Gedanken zum 03. und 04. Juli 2026. # Erfurt, # Demokratie
Gila Schauer
@gilaschauer.bsky.social
Professor of English & Applied Linguistics @unierfurt.bsky.social Interested in Pragmatics, Intercultural Competence & Communication, ELT, SLA, Diversity & Higher Education. Posts in English & German. LGBTIQA ally . She/her. https://linktr.ee/gila.schauer
We, the Department of Linguistics, are committed to the values that have always characterised our discipline: open-mindedness, respect for & an appreciation of linguistic & cultural diversity.
Vielen Dank an die Organisator:innen der heutigen wissenschaftliche Veranstaltung „Bevor es zu spät ist“ und an die Diskussionsteilnehmenden für die interessanten Beiträge. #Erfurt , #Demokratie , #Wissenschaft
Danke @hrkaktuell.bsky.social für diese klare Positionierung!
Hochschulrektorenkonferenz@hrkaktuell.bsky.social · 3mo agoMit großer Sorge beobachten die #Hochschulen, dass Grundsätze der #Chancengerechtigkeit & diskriminierungsfreien Teilhabe zunehmend pauschal infrage gestellt und diskreditiert werden. Solchen Entwicklungen tritt die HRK entschieden entgegen und betont die Bedeutung von #Gleichstellung & #Diversität.
Wichtiges Interview zur Wissenschaftsfreiheit geführt von @jmwiarda.bsky.social mit dem Präsidenten der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz Walter Rosenthal. www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...
"Das Risiko, dass wir verklagt werden, darf uns nicht abschrecken"
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Willkommen auf dem Campus – Ort der Vielfalt, der Toleranz und des Respekts! www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...
Willkommen auf dem Campus – Ort der Vielfalt, der Toleranz und des Respekts!
Die Universität Erfurt hat auf ihrem Campus mehrere Banner aufgehängt, auf denen sie sich zu Vielfalt, Toleranz, Respekt und Weltoffenheit ausspricht.
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Ein herzliches Willkommen (zurück) an all unsere Studierenden und Kolleg:innen! Wir wünschen allen ein gutes und interessantes Semester! A very warm welcome (back) to all our students and colleagues! We wish everyone a good and interesting semester!
The European Institute for Gender Equality's (EIGE) "Gender Equality Index 2025" is available online. eige.europa.eu/publications...
Gender Equality Index 2025: Sharper data for a changing world
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The European Commission's LGBTIQ+ equality strategy 2026 - 2030 is available online commission.europa.eu/document/b49...
LGBTIQ+ equality strategy 2026 - 2030 | European Commission
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The European Commission's Eurydice (2025) on Academic staff in Europe – 2025 is available open access eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/publications...
Academic staff in Europe – 2025
Academic staff are indisp
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Have recently come across "The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding" by Lewandowsky et al (2025) which is available as an open access ebook. zenodo.org/records/1569...
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
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At the end of 2021, Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Milica Savic, Anders Myrset and I had our first conversations about editing a book on L2 pragmatics & young language learners. In our blog entry we explain why we felt that this book was needed: channelviewpublications.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/y...
Pragmatics in Primary EFL Education
This month we published Second Language Pragmatics and Young Language Learners edited by Gila A. Schauer, Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Milica Savić and Anders Myrset. In this post the editors expla…
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I am delighted that our edited volume "Second Language #Pragmatics and Young Language Learners - #EFL #Primary #School Contexts in #Europe" is now available www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/.... We are very gratetful to our contributors who accompanied us on this journey!
Ein herzliches Willkommen (zurück) an all unsere Studierenden und Kolleg:innen! Wir wünschen allen ein gutes und interessantes Semester! A very warm welcome (back) to all our students and colleagues! We wish everyone a good and interesting semester!
Prof. Gila Schauer gave a presentation with the title "Children's #literature and young #L2 learners: investigating the potential of graphic novels for L2 #pragmatic instruction" at the Annual ITAP conference on 26th June. www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
We are deeply worried about recent developments on some social media platforms that no longer prohibit insults based on a person's appearance, ethnic or national background, gender, health, religion, or sexual orientation. We are committed to a respectful communication style.
