NJ_JaP Language Policy

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Dr. phil. Brigitte Sorger (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NJ_JaP/01: Fri 2. 3. 14:30–16:30 učebna 64, Fri 23. 3. 14:30–16:30 učebna 64, Fri 20. 4. 14:30–16:30 učebna 64, B. Sorger
Prerequisites
The seminar will be offered to all interested students of German who want to learn more about the international and political situation of their field of study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to learn more about language policy concepts and to recognize the global role of German as a foreign language.
Language policy means all activities that affect the learning or the use of languages in a country. According to curricular issues, and foreign language offerings in schools and universities are as much as promoting (or suppression) of minority immigrants and neighboring languages. But also the active promotion of the mother tongue in other countries, through special organizations, sending lecturers or financial support are also forms of language policy, as the advertisement for a language or its anchoring in international organizations.
In the seminar will be discussed the sitaution of the German language worldwide, the anchoring at schools, universities, language schools and in institutions. The politics of German-speaking countries to spread the German language in the past and present will be analyzes and compared with concepts from the European Union and the Czech Republic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Language spreading policy of the FRG
  • 2. Language spreading policy of the GDR
  • 3. Language spreading policy of Germany since 1990
  • 4. Language spreading policy of Austria
  • 5. Language spreading policy of Switzerland
  • 6. Language spreading policy of the Czech Republic
  • 7. The German language worldwide
  • 8.Institutions to promote the German language
  • 9. Associations to promote German language
  • 10. German in international organizations
  • 11. The German language in the Czech Republic
  • 12. German as a second language - support for adults
  • 13. German as a second language - support to schools
  • 14. Minority and immigrant languages in the German speaking countries
  • 15. Tests and Certifications
  • 16. Residence and citizenship
  • 17. Pluricentric
  • 18. Dialect - spoken language - default language
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Raasch, Albert [Hrsg.] (1999): Deutsch und andere Fremdsprachen - international, Länderberichte, sprachenpolitische Analysen. Amsterdam [u.a.], Rodopi
  • Ammon, Ulrich (1991): Die internationale Stellung der deutschen Sprache. Berlin [u.a.], de Gruyter
  • Muhr, Rudolf (1995): Die österreichische Sprach- und Kulturpolitik im neuen politischen Kontext nach 1989. In: Wodak, Ruth; de Cillia, Rudolf: Sprachenpolitik in Mittel- und Osteuropa, S83-91
  • Stark, Franz (2002): Deutsch in Europa. Geschichte seiner Stellung und Ausstrahlung. Sankt Augustin, Asgard-Verl. (Sprachen und Sprachenlernen ; 309 )
  • Ammon, Ulrich (2000a): Auf welchen Interessen beruht Sprachförderungspolitik? Ansätze einer erklärenden Theorie. In: Ammon, Ulrich [Hrsg.] (2000): Sprachförderung. Schlüssel auswärtiger Kulturpolitik. Frankfurt am Main, Wien [u.a.], Lang (Duisburger Arbe
  • Schneider, Axel (2000): Die auswärtige Sprachpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine Untersuchung zur Förderung der deutschen Sprache in Mittel- und Osteuropa, in der Sowjetunion und in der GUS 1982 bis 1995. Bamberg, Collibri-Verl. (Dr. Rabes Dokto
  • Ammon, Ulrich (1993): Über die Geschichte und derzeitige Situation von Deutsch als Fremdsprache in der Welt. In: Deutsch als Fremdsprache 30,1,1993. S. 10-17.
  • Praxenthaler, Martin (2002): Die Sprachverbreitungspolitik der DDR: Die deutsche Sprache als Mittel sozialistischer auswärtiger Kulturpolitik, Frankfurt am Main (u.a.) - Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft ; 47
  • Wodak, Ruth; de Cillia, Rudolf  [Hrsg.] (1995): Sprachenpolitik in Mittel- und Osteuropa.  Wien, Passagen-Verl.
  • Bauer, Gerd Ulrich (2003): Auswärtige Kulturpolitik. In: Wierlacher, Alois / Bogner, Andrea [Hrsg.] (2003): Handbuch interkulturelle Germanistik. Stuttgart [u.a.], Metzler. S.132-143
  • Bausch, Karl-Richard / Christ, Herbert / Krumm Hans-Jürgen [Hrsg.] (1992): Fremdsprachenunterricht und Sprachenpolitik als Gegenstand der Forschung. Arbeitspapiere der 12. Frühjahrskonferenz zur Erforschung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Bochum, Brockmeye
  • Busch, Brigitta / de Cillia, Rudolf  [Hrsg.] (2003): Sprachenpolitik in Österreich: eine Bestandsaufnahme.  Frankfurt am Main, Wien, Lang
  • Ammon, Ulrich (1995): Die deutsche Sprache in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Das Problem der nationalen Varietäten. Berlin [u.a.], de Gruyter.
Teaching methods
reading, discussion, leading a discussion, presentation, homework
Assessment methods
reding texts, recherche, presentation, leading discussion and seminar paper
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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