´Awareness Matters: Language, Culture, Literacy´ (10th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness) - Deutscher Bildungsserver

´Awareness Matters: Language, Culture, Literacy´ (10th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness)

25.07.2010 - 28.07.2010

University of Kassel
Kassel
Hessen
Deutschland
ala2010@uni-kassel.de

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The 10th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness will give academics the opportunity to exchange ideas on their research projects with respect to language, culture and literacy and the importance of awareness in the field of first, second, third, fourth etc. and foreign language acquisition, teacher training, research in language and culture including the role of language awareness in the workplace. The main areas are: Language Awareness in Language Learning and Language Teaching in multilingual and multicultural contexts; Language Awareness in diverse Workplaces, such as Business, Marketing, Health etc.; Language Awareness and the Use of Media; Cultural Awareness in Language Learning and Language Teaching; Cultural Awareness in the Workplace, such as Business, Marketing, Health etc.; Cultural Awareness and the Use of Media; Language Awareness and Literacy Development in Language Learning and Teaching; Language Awareness and Professional Literacy Development. The central theme ´Awareness Matters: Language, Culture, Literacy´ will focus on relevant educational, economical, political, and sociological aspects of personal and co-operative knowledge construction related to different languages, to different cultures and their members in multilingual and multicultural contexts. These aspects will be discussed in the context of a continuous and dynamic debate with texts both written and oral in quite different usage contexts in Face-to-Face and online learning situations. Academics are invited to submit abstracts for paper presentations (30 minutes), workshops (45 minutes), colloquia (100 minutes), or posters. Language of the abstract: English or German. For further information on the abstract submission, please read the Call for Papers. This conference has been accredited by the ´Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung Hessen´ (40 credits, IQ-Nr. 0456075).