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Open lecture – A systemic functional approach to translation competence, June 8, 6 PM, Université du Luxembourg, Campus Walfer
June 3rd, 2011A systemic functional approach to translation competence
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Prof. Dr. Viviana Gaballo, University of Macerata
Université du Luxembourg, Campus Walfer, ROOM: MONTESSORI
In the past decades in which Translation Studies has become firmly established as an academic discipline in its own right, research flourished as to the designation and definition of translation competence. The concept is of particular relevance to translator training since it drives decisions and choices in the design of a syllabus and can also be considered as the litmus paper against which to test the acquired competence. This becomes evident from the novel approach suggested in this lecture offering a new model of translation competence based on the integration of two apparently opposite views, the holistic view of PACTE’s multicomponent model and the minimalist view of Pym’s approach. The result is a versatile translation competence model that restores the centrality of the translation process while relating it to interacting background dimensions. The effectiveness of the suggested systemic functional model also lies in the fact that it can be usefully applied to assess translation competence acquisition from both the qualitative and the quantitative viewpoint.
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Follow the acquisition teams blog – Residential Week – Multilingualism
April 5th, 2011Blogging on … Residential Week – Multilingualism
Follow the updates via the DICA-lab acquisition blog as Members of the Acquisition teams of DICA-lab take part in the Residential Week in Multilingualism hosted by The MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism at the University of Birmingham. During this 5-day course, they will attend sessions on different aspects of and approaches to multilingualism, as well as workshops where they’ll have a chance to discuss their data.
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Appropriation and transmission of world languages and cultures – Séminaire doctoral international, March, 18-19, 2011 Paris
March 16th, 2011Le séminaire doctoral international co-organisé “Appropriation et transmission des langues et des cultures du monde” se tiendra le 18/19 mars 2011 à Paris, INALCO.
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Thèse soutenue – Harmony Marchal: L’acquisition du genre grammatical en français
January 30th, 2011Harmony Marchal a soutenu avec succès sa thèse de doctorat “L’acquisition du genre grammatical en français” à l’Université de Grenoble – Laboratoire des sciences de l’éducation, bénéficiant du soutien du FNR Luxembourg; composition du jury: Philippe Dessus (Professeur, directeur, Université de Grenoble),Maryse Bianco (MCF, codirectrice, Université de Grenoble), Benoît Lemaire (MCF, codirecteur, Université de Grenoble), Jean Ecalle (Professeur, Université Lyon 2), Dominique-Guy Brassart (Professeur, Université Lille 3), Gudrun Ziegler (Associate Professor, Université du Luxembourg).
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Internships: Development and innovation in concurrent engineering settings of spacecraft design
January 11th, 2011Internships: Development and innovation in concurrent engineering settings of spacecraft design
Space crafts are complex. The development processes of these systems even more. Concurrent Engineering (CE) is a methodology to sustainably increase the efficiency of this activity, especially during the analyses, evaluation and design phases of a project life-cycle. An interdisciplinary team comes together and simultaneously work on the same project converging through different iteration cycles up to a certain design maturity. Sharing the different expertises and ideas during moderated and “off-line” sessions, monitored and guided by the systems team and the customer, the study leads to successful analyses and preliminary design stages in short periods of time.
However, within this group process, being among others multi-cultural and -lingual, and processes based on a formal approach with a common goal and profiles of team members, Concurrent Engineering still offers great potential for improvements with respect to e.g. design interventions, schedule flexibility, team interaction and knowledge management.
The DAAD RISE and RISE worldwide internships provide unique opportunities to participate in this activity by systematically analysing a comprehensive data set, from a solar mission design study. Special tools and databases will be used and the work will be done within the dynamic environments at the University of Luxembourg and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) – Institute of Space Systems in Bremen, Germany.
Feel free to get in touch with us: gudrun.ziegler@uni.lu / charles.max@uni.lu (Luxembourg) or andy.braukhane@dlr.de (Bremen)
If you are interested, please register – NOTE – DEADLINE IS MID/END of JANUARY 2011 – using the following links for further information and application:
For German students (RISE worldwide)
http://www.daad.de/rise-weltweit/de/12133/index.html
http://www.daad.de/rise-weltweit/en/index.html
For North American students (RISE)
http://www.daad.de/rise/en/index.html
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Junior Researcher (contracted PhD student) in Language Development and Interaction
October 13th, 2010Application End : Friday October 15 2010
Ref. F3-060017
2-year-fixed term contract, renewable, 40 hours/week
Student AND employee statu
The University of Luxemburg invites applications for the following vacancy in its Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education
Junior Researcher (contracted PhD student) in Language Development and Interaction M/F
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Public lecture, 13.10.2010, 17h, Cultural diversity in Dutch classrooms: social interaction and learning
September 29th, 2010Cultural diversity in Dutch classrooms: social interaction and learning, Prof. Dr. Ed Elbers, Utrecht University
Public lecture, 13.10.2010, 17h, Campus Walfer, room Latomus, building 3
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Soutenance de thèse de doctorat – 14 octobre 2010, 9h, Campus Walfer
September 20th, 2010Anne MEYER soutiendra sa thèse de doctorat, ayant comme titre “Peer interactions in the language classroom: Expert-novice-practices in learning activities at primary school” le 14 octobre 2010, à 9h à l’Université du Luxembourg (Campus Walferdange, salle INSIDE, Bat. XII) en présence des professeurs Dr. Ed Elbers (Utrecht University), Dr. Charles Max (Université du Luxembourg, président du jury), Dr. Marie-Thérèse Vasseur (Université du Maine), Dr. Steve Walsh (Newcastle University) et Dr. Gudrun Ziegler (Université du Luxembourg, directrice de thèse).
Participation libre d’accès, prière de se présenter à la salle indiquée 10 minutes avant le début de la séance.
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Open presentation – Testing usage-based models in language acquisition – June, 25, 10:15, Campus Walferdange
June 21st, 2010Prof. Heike Behrens (Universiät Basel) will be discussing “Testing usage-based models in language acquisition” (June 25, 10:15-11:30), Campus Walferdange, room tba) within a working session of the FUNDENG project. Interessierte (Studierende & ForscherInnen) sind herzlich willkommen.
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FNR-funded PhD-research “Interacting in Luxembourgish as an Additional Language”, Adrienne Lambo Ouafo
June 16th, 2010Adrienne Lambo Ouafo, who graduated from the trilingual research MA-programme “Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts” (2009) will join DICA-lab with her PhD-research, focusing on “Interacting in Luxembourgish as an Additional Language”, funded by the FNR-AFR scheme, starting in September 2010. Le projet (direction: G. Ziegler) traite de la théorie des apprentissages en contexte multilingue. L’apprenant du luxembourgeois est-il un «acteur social»? L’étude se propose d’analyser la relation qu’entretient l’immigrant adulte apprenant du luxembourgeois comme langue additionnel (lLAL) avec le contexte social au Luxembourg. Basée sur la théorie de l’apprentissage d’une langue comme dynamique interactionnelle, nous examinons les représentations qu’ont les apprenants de leurs situations d’interaction ainsi que les situations d’interaction.
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