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The language focus of this trilingual course will be decided at the beginning of the course and depends on the course participants. It will be co-taught by French and English native speakers, who are multilingual language teachers and fluent in German. We will include activities that develop the reading comprehension and speaking in particular. The topics we will explore are all space related (cooperation vs. space race, demographics of the space industry, space and sustainability, environmental aspects, innovation...). Participants will thus familiarise themselves with a transdisciplinary approach by dealing with themes that hardly ever appear within their respective curricula. Unlike a traditional language course, this course does not focus on the systematic acquisition of grammar but aims to highlight the parallels that can exist between different languages in order to improve the participants' language learning strategies and foster the emergence of a translanguaging awareness.

Category: 2023-24

​​This is a multidisciplinary course. Students will explore the world of Space, while improving their professional English for their future studies and employment opportunities. Participants will also understand terminologies and concepts for fields relevant to the space sector as part of the UNIVERSEH programme (e.g. "space, earth, natural sciences, medicine, humanities") and contribute to the development of an illustrated Dictionary of Space Concepts that we are developing in cooperation with the Computer Linguistics Dept. There will be many opportunities to practice different text styles, such as interviewing, biographical notes, reports, and reflection writing. As an online course, digital media are endemic to the classroom environment, and the synchronous meetings will be supplemented with asynchronous tasks that will help students prepare for class and apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills. Continuous cooperation, peer review, video creation, and illustrations for the DSC, will result in a tangible product at the end of the term.



Category: 2023-24

​​This is a multidisciplinary course. Students will explore the world of Space, while improving their professional English for their future studies and employment opportunities. Participants will also understand terminologies and concepts for fields relevant to the space sector as part of the UNIVERSEH programme (e.g. "space, earth, natural sciences, medicine, humanities") and contribute to the development of an illustrated Dictionary of Space Concepts that we are developing in cooperation with the Computer Linguistics Dept. There will be many opportunities to practice different text styles, such as interviewing, biographical notes, reports, and reflection writing. As an online course, digital media are endemic to the classroom environment, and the synchronous meetings will be supplemented with asynchronous tasks that will help students prepare for class and apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills. Continuous cooperation, peer review, video creation, and illustrations for the DSC, will result in a tangible product at the end of the term.



Category: 2023-24

Our course “Critical Outer Space Studies: Seminar and Lecture Series” takes as its cue the increasing prevalence and visibility of both public (NASA, ESA, Artemis Accords) and private (SpaceX Blue Origins, etc.) endeavors that seek to explore, exploit, settle, and own outer space and its celestial bodies. Our course will pay particular attention to how, in recent years, the exploration of outer space has been invigorated via its role as a potential remedy for the challenges of the Anthropocene (via resource extractivism, resettlement, off-world heavy industry, observation of impacts of climate change on a global scale).

Using as a point of departure the notion that outer space is a social construct and as such entangled in terrestrial discourses such as colonialism, capitalism, territoriality, militourism, (among others), this class will engage the complex field of study that is the science and exploration of outer space through a variety of disciplinary lenses—particularly, but not exclusively, from the humanities—such as environmentalism, posthuman studies, mobility studies, astroethics, critical legal studies, discard studies, and postcolonial studies.

Participating students will have the unique opportunity to engage with the work of leading scholars and scientists in all of these fields through seminar sessions and their discussion of texts, films, reports and other material. The seminars will also prepare the accompanying guest lecture series, which allow the students to directly engage with leading scholars and scientists from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore the ethics and cultural discourses that surround the exploration of human space.

The course curriculum includes two field trips to HHU Düsseldorf and Université Toulouse -Jean Jaurès for the first and final sessions of class, respectively, which will be fully funded for enrolled students.

