo Lluch (<a href="mailto:monica.castillolluch@unil.ch">monica.castillolluch@unil.ch</a>)<br>
Alexandra DuppÔøΩ (<a href="mailto:alexandra.duppe@romanistik.rwth-aachen.de">alexandra.duppe@romanistik.rwth-aachen.de</a>)<br>
Claus D. Pusch (<a href="mailto:pusch@uni-freiburg.de">pusch@uni-freiburg.de</a>)<br>
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The talks, which will be organized in 30-minutes slots, can be given in French (preferred), German, or English. Proposals should be written in the language that the author(s) intend(s) to use in the oral presentation. The deadline for submissions is January, 31, 2014. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out to the submitters before February, 28, 2014.<br>
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Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 17:24:45 -0500<br>
From: Harold Schiffman <<a href="mailto:hfsclpp@gmail.com">hfsclpp@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [lg policy] Fwd: [Edling] ?Languages for the Future? British<br>
Council Report<br>
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British Council<br>
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ìLanguages for the Futureî<br>
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The Languages for the Future report identifies Spanish, Arabic, French,<br>
Mandarin Chinese, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish and<br>
Japanese as the languages most vital to the UK over the next 20 years. They<br>
were chosen based on economic, geopolitical, cultural and educational<br>
factors including the needs of UK businesses, the UKís overseas trade<br>
targets, diplomatic and security priorities, and prevalence on the internet.<br>
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Full report:<br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 17:26:42 -0500<br>
From: Harold Schiffman <<a href="mailto:hfsclpp@gmail.com">hfsclpp@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [lg policy] Daniel Ward joins supporters of the Languages for<br>
All? initiative in their mission to change the dynamic of<br>
world-language education<br>
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*Daniel Ward* joins supporters of the Languages for All? initiative in<br>
their mission to change the dynamic of world-language education<br>
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At the end of September, about 150 professors, business leaders,<br>
researchers, policymakers, and intelligence experts gathered at a one-day<br>
conference at the University of Maryland to discuss how best to act upon<br>
the ìLanguages For All?î white paper drafted by the universityís director<br>
of language policy initiatives, Dr. Richard Brecht, with Marty Abbott<br>
(ACTFL), Dan E. Davidson (ACIE), William P. Rivers (JNCL-NCLIS), Robert<br>
Slater (ACIE), Amy Weinberg (CASLS-UMD), and Anandini Yoganathan (British<br>
Academy).<br>
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The white paper summarizes the current positions as follows: ìFor decades,<br>
English-speaking countries have wrestled with the question of whether one<br>
language, English, is enough for their citizens. For its part, the U.S. has<br>
not made learning a second language a critical part of its education<br>
system, despite the demands of government and industry as well as the<br>
expectations of the overwhelming majority of parents across the country.î<br>
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The intention was to answer the following questions:<br>
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ï Should the education system in the U.S. provide all children access to<br>
the interpersonal, developmental, and economic benefits of a second<br>
language?<br>
<br>
ï Are our schools, colleges, and universities capable of making and willing<br>
to make language education universally available? If so, how? If not, why<br>
not?<br>
<br>
The paper offers evidence that:<br>
<br>
ï The demand for languages other than English has dramatically increased<br>
over the past decade, to the extent that the current education system can<br>
now be seen as failing to provide a critical skill to the majority of this<br>
countryís youth.<br>
<br>
ï Advances in science, technology, and best practices can make universal<br>
access to second languages feasible, but only if:<br>
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ï scientific breakthroughs are exploited effectively by the formal<br>
education system and by the growing language services industry,<br>
<br>
ï access to the Internet is universally available, and<br>
<br>
ï research-based best practices in language education are identified and<br>
promulgated throughout the PK-16 system.<br>
In light of this evidence, the document put forward the following<br>
recommendations, which combine top-down federal interventions and a<br>
bottom-up activism on the part of the ìlanguage enterprise,î a convergence<br>
of government, education, private industry, and heritage communities:<br>
<br>
ï Create a public awareness campaign on the personal and societal benefits,<br>
including national security and economic<br>
competitiveness, of language education.<br>
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ï Document across the language enterprise, what language learning resources<br>
exist, where they are, and how they can be accessed, together with<br>
standards and assessments that guarantee efficiency and effectiveness for<br>
program outcomes.<br>
<br>
ï Investigate the barriers at every level of the education system that are<br>
inhibiting the spread of language learning and teaching.<br>
<br>
ï Develop a research agenda that fills the gaps in evidence regarding<br>
universal access to language education.<br>
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ï Initiate a national program of dual-language immersions among other<br>
program models demonstrating that learning languages can be effectively and<br>
efficiently integrated into a major part of the<br>
PK-12 system.<br>
<br>
Key to the initiative is the recognition that action is required at all<br>
levels ó local, state, national, and international ó if we are to begin to<br>
provide effective means for all students in English-speaking countries to<br>
gain competence in a second language. The conference was intended to be a<br>
springboard for change so here are some voices to the call.<br>
ó *Daniel Ward* is editor of *Language Magazine*.<br>
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ìThis effort, to ask what we ëcaní do for language rather than the usual<br>
what we ëshouldí do, is an important next step for language in the United<br>
States. Our intent is to work towards building a unified ëlanguage<br>
