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Discovering China – MA student selected for attending summer school

ziegler — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:13:39 +0000

Anola Bracaj, 1st year student of the MA programme will participate in this year’s summerschool at Shandong University, China. Congratulations! Read more

Soutenances publiques – Master thesis – July 15, 2010

ziegler — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:31:24 +0000

Le jeudi, 15 juillet 2010, de 8h45-9h45, Mme Delia Wirtz soutiendra son travail, ayant comme titre “La construction du cadre de participation par un apprenant en luxembourgeois”. (Experts: Claire Kramsch/UC Berkeley; Charles Max/UL; Gudrun Ziegler/UL; student expert: Malick Seck, UL)

Le jeudi, 15 juillet 2010, de 10h30-11h30, Mme Nadja Weber soutiendra son travail, ayant comme titre “Identity construction in mentoring interaction”. (Experts: Claire Kramsch/UC Berkeley; Charles Max/UL; Gudrun Ziegler/UL; student expert: Delia Wirtz /UL)

Toute personne interessée est invitée à participer à ces moments finaux de formation de Master (académique) Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts. Prière de se présenter à la salle MONTESSORI, Campus Walferdange, 15 minutes avant le début des séances annoncées.

Congratulations – MA Alumna

ziegler — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:01:14 +0000

Avec le soutien du FNR (AFR grant scheme),

Adrienne Lambo Ouafo,

Alumna of the Master – Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts (year 2008/09)

will be conducting her PhD-research at the University of Luxembourg focusing on “Interacting in Luxembourgish as an Additional Language”!

Wir gratulieren! Read more

Public lecture – Englisch und Deutsch im bilingualen Sachfachunterricht der Grundschule, June 30, 6 PM, Campus Walfer

ziegler — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:28:53 +0000

Die Rolle von Englisch und Deutsch im bilingualen Sachfachunterricht der Grundschule

Sabrina Bechler, Universität Frankfurt/Main

30.6., 18 Uhr, Campus Walferdange

Die Präsentation (zweisprachig) gibt Einblicke in bilingualen Sachfachunterricht an regulären deutschen Grundschulen. Es wird aufgegriffen, in welchen Situationen die Lehrkräfte Englisch (Fremdsprache) als Unterrichtssprache eingesetzen und wie die Lernenden damit umgehen. Im Gegensatz dazu wird gezeigt, in welchen Phasen Deutsch (Schulsprache) als Unterrichtssprache gewählt wird und wann ‘code-switching’ auftritt.

Sabrina Bechler, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Universität Frankfurt/Main, studierte Europalehramt für die Grund- und Hauptschule an der Pädagogischen Hochschule in Karlsruhe und an der University of Liverpool in England.

Joint research seminar – Law in translation, June 24, 3PM, Campus Walferdange

ziegler — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:11:35 +0000

The European Governance Research Programme, the MA in European Governance and the Master in Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts welcome the interested public to a joint research seminar (lecture & discussion) on

Law in Translation – The Production of a Multilingual Jurisprudence by the Court of Justice of the European Union, by Karen McAuliffe (University of Exeter)

on June 24, 3 PM (Thursday)

at Campus Walferdange, Bâtiment VI, Salle 011

Law in Translation - The Court of Justice of the European Union produces a multilingual jurisprudence consisting of collegiate judgments drafted by jurists in a language that is generally not their mother tongue. It undergoes many permutations of translation into/out of 23 different languages, and thus is necessarily shaped by the particular way in which the Court works and by the actors within it. There are various difficulties associated with the production of that multilingual jurisprudence:because French is rarely the mother tongue of those drafting that case law, the texts produced are often stilted and awkward. In addition, those drafting such case law are constrained in their use of language and style of writing (owing to pressures of technology and in order to reinforce the rule of law). These factors have led to the development of a ‘Court French’ which necessarily shapes the case law produced and has implications for its development, particularly insofar as it inevitably leads to a type of precedent in that case law. Furthermore, the lawyer-linguists at the Court, responsible for translating the jurisprudence into all of the official EU languages must reconcile differing notions of ‘law’ and ‘translation’ The results of their efforts and struggle to reconcile the two sets of norms (of translation and law) is a compromise, the existence of which is widely acknowledged and widely accepted within the small legal community of the Court. It is precisely because everyone in this community is aware of that compromise that it is actually able to function. However, to what extent can a wider understanding of the particular processes behind the production of the Court’s multilingual jurisprudence aid our understanding of the development of EU law?

Dr. Karen McAuliffe – is currently Lecturer in European Union Law at the University of Exeter’sCornwall campus. She holds the degrees of LLB (Hons) in Common and Civil Law with French (2000) and Ph.D (2006) from the Queen’s University of Belfast and has also studied at l’Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) in Belgium as well as the Academy of European Public Law in Greece (where she received a Diploma in European Public Law, 2003). Prior to undertaking her Ph.D studies she worked for the Court of Justice of the European Communities inLuxembourg. She is currently involved in research in post-enlargement dynamics of law and language in European Union institutions and the relationship between language, law and translation in the EU legal order.

Public poster session, JUNE 12, 4:30 PM, Campus WALFER – OPEN to ALL INtEReSSEES!

ziegler — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:26:59 +0000

Public poster session, JUNE 12, 4:30 PM, Campus WALFER – OPEN to ALL INtEReSSEES!

Le samedi, 12 juin, à 16h30, le Master – Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts vous accueillera pour une nouvelle édition de posters d’apprentissage. MA students having started to work on their ideas in September 2009 will present their projects and current developments in their ongoing work. La séance est ouverte à toute personne interesée et se terminera par un verre d’amitié. Die öffentliche Posterpräsentation beschliesst das akademische Jahr 2009/2010 für die Studierenden des ersten Studienjahres. Join the event and bring along your questions!

Information session, June 9, 7PM, Campus Walferdange

ziegler — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:10:51 +0000

Questions concernant le Master – Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts? Kommen Sie zur Informationsveranstaltung am 9.6., 19 Uhr. We’ll answer all your questions! See you there!

Registration open academic year 2010/2011 – deadlines & information sessions

ziegler — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:08:58 +0000

Innovative trilingual master’s programme “Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts” at the University of Luxembourg

Registration is now open for academic year 2010/2011

Das Master-Programm entdecken, sehen Sie hier die Kurz-Dokumentation von RTL Luxembourg (März 2009)

Information sessions on the study programme will be held on 28.4. and 9.6., 7 PM, Room Voygotsky, Campus Walferdange

Launched in 2007, the programme takes in 25 students per academic year, full-time and part-time mode is possible. Currently students from 35 countries participate in this programme in the learning sciences. Prerequisites are a completed three-year degree (or equivalent), the functional mastery of two of the three academic languages (English, French, German) as well as the submission of a personalized application file. Registration is now open for applicants from non-EU and EU-countries.

The study programme gives students a unique opportunity to develop their own profile as multilingual learner, actor and innovator in complex, multi facetted development processes. The four pillars of the study programme combine and contrast case-based analyses with regard to media and socio-cultural shaped learning and communication processes, information brokering and information design, multilingualism and its integration into the educational landscape, multimodality and knowledge transfer.

Experts from Luxembourg and abroad hold seminars and thus allow students to gain broad knowledge about current research trends and debates in the discussed fields. Furthermore, the academic programme includes international master classes jointly organised with complementary study programmes in the United Kingdom, France and Germany as well as workshops with business partners and educational institutions.

Succesful alumni of the programme work in the area of sustainable education, language policies, multicultural mediation and multilingual (language) learning processes, both in the area of pratical application (e.g., NGOs) as well as University based reasearch.

Master innovant trilingue « Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts » (MA multi-LEARN) à l’Université du Luxembourg

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour l’année académique 2010/2011

Les prochaines séances d’information se tiendront les 28.4.2010 et 9.6.2010, 19h, Salle Voygotsky, Campus Walferdange.

Introduit en 2007, le programme accepte 25 étudiant-e-s par année académique, étudiant à plein temps ou à temps partiel. Provenant de 35 pays différents, les étudiants actuels du programme participent à ce cursus qui figure parmi les plus innovants en Europe, plaçant au centre le développement – individuel et institutionnel – en situations d’apprentissage diversifées, multilingues et multiculturelles. Toutes et tous ont rempli les critères de candidature suivants : un diplôme équivalent à trois années d’études universitaires, la maîtrise fonctionnelle d’au moins deux des trois langues scientifiques officielles du cursus (Allemand, Anglais, Français), ainsi que le dépôt d’un dossier de candidature relatif au profil personnel, académique et profesionnel, de l’étudiant(e). L’inscription est actuellement ouverte aux candidats des pays EU et non-EU.

