| Kassel English Colloquium (KEC) |
| The Kassel English Colloqium (KEC) represents a forum for exchange between the university and practicing teachers on current issues and developments in foreign language education and foreign language research. KEC was established in the winter semester 1998/1999 by Prof. Dr. Claudia Finkbeiner, who teaches and conducts research in Applied Linguistics, Foreign Language Research, & Intercultural Communication. | |
July 2009 The 15th Kassel English Colloquium (KEC) took place on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in the Murrhardsche Library. Guest speaker was Dr. Joseph M. Cots, University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Dr. Joseph M. Cots gave a key note on “Promoting Intercultural Communicative Competence in a Secondary School”. |
April 2008 14th Kassel English Colloquium (KEC), April 24, 2008 at the Eulensaal of the University of Kassel. Prof. Dr. Ruggiano Schmidt from Syracuse , New York, USA gave a key note on „Reading and Writing in an Integrated Curriculum“. |
January 2007 13th Kassel English Colloquium (KEC), January 17, 2007 at the Reinhardwaldschule "Diagnosing text competence and cultural competence" |
January 2006 The 12th Kassel English Colloquium (KEC) was held on January 16th, 2006. The workshops offered:
The workshops were organized by Prof. Dr. Claudia Finkbeiner, Prof. Dr. Leo van Lier, Wolrad König (OStR i.H.), Dr. Sylvia Fehling, Markus Knierim, M.A., und Eva Wilden. |
December 2005 On Monday, December 12, Prof. Dr. James P. Lantolf (Pennsylvania State University) gave a lecture on "Dynamic Assessment in Foreign Language Development" |
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January 2005 Prof. Dr. Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute for International Studies, Monterey/Kalifornien, USA, was giving a presentation about "Perception and action in a project-based curriculum: An Ecological Perspective" at the 10th Kassel English Colloquium on January 11, 2005. |
Juni 2004 "The Intercultural Experience" was the topic of the 9th Kassel English Colloquium on Juni 16, 2004 at the University of Kassel. Prof. Dr. Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt of the Le Moyne College, Syracuse/NY, USA talked about "The ABC's of Intercultural Understanding and Communication". After this presentation the conference continued with four different workshops on intercultural learning and teaching conducted by Prof. Schmidt, Prof. Finkbeiner, Markus Knierim and Eva Wilden. |
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May 2003 "Content and Language Integrated Learning and Teaching" was the topic of the eighth Kassel English Colloquium which took place on May 23, 2003. Prof. Dr. Claudia Finkbeiner, Sylvia Fehling and Michaela Göbel from the University of Kassel presented the Comenius II-project MOBIDIC (Module einer bilingualen Didaktik und Methodik des Sachfachunterrichts für die Lehrerbildung). Moreover, Dorothea Burdzik and Margozata Multanska from Warsaw, partners in the MOBIDIC-project, talked about content and language integrated learning and teaching in Poland. In the afternoon the conference continued with workshops conducted by Prof. Finkbeiner, Sylvia Fehling, Edmund Borschel and Wolrad König. |
May 2002 "Today English was the best class! – EFL Methodology in the primary classroom" was the topic of a presentation by Prof. Dr. Gisela Schmid-Schönbein on May 15, 2002. Prof. Schmid-Schönbein is professor for the English language and English language teaching methodology at the University of Koblenz-Landau, author of numerous publications especially in this fields: Methodology of Early Foreign Language Learning, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Computer-assisted Language Learning. |
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Summer term 2000 The Kassel English Colloquium was continued in the summer term 2000 with the opening of the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Learning Centre and a lecture by Prof. Juliane House about "Intercultural Learning". |
June 2000 On the occasion of the third Kassel English Colloquium on June 26, 2000, Prof. Dr. Günter Huber gave a talk about "Cooperative Learning in the Context of Learning and Teaching Environments." Günter Huber is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Tübingen. |
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January 2000 "Internet for English Teaching" was the topic of a presentation by Reinhard Donath on January 27, 2000. Reinhard Donath is an EFL teacher in Aurich and author of several books on computer-enhanced learning and teaching. |
Winter term 1999/2000 In the winter term of 1999/2000 the Kassel English Colloquium continued with a lecture given by Prof. Dieter Wolff on the subject of "Cognitivism and Constructivism: How compatible are new theories of learning with Foreign Language Textbooks?" Dr. Dieter Wolff has a professorship for Fachdidaktik Englisch at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the Bergische University Gesamthochschule Wuppertal. He is author of numerous books and publications in the fields of learner autonomy, computer supported learning, learning strategies and learning techniques, constructivism as well as Bilingualer Sachfachunterricht. |
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Winter term 1998/99 Since the winter term 1998/99, Prof. Dr. Finkbeiner has had the pleasure to welcome numerous, eminent scholars specializing in a broad range of topics within the fields of Applied Linguistics, Foreign Language Research, & Intercultural Communication. The initial KEC on January 14, 1999, featured a presentation by Ute Rampillon on "Learning Techniques and Learning Strategies." Ute Rampillon is author of numerous books in foreign language education and is editor of the journal "Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht." |
The enormous participation shown by the public at the Kassel English Colloquia as well as the very stimulating discussions after the lectures do not only show the positive resonance, which this forum of exchange meets within Kassel and the surrounding area, but also the necessity of holding events such as these.
Please address any comments and suggestions to: Prof. Dr. Claudia Finkbeiner.
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Last updated on 09.09.2009 .