enterpriseí in this country, one that focuses on making the case for<br>
ëtop-downí policy as well as ëbottom-upí demand for language access for all<br>
Americans. This effort comprises education, government, industry, heritage<br>
communities, and overseas organizations,<br>
including academies from Australia and the United Kingdom, working with our<br>
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.î<br>
ó *Richard Brecht*, Director of Language Policy Initiatives, University of<br>
Maryland<br>
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ìFrom my perspective, the goal of the Languages for All? initiative is to<br>
reframe the policy and public<br>
conversation about language education in the U.S. This entails developing:<br>
ï A coherent set of messages about the role of language as a key component<br>
of 21st-century citizenship and the consequential uses of language for<br>
security, economic wellbeing, and social justice.<br>
ï Model policies for state and local school boards.<br>
ï Model legislation for national programs to stimulate investment in<br>
language learning.<br>
ï A coordinated campaign to enact legislation and influence local<br>
decisions.î<br>
ó *Dr. William P. Rivers*, Executive Director of the Joint National<br>
Committee for Language ñ National Council on Language and International<br>
Studies (JNCL-NCLIS)<br>
<br>
ìThe economic benefits of learning a language are compelling ó speaking and<br>
reading Japanese allowed me to have an exciting career in inter≠national<br>
business. But employers also value the intangibles that come from studying<br>
a foreign language. There is no better way to learn that people look at the<br>
world differently, and view how to solve a problem differently, than<br>
through studying another language. Problem solving is the most valuable<br>
21st-century skill, and employers recognize the edge that foreign-language<br>
speakers have.î<br>
ó *David Bong*, Cofounder of Avant Assessment and its new CEO. Bong has 40<br>
years of experience in domestic and international business management,<br>
sales, and business development. Prior to his founding Avant, a career in<br>
business in Japan gave Bong a strong appreciation for the power of language<br>
to enhance human interaction and build bridges.<br>
ìThe Languages for All? conference highlighted the remarkable convergence<br>
between the<br>
current situations facing the U.S. and the U.K. The problem is the same:<br>
the lack of people with the command of languages other than English<br>
required to satisfy the needs of business, industry, and government. The<br>
risk is the same: increasing displacement from a multilingual world. The<br>
challenge is the same: to enhance the place of languages and language<br>
teaching within schools and colleges. Moreover, both nations have a large<br>
underexploited capital in the form of many bilingual citizens who are given<br>
neither the opportunity nor the incentive to develop their languages within<br>
the existing education system. The conference also made it clear that the<br>
Australians face many of the same issues, but have been faster off the mark<br>
in addressing them. There is much to be gained from sharing knowledge and<br>
experience across the anglophone countries. In recognition of these shared<br>
issues and concerns, the British Academy, the Australian Academies of the<br>
Social Sciences and Humanities, and the American Academy of Arts and<br>
Sciences have agreed to draw up a Memorandum of Understanding with a view<br>
to collaborating and sharing best practice in our efforts to break what has<br>
been called a ëvicious circle of monolingualism.íî<br>
ó *Professor Nigel Vincent*, Vice-President (Research and Higher Education<br>
Policy), British Academy<br>
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<a href="http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=15969" target="_blank">http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=15969</a><br>
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From: "Baron, Dennis E" <<a href="mailto:debaron@illinois.edu">debaron@illinois.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [lg policy] A portrait of the selfie<br>
To: "Baron, Dennis E" <<a href="mailto:debaron@illinois.edu">debaron@illinois.edu</a>>, wpa <<a href="mailto:wpa-l@asu.edu">wpa-l@asu.edu</a>>,<br>
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There's a new post on the Web of Language:<br>
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A portrait of the selfie:<br>
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Oxford Dictionaries has picked selfie as its 2013 Word of the Year (WOTY). Announcing your word of the year in mid-November guarantees a lot of attention from journalists and late-night TV comics, but it also suggests that not much is going to happen, linguistically, in the six weeks that remain in 2013. The Web of Language<<a href="http://illinois.edu/blog/view/25/86413?displayType=month&displayMonth=201212" target="_blank">http://illinois.edu/blog/view/25/86413?displayType=month&displayMonth=201212</a>> wonít make its annual WOTY pick until mid-December, and the American Dialect Society<<a href="http://www.americandialect.org/woty" target="_blank">http://www.americandialect.org/woty</a>> makes its announcement in early January. Nevertheless, judging from the attention it has gotten, selfie seems a good choice.<br>
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Read the whole post at the Web of Language: <a href="http://bit.ly/weblan" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/weblan</a><br>
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Dennis Baron<br>
Professor of English and Linguistics<br>
Department of English<br>
University of Illinois<br>
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From: Dave Sayers <<a href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net">dave.sayers@cantab.net</a>><br>
Subject: [lg policy] Helsinki opens doors to first Northern S?mi<br>
language immersion classes<br>
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"The new language immersion classes are an effective way for the over 1,000 people of<br>
S·mi heritage in the metropolitan region to maintain their native language. "<br>
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<a href="http://yle.fi/uutiset/6950190" target="_blank">http://yle.fi/uutiset/6950190</a><br>
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Dave<br>
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Dr. Dave Sayers<br>
Honorary Research Fellow, Arts & Humanities, Swansea University, UK<br>
Visiting Lecturer (2013-14), Dept English, University of Turku, Finland<br>
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