Category: 2023-24

The language focus of this trilingual course will be decided at the beginning of the course and depends on the course participants. It will be co-taught by French and English native speakers, who are multilingual language teachers and fluent in German. We will include activities that develop the reading comprehension and speaking in particular. The topics we will explore are all space related (cooperation vs. space race, demographics of the space industry, space and sustainability, environmental aspects, innovation...). Participants will thus familiarise themselves with a transdisciplinary approach by dealing with themes that hardly ever appear within their respective curricula. Unlike a traditional language course, this course does not focus on the systematic acquisition of grammar but aims to highlight the parallels that can exist between different languages in order to improve the participants' language learning strategies and foster the emergence of a translanguaging awareness.

Category: 2023-24

The language focus of this trilingual course will be decided at the beginning of the course and depends on the course participants. It will be co-taught by French and English native speakers, who are multilingual language teachers and fluent in German. We will include activities that develop the reading comprehension and speaking in particular. The topics we will explore are all space related (cooperation vs. space race, demographics of the space industry, space and sustainability, environmental aspects, innovation...). Participants will thus familiarise themselves with a transdisciplinary approach by dealing with themes that hardly ever appear within their respective curricula. Unlike a traditional language course, this course does not focus on the systematic acquisition of grammar but aims to highlight the parallels that can exist between different languages in order to improve the participants' language learning strategies and foster the emergence of a translanguaging awareness.

Category: 2023-24

​​This is a multidisciplinary course. Students will explore the world of Space, while improving their professional English for their future studies and employment opportunities. Participants will also understand terminologies and concepts for fields relevant to the space sector as part of the UNIVERSEH programme (e.g. "space, earth, natural sciences, medicine, humanities") and contribute to the development of an illustrated Dictionary of Space Concepts that we are developing in cooperation with the Computer Linguistics Dept. There will be many opportunities to practice different text styles, such as interviewing, biographical notes, reports, and reflection writing. As an online course, digital media are endemic to the classroom environment, and the synchronous meetings will be supplemented with asynchronous tasks that will help students prepare for class and apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills. Continuous cooperation, peer review, video creation, and illustrations for the DSC, will result in a tangible product at the end of the term.



Category: 2022-23

​​This is a multidisciplinary course. Students will explore the world of Space, while improving their professional English for their future studies and employment opportunities. Participants will also understand terminologies and concepts for fields relevant to the space sector as part of the UNIVERSEH programme (e.g. "space, earth, natural sciences, medicine, humanities") and contribute to the development of an illustrated Dictionary of Space Concepts that we are developing in cooperation with the Computer Linguistics Dept. There will be many opportunities to practice different text styles, such as interviewing, biographical notes, reports, and reflection writing. As an online course, digital media are endemic to the classroom environment, and the synchronous meetings will be supplemented with asynchronous tasks that will help students prepare for class and apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills. Continuous cooperation, peer review, video creation, and illustrations for the DSC, will result in a tangible product at the end of the term.



Category: 2022-23

Our course “Critical Outer Space Studies: Seminar and Lecture Series” takes as its cue the increasing prevalence and visibility of both public (NASA, ESA, Artemis Accords) and private (SpaceX Blue Origins, etc.) endeavors that seek to explore, exploit, settle, and own outer space and its celestial bodies. Our course will pay particular attention to how, in recent years, the exploration of outer space has been invigorated via its role as a potential remedy for the challenges of the Anthropocene (via resource extractivism, resettlement, off-world heavy industry, observation of impacts of climate change on a global scale).

Using as a point of departure the notion that outer space is a social construct and as such entangled in terrestrial discourses such as colonialism, capitalism, territoriality, militourism, (among others), this class will engage the complex field of study that is the science and exploration of outer space through a variety of disciplinary lenses—particularly, but not exclusively, from the humanities—such as environmentalism, posthuman studies, mobility studies, astroethics, critical legal studies, discard studies, and postcolonial studies.

Participating students will have the unique opportunity to engage with the work of leading scholars and scientists in all of these fields through seminar sessions and their discussion of texts, films, reports and other material. The seminars will also prepare the accompanying guest lecture series, which allow the students to directly engage with leading scholars and scientists from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore the ethics and cultural discourses that surround the exploration of human space.

