33.576, Confs: Sociolinguistics/Germany

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-576. Tue Feb 15 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.576, Confs: Sociolinguistics/Germany

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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:42:37
From: Yekmal e. V. [akademie at yekmal.de]
Subject: Conference on Mother Tongue Day 2022: Gender and Language Learning

 
Conference on Mother Tongue Day 2022: Gender and Language Learning 

Date: 21-Feb-2022 - 21-Feb-2022 
Location: Online, Germany 
Contact: Şerif Derince 
Contact Email: akademie at yekmal.de 
Meeting URL: https://yekmal.com/en/conference2022/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

Learning the language of a host country fluently is one of the key factors
that facilitate both inclusion and entry into the social, cultural and
economic life for people recently settled or those with a migration background
in that country. Gender has been a crucial theme in discussions over language
learning in migration settings. Accordingly, it is suggested that women become
less dependent on others, particularly male members of the family, in
establishing relationships with the outside world through language learning.
Besides, learning the language of the host country can be a tool for women in
the family, not only in terms of economic and social empowerment, but also in
terms of psychological resilience and coping with domestic violence. On the
other hand, it is claimed that a lack of fluency in that particular language
may result in a dual negative status  for women due to the reasons associated
with migration and gender roles. Therefore, it is important to reveal the
factors that facilitate and/or complicate women’s choices to learn the
language of host country – factors such as how domestic tasks are shared
between women and men in the family, or perceptions about gender roles that
have been “imported” from the home country into the host country.

Departing from this point, we are organizing an online conference on the
occasion of International Mother Tongue Day (February 21, 2022) to focus on
the factors that facilitate and/or complicate women’s experiences and
perceptions regarding language learning in Germany. The event is organized
within the framework of a research project on language-learning experiences of
immigrant women in Germany, which is carried out by Dr. Handan Çaglayan, guest
researcher of  Einstein Foundation at IAAW. The conference has three main
goals. Firstly, it will be one of the primary channels of sharing the findings
of the research project in question. Secondly, it aims at creating an
opportunity to bring scientists, representatives of public institutions,
politicians, teachers, practitioners, activists, community members, and other
interested individuals together to share their activities, opinions and
experience regarding the factors that facilitate and/or complicate migrant
women’s language learning experiences. Thirdly, the conference may contribute
to efforts aiming at improving the methods and conditions of language learning
and teaching activities targeting migrant women in Germany. Last but not
least, the conference will seek to find  potential answers to the question
“how can a gender-sensitive translocal perspective facilitate migrant women’s
capabilities in language learning and thereby serve their empowerment?”

Date: 21 Feb, 2022

Time: 09:30- 16:30

Location: Online/Zoom

Please register using the form on the link:
https://forms.gle/GrnJXApquUHP6UUt7

For questions or further information please contact akademie at yekmal.de

We look forward to your participation!
 

Program:

The full program can be found here:
https://yekmal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Conference2022_EN-1.pdf





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