Ein herzliches Willkommen (zurück) an all unsere Studierenden und Kolleg:innen! Wir wünschen allen ein gutes und interessantes Semester! A very warm welcome (back) to all our students and colleagues! We wish everyone a good and interesting semester!
Open access books on various aspects of linguistics published by John Benjamins can be found here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/coll...
Open Access Books (ca. 80 titles) | John Benjamins
Welcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access.
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Just came across Bloomsbury's open access ebook collection which at the time of writing includes 695 books from a variety of subjects (e.g., education, history, linguistics, etc.). The link below goes to the linguistics section. www.bloomsburycollections.com/search-resul...
Bloomsbury Collections - Search Results
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UNESCO's "Languages matter: global guidance on multilingual education" (2025) is now available. It also contains a helpful overview of key acronyms and terms on pages 12-14. unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...
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Herzlich willkommen, liebe Petra!
Linguistics @ Uni Erfurt@ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · last yr.Wir freuen uns sehr Frau Prof. Dr. Petra Knorr, die neue Inhaberin der Professur für Englischdidaktik mit Schwerpunkt Sprachlehr- und -lernforschung, im Team begrüßen zu dürfen. Herzlich willkommen! www.uni-erfurt.de/philosophisc...
Circumstances in many places all over the world have been challenging in 2024. I wish all of us a peaceful, happy and healthy 2025, and hope that we will experience a renewed appreciation for democratic processes, kindness, and living in harmony with each other & nature in the new year.
Interesting research project focusing on openings & closures of "academic degree programs (BA, MA, minors, majors, PhD) in languages or linguistics, literatures and cultural studies, translation or interpreting studies, and language teaching offered in university language centers" in Europe.
Philipp Krämer@phkraemer.bsky.social · 2y agoUniversities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why? If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)! elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
Ein sehr spannender Vortrag, der gerade auch für Forscher:innen im Bereich der Pragmatik sehr interessant war. Das #openaccess Buch "Berufsbezogene #Deutschförderung - #Lernziele" von O. Bärenfänger, N. Nietsche & S. Plassmann findet sich hier: www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/A...
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Wir bedanken uns herzlich bei Herrn Professor Olaf Bärenfänger (Universität Leipzig) für seinen Vortrag im EPPP Nachwuchskolleg mit dem Titel: "Sprachliche Kompetenzen für den Beruf modellieren: Skalen erstellen und anwenden". #Sprachwissenschaft , #Deutsch , #DaZ , #DaF
Nach dem Post mit dem Link zur finanziellen Situation der britischen #Universitäten, hier nun ein lesenswerter Blogbeitrag zu der Situation der deutschen #Hochschulen von @jmwiarda.bsky.social , www.jmwiarda.de/2024/11/25/k...
Knappe Kasse?
In Baden-Württemberg und Berlin protestieren die Hochschulen gegen drohende Kürzungen. Vorboten für Entwicklungen, die auch anderswo drohen? Ein aktueller Überblick über die Hochschulfinanzierung in a...
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Just seen the list of UK universities closing departments, restructuring and making staff redundant qmucu.org/qmul-transfo... via @iancushing.bsky.social & @gsoh31.bsky.social . This is horrendous. My thoughts are with colleagues working at these institutions and their students.
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
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An interesting (and at times rather funny) form of protest
Central Bylines@centralbylines.co.uk · 2y agoA great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed @gemmagould.bsky.social
If you are interested in second language (L2) pragmatics & young language learners (YLL), I highly recommend "Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners: Beneath the Linguistic Surface" by M. Savic, A. Mryset, M. Economidou-Kogetsidis, www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners
This book introduces the main concepts and research findings of second language pragmatics in relation to young language learners. It also explores issues in teaching pragmatics and conducting pragmat...
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Over the years, I have frequently referred to "Let's talk and talk about it" by Willis Edmondson & Juliane House (1981), which had been out of print for some time. I was delighted to come across "Expressions, Speech Acts & Discourse" by Edmondson, House & Kadar published in 2023 by CUP.