The course curriculum includes two field trips to HHU Düsseldorf and Université Toulouse -Jean Jaurès for the first and final sessions of class, respectively, which will be fully funded for enrolled students.

Category: 2022-23

Learning Outcomes

The aim of the course is that students

  • can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
  • can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has
  • can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.


Method

A communicative approach is applied including all four modes of communication (reception, production, interaction, mediation) according to the Companion Volume CEFR (2020).

The course is entirely online including synchronous sessions (90 minutes/week) and asynchronous learning time during the week.

For the synchronous online language lessons, you will need to have your camera and microphone activated.


Category: 2023-24

Nearly 60% of the world population speaks at least two or more languages. Multilingualism, in the EU’s view, is an important element in Europe’s competitiveness. One of the objectives of the EU's language policy is therefore that every European citizen should master two other languages in addition to their mother tongue.

In this seminar, we will reflect on our own plurilingualism and get to know tools that help us in the self-evaluation of our own language skills. We will take a closer look at the differences between specific terms such as multi- and plurilingualism, code-switching and translanguaging. Furthermore, a closer look at the plurilingual and pluri-cultural competences will help us focus on cultural aspects that are linked to language itself.

The seminar starts with a pre-task that is a prerequisite for the attendance of the synchronous part that will take place online. The plenary session includes various group- and partner-activities.

Category: 2023-24

Nearly 60% of the world population speaks at least two or more languages. Multilingualism, in the EU’s view, is an important element in Europe’s competitiveness. One of the objectives of the EU's language policy is therefore that every European citizen should master two other languages in addition to their mother tongue.

In this seminar, we will reflect on our own plurilingualism and get to know tools that help us in the self-evaluation of our own language skills. We will take a closer look at the differences between specific terms such as multi- and plurilingualism, code-switching and translanguaging. Furthermore, a closer look at the plurilingual and pluri-cultural competences will help us focus on cultural aspects that are linked to language itself.

The seminar starts with a pre-task that is a prerequisite for the attendance of the synchronous part that will take place online. The plenary session includes various group- and partner-activities.

Category: 2023-24

Nearly 60% of the world population speaks at least two or more languages. Multilingualism, in the EU’s view, is an important element in Europe’s competitiveness. One of the objectives of the EU's language policy is therefore that every European citizen should master two other languages in addition to their mother tongue.

In this seminar, we will reflect on our own plurilingualism and get to know tools that help us in the self-evaluation of our own language skills. We will take a closer look at the differences between specific terms such as multi- and plurilingualism, code-switching and translanguaging. Furthermore, a closer look at the plurilingual and pluri-cultural competences will help us focus on cultural aspects that are linked to language itself.

The seminar starts with a pre-task that is a prerequisite for the attendance of the synchronous part that will take place online. The plenary session includes various group- and partner-activities.

Category: 2022-23

Nearly 60% of the world population speaks at least two or more languages. Multilingualism, in the EU’s view, is an important element in Europe’s competitiveness. One of the objectives of the EU's language policy is therefore that every European citizen should master two other languages in addition to their mother tongue.

In this seminar, we will reflect on our own plurilingualism and get to know tools that help us in the self-evaluation of our own language skills. We will take a closer look at the differences between specific terms such as multi- and plurilingualism, code-switching and translanguaging. Furthermore, a closer look at the plurilingual and pluri-cultural competences will help us focus on cultural aspects that are linked to language itself.

The seminar starts with a pre-task that is a prerequisite for the attendance of the synchronous part that will take place online. The plenary session includes various group- and partner-activities.

Category: 2022-23
This course will take place online via WebEx. We will be starting our online class on Monday 6pm. Online lessons will be held on Mondays and Thursdays form 6pm - 8.15 p.
The students will receive an email from the teacher shortly before the first class is about to begin, they should click on the link, give the password and thereby they will be connected into the class. For the ensuing classes, just clicking on the same link should get you into our “classroom” again!
Category: 2022-23

Learning Outcomes

The aim of the course is that students

  • can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
  • can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has
