Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Applied English Linguistcs
BACKBONE is a European LLP/Languages project (Jan 2009 -Feb 2011, whose overall objective is to provide foreign language teachers in CLIL settings with innovative language learning solutions. To achieve this goal, pedagogic corpora of... more
lt has been argued that, in order to be adequate and theoretically sound, a modal of translation (including interpreting) has to be sensitive to the intercultural dimension . Translation, according to this view, can be seen as part of... more
Content 1 Vorbemerkungen 2 Kognitiv-linguistische Orientierungspunkte 3 Herausfordemngen des Übersetzens 4 Sprachenlernen: Konstruktion und Konflikt 5 Das Sprachlernpotential von Ubersetzungsaktivitäten 5.1 Jenseits der... more
To facilitate the process of consecutive interpreting, professional interpreters typically use a special system of note-taking. In the approaches developed on the basis of practical interpreting experience, these notations are commonly... more
The turning point in the development of the analysis of transfer was marked by the promotion of a concept of second language acquisition emphasizing the learner's own active and creative contribution Burt, 1974, 1975). The behaviouristic... more
Für lange Jahre war der muttersprachliche Transfer der bevorzugte Untersuchungsbereich einer kontrastiv orientierten Zweitsprachenerwerbsforschung. Spätestens seit der heftigen Attacke von Heidi Dulay und Marina Burt aber ist diese... more
The effects of specific hearer expectations on the categorical perception of speech sound continua were investigated. Subjects were asked to perform identification tests on synthetically produced /ba-da-ga/ continua. Hearer expectations... more
Kohn, Kurt (1 982a). "Schulische Aspekte des kanadischen Bilingualismus". Linguistische Berichte, 78, 48 -68. Schule und Anwendung Schulische Aspekte des kanadischen Bilingualismus* und der Japaner, der Inder, der Indianer und der Inuit... more
1. Einige wichtige Forschungsansätze Was sind Kollokationen? Als kompetente Sprecher einer Sprache verfügen wir über sie; wir sind in der Lage, sie bei der Produktion von Äußerungen und Texten zu gebrauchen; und wir scheinen bei der... more
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) addresses the specific needs of second language learners and tutors in computer-based learning and training environments. While traditional CALL applications were mainly focused on narrowly... more
The future of technology-based language learning and teaching is seen in an open communication and learning environment, which integrates generalised multi-purpose tools and is powerful and flexible'enough to be used by different users,... more
The paper looks at the multimedia dimension of CALL from the point of view of using an authoring tool developed by the author for the production and customisation of multimedia language learning materials. The interaction between learners... more
The practical need for terminological analysis is obvious. Technical translators spend a considerable amount of their working hours on terminological problems, looking up the meanings of terms they encounter in the source text, checking... more