Outreach - Literally diverse!
Poster series, register wheel, and a short film on registers
Poster series on heritage languages and multilingualism
Public science events
Workshops, talks and publications for the general public
Outreach networks
Short film on registers
Poster series on heritage languages and multilingualism
- series of posters for exhibitions in educational contexts (in preparation)
- taking a closer look at myths and biases about registers, language change and multilingualism
- based on cartoons
- teaming up with Dr. Nadja Hermann (erzaehlmirnix, Link to twitter) to transfer conclusions from our research results in her signature style
Public science events
"Written City: Poetics and Urban Form" A transatlantic poetry reading with Greg Nissan
Mother Language Day 2020
- "Marketplace Multilingualism - Literally diverse!" (see photos and press prelease)
- invited practitioners from education and politics
- experiments, discussions, films, giveaways
Berlin Long Night of Science 2019
Edutainment on multilingualism and heritage languages, including:
- discussion game “Turkish or French?“ on heritage language education at school, published in PlayDecide, game kit 167331
- RERA, the register wheel of fortune
Berlin Long Night of Science 2018
Workshops, talks and publications for the general public
Allen, Shanley (P2); Tracy, Rosemarie (P5) & Zerbian, Sabine (P7). "Warum sich Sprachen verändern und was das mit uns - ihren Sprecherinnen und Sprechern - zu tun hat". Workshop at AIM Bildungskonferenz, Heilbronn, May 10-11, 2019.
Schroeder, Christoph (P4). "Herkunftssprachlicher Unterricht", GAL-Sektionentagung, Halle (Saale), September 19-20, 2019.
Woerfel, Till, Almut Küppers & Christoph Schroeder (P4). 2020. (Mehr)Sprachenprofile digital gestützt nutzen und ausbauen. Contribution to the RfM Debate 2020: „Drei Sprachen sind genug fürs Abitur! Ein Reformvorschlag für den Abbau der Diskriminierung von mehrsprachig Aufgewachsenen bei Schulabschlüssen“. (Debattenbeitrag)
Wiese, Heike (P6/Pd). "Vielfalt als Normalfall: Wandel und Integration in der Sprache". Lüneburger Wandelwoche, Lüneburg, October 24, 2019.
Wiese, Heike (P6/Pd). "Mehrsprachigkeit, Sprachkontakt, Sprachmischung", Salon Berlin-Kreuzberg, Berlin, September 27, 2019.
Outreach networks
University Public Engagement with Urban Multilingualism conference (2019)
RUEG participates in larger outreach networks:
- founding member of the Multilingual Cities Movement
- HERLING - research lab for the study of heritage languages of the Netherlands
- LUD - Center "Language in Urban Diversity" at Humboldt-Universität
- Bilingualism Matters - research and information centre at the University of Edinburgh
Happy birthday, W.! - short film on registers
Visitors at the premiere of "Happy birthday, W.!" on Mother Language Day, 2020
Download with english subtitles, 5 mins, 200 MB.
Summary: A young actress prepares before a film shooting. While waiting, she receives birthday calls from different people: her grandparents, a friend, an important sponsor, and her boyfriend she had previously argued with. Even though she talks about a similar topic (her birthday) with everyone, she does this differently, depending on the interlocutor, using different languages, dialects and styles, and also different body language. (Not wanting to speak also plays a special role.)