[lg policy] Calls: Bilingual Preschools: Research Meets Practice

[Harold Schiffman]

Bilingual Preschools: Research Meets Practice

Date: 19-Jun-2010 - 19-Jun-2010
Location: Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt), Germany
Contact: Kristin Kersten
Contact Email: eliasovgu.de
Meeting URL: http://www.ovgu.de/elias/index_en.htm

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition

Meeting Description:

ELIAS (Early Language and Intercultural Acquisition Studies) is an EU project
with eighteen partners including academic and educational institutions,
preschools and the Magdeburg Zoo from four European countries,
Belgium, England,
Sweden and Germany. Under the lead management of Otto-von-Guericke University
Magdeburg, every bilingual preschool in the project has been monitored by
academic experts over the last two years. The studies cover first and second
language acquisition, intercultural education and bilingual environmental
education ('green immersion' at the Zoo Preschool in Magdeburg).

The conference is open to professional educators from preschools, primary
schools, non-academic institutions, universities, academics, university
students, parents, consultants, government and business representatives and
anyone with an interest.

The conference intends to:

- Raise the general public's awareness of early language acquisition
- Facilitate an international exchange of experiences
- Present the findings of the EU project ELIAS and best practices
- Emphasise the basic requirements of early language acquisition
- Elucidate language acquisition in preschools and primary schools
- Present bilingual teaching materials for preschools and primary schools
- Provide practical assistance for the establishment of a bilingual preschool

See Program at: http://www.ovgu.de/elias/programme_en.htm

Or here:

8:00 - 9:00
Check-in

9:00 - 11:00
Introduction

9:00 - 9:15
Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Dr. Holger Kersten, Academic Coordinator ELIAS, University of Magdeburg

9:15 - 9:25
Welcoming Remarks
Patron Norbert Bischoff, Saxony-Anhalt Minister of Health and Social Affairs

9:25 - 9:45
Introductory Remarks
Dr. Annette Lommel, FMKS e.V., Kiel
Dr. Kristin Kersten, Project Coordinator ELIAS, University of Magdeburg

9:45 - 10:30
Immersion in Early Second Language Acquisition, Prof. Dr. Henning Wode,
University of Kiel

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 14:30
Research Findings and Best Practices

11:00 - 11:15
The ELIAS Research Project, Dr. Kristin Kersten, University of Magdeburg

11:15 - 11:30
The Acquisition of German by Native German Children and Children from Migrant
Backgrounds, Katharina Neils, Logopädische Praxis Magdeburg & Prof.
Dr. Thorsten
Piske, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd

11:30 - 11:45
Second Language Acquisition, Prof. Dr. Gisela Håkansson, University of Lund,
Sweden & Prof. Dr. Alex Housen, University of Brussels, Belgium

11:45 - 12:00
Second Language Input, Dr. Anja Steinlen, University of Kiel & Martina Weitz,
University of Cologne

12:00 - 12:15
Intercultural Communication, Prof. Dr. Ute Massler, University of Education
Weingarten & Lydia Gerlich, University of Magdeburg

12:15 - 13:15
Lunch Break

13:15 - 13:30
''Green Immersion'': Bilingual Environmental Education at a Zoo
Preschool, Prof.
Dr. Michael Ewig, University of Education Weingarten & Shannon Thomas,
Magdeburg
Zoological Garden

13:30 - 14:00
Discussion

14:00 - 14:30
Coffee Break

14:30 - 16:00
Workshops:

1. Cultivating Native Language Skills, Katharina Neils, Logopädische Praxis
Magdeburg

2. Intercultural Education in Bilingual Institutions, Prof. Dr. Ute Massler,
University of Education Weingarten & Lydia Gerlich, University of Magdeburg

3. Discovery and Experimentation: English Language Nature and Technology
Activities, Prof. Dr. Petra Burmeister, University of Education Weingarten &
Shannon Thomas, Zoological Garden Magdeburg

4. Games, Songs & Co.: English Preschool Materials, Dr. Christine Tiefenthal,
Lena Gotthardt, Annelie Schober, Insa Wippermann, University of Hamburg

5. Establishing a Bilingual Preschool, Dr. Anja Steinlen, University of Kiel
Veryl Kretschmar, Bilingual Preschool Melsdorf

6. How Do Children Acquire a Second Language? - Background Information and
Practical Tips, Svenja Pahl, Martina Weitz, Prof. Dr. Andreas Rohde, University
of Cologne

7. Prerequisites for Effective Second Language Acquisition in Majority Language
Children and Children from Migrant Backgrounds, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Piske,
University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd & Dr. Christina Schelletter,
University
of Hertfordshire, England

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