Scientific language
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Academic language skills in the university context: demanding, evaluating - but how to promote them?
January 16 and 17, 2014
Organization: Tanja Fohr, M.A./ StR.i.H.,FB 02, Department DaFZ Speakers: Dr. Marina Adams, Dr. Ulrike Arras, Heike Brandl, Prof. Dr. Christian Fandrych, Prof. Dr. Helmuth Feilke, Dr. Gabriele Graefen, Ute Koithan, Dr. Martin Steinseifer
The conference will not only make a contribution to the language policy debate on the topic of academic language with presentations and discussions, but will also use research findings and examples from teaching practice to demonstrate ways of promoting academic language skills.
Taking this as an opportunity, the conference has set itself several goals: The current debate on the role of German as a language of science in comparison to English forms the starting point for various questions relating to scientific language requirements and the promotion of scientific language skills. In addition, it is also about the extent to which the required academic language skills are measured using tests such as the TestDaF and DSH, for example.The gap between the expected and actual academic language skills of German and international students at German universities is often lamented.
The exchange and discussions about measures and projects should contribute to the networking of universities, state schools and private educational institutions.
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