Teachers' Day 2011
8th Teachers' Day
Helping learners mediate between cultures
SCHEDULE
OPENING | Welcome and introduction |
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | For the university: The University President Prof. Dr. Volker Linneweber
For the Ministry of Education: Superintendent of Schools Saarland Joachim Mohr
For the department: Prof. Astrid M. Fellner |
PRESENTATION | |
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Wolfgang Hallet (Gießen) |
Mediating between languages and cultures. The manifold processes and competences of interlingual communication. | |
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
WORKSHOPS | |
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Debbie Coetzee-Lachmann (Osnabrück) |
Developing and using rating scales to assess performance on mediation tasks This workshop explores ways in which teachers can frame the rating process and the application of rating scales based on an understanding of the social mechanisms governing communication and on the quality criteria for language testing. The aim is to provide teachers with a framework that can support them in making reflective, confident judgments and in giving learners helpful feedback on their performances on a specific task. Drawing from socioliterate theory and from the literature on language testing, scales used to rate performance on mediation tasks will be analysed as to identify possible problems they pose for the rating process and ways of addressing these. | |
Judy Copage (Wolverhampton) | |
Dictionary skills for active use: How production dictionaries help in developing writing and speaking skills. This workshop will look at the use of production dictionaries in mediation tasks in the classroom and for exams. Most students are aware of traditional reference ('look up') dictionaries, but how can we train learners to use a different kind of dictionary to develop a rich vocabulary for writing and speaking? We will examine how production dictionaries work, and suggest some activities that teachers can use with their classes. | |
Matthew George (Frankfurt) | |
Mediation is not translation. The film „Lost in translation“ starring Bill Murray and Scarlet Johansson through its title explains a lot of the problems which occur when mediating between two languages and cultures. | |
Wolfgang Hallet (Gießen) | |
Constructing tasks for interlingual mediation Der Workshop befasst sich mit verschiedenen mehrsprachigen | |
Klaus Schmitt (Saarbrücken) | |
"Who is s/he? What did s/he say?" Small Talk in Alltagssituationen für den Unterrricht aufbereitet. Not everybody speaks English so very well—aber muss er das, damit man ihn versteht? Get to know some (native) English speakers from all over the world—straight from my hometown. Real people talking about their lives—or anything else? | |
Dorothee Schütz (Saarbrücken) und Henry Rademacher (Saarbrücken) | |
Mediation in the classroom: Socio-cultural subtleties and knowing your audience Mediation means different things to different teachers and learners in the foreign language classroom. In our workshop, we will take a look at a handful of tasks one can use in mediation classes, focusing on socio-cultural subtleties of everyday situations. Workshop participants will discuss the utility of various teaching ideas, paying particular attention to the needs of their learners. Examples from school exams (including those from Berufsbildende Schulen) will be used, as will a variety of written texts and audio/visual media. | |
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
PRESENTATION | |
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Roger Charlton |
Mediation in the facebook era | |
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
WORKSHOPS | |
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Debbie Coetzee-Lachmann (Osnabrück) |
see above | |
Judy Copage (Wolverhampton) | |
see above | |
Matthew George (Frankfurt) | |
see above | |
Klaus Schmitt (Saarbrücken) | |
see above | |
Dorothee Schütz (Saarbrücken) and Henry Rademacher (Saarbrücken) | |
see above | |
LOCATION
Saarland University | |
Presentations | building A3 3 (Aula) |
Workshop Coetzee-Lachmann | building C5 3, room 4.08 |
Workshop Copage | building C5 3, room 3.24 |
Workshop George | building C5 3, room 2.06 |
Workshop Hallet | building A3 3 (Aula) |
Workshop Schmitt | building C5 3, room 1.20 |
Workshop Schütz and Rademacher | building C5 3, room U13 |
Book exhibition | building A3 3 (Aula) |
(see university map) | |
PARKING Since parking on campus has become very expensive (€ 4,00/ hour), we suggest you park in one of the parking garages (€ 1,00/hour, € 3,00/day). |