December 5, 2007: “Doing not being a foreign language learner: Working in English as a ‘lingua franca’” (Dr. Alan Frith)

invited lecture by Dr Alan FIRTH

Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Communication & Language Sciences,Newcastle University (UK)

Wednesday, December 5th,

Campus Walferdange, 17.30 h – room Vygotsky

Summary:

In his invited lecture Alan Firth will introduce, exemplify and discuss the notion that L2 competence may be profitably understood as a ‘public’ or ‘private’ phenomenon.

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