Le cursus du Master propose à ses étudiant(e)s une possibilité unique en son genre, pour développer son profil en tant qu’apprenant, acteur et retransmetteur au gré de processus de développement complexes et multifactoriels. Les quatre domaines d’activité du cursus, qui invitent régulièrement des experts internationaux au Luxembourg, réunissent et contrastent constamment des analyses imminentes frappées par des aspects médiaux et socioculturels dérivés de processus de développement et de communication, de la médiation et du design d’information, du multilinguisme et de la politique d’intégration, de la multimodalité et de la médiation du savoir et de l’apprentissage.

Des « masterclasses » internationales effectuées en coopération avec des cursus à visée complémentiare, proposés au Royaume Uni, en France et en Allemagne, ainsi que des « workshops » pratiques organisés en étroite coopération avec les partenaires industriels et divers acteurs de cultures scientifiques, techniques et éducatives.

Les alumnis du programme trilingue travaille dans les domaines de l’éducation durable, les politiques linguistiques, la médiation culturelle et les processus d’apprentissage multilingue et du développement, au niveau pratique (cf. ONG) et de la recherche à l’Université.

Innovativer dreisprachiger Studiengang an der Universität Luxemburg

Master “Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts” öffnet Einschreibungen für 2010/2011

Informationsveranstaltungen werden auch stattfinden am 28.4.2010 sowie 9.6.2010, jeweils um 19 Uhr, Raum Vygtosky, Campus Walferdange.

Der 2007 lancierte, dreisprachige Master lässt 25 Studierende zum Studim zu und zählt Studierende aus 35 verschiedenen Ländern, die den Studiengang in Vollzeit oder Teilzeit absolvieren. Zugelassungsbedinungen zum innovativen Masterstudiengang, der Lern- und Entwicklungsprozesse in Diversität, Mehrsprachigkeit und Multikulturalität zum Zentrum hat sind sind ein dreijähriger Universitätsabschluss, die funktionale Beherrschung zweier der drei Wissenschaftssprachen des Studiengangs (Deutsch, English, Français) sowie ein profilbezogenes Bewerbungsdossier.

Das Studienprogramm bietet den Studierenden einen in Europa einmaligen Rahmen, um das eigene Profil als Lernender und Akteur und in komplexen und multifaktoriellen Entwicklungsprozessen zu entwickeln. Die vier Arbeitsbereiche des Studiengangs, die regelmäßig internationale Experten nach Luxemburg führen, vereinen und kontrastieren stets fallbezogen Analysen zu medial und soziokulturell geprägten Lern- und Kommunikationsprozessen, zu Informationsvermittlung und -design, Mehrsprachigkeit und Bildungsintegration, Multimodalität und Wissensvermittlung.

Internationale Masterklassen, die zusammen mit komplementären Studiengängen in England, Frankreich und Deutschland durchgeführt werden, sowie Praxisworkshops mit Firmenpartnern und Bildungsträgern ergänzen das akademische Programm.

Absolventinnen und Absolventen des dreisprachigen Studiengangs sind aktiv im Bereich der nachhaltigen Bildungsarbeit, der Sprachpolitik, der Kulturvermittlung, des mehrsprachigen Lernens, der Entwciklugns- und Kooperationsarbeit, sowohl in praktischer (Nicht-Regierungsorganisationen) wie auch wissenschaftlicher Hinsicht (universitäre Forschung).

Professionalising Multilingualism in Higher Education, Conference, February 4-6, 2010

ziegler — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:50:06 +0000

Following the previous conferences held in Freiburg (Switzerland), Helsinki (Finland) and Bolzano (Italy), the University of Luxembourg will host the fourth scientific conference on Multilingual Universities from the 4^th to the 6^th February 2010 within the multilingual landscape of the officially trilingual Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The scientific contributions will discuss, examine and analyse how to further professionalise multilingualism in higher education. Contributors will present different perspectives on a variety of topics, ranging from policy issues to economics and biographical aspects of the multilingual individual (student, administrative assistant, lecturer, etc.).

http://multilingualuniversities.net/blog/

Welcome to the multi-LEARN blogs

Kristina D.C. Hoeppner — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:01:07 +0000

Starting with Winter Semester 2009/10, all MA students can operate their own blog at multi-learn.org. That allows you to have a space for reflecting your practices and experimenting with this digital tool.

Please contact the technical support of the multi-LEARN environment if you do not already have a login and password.

To get started with setting up your blog, you can take a look at the short blogging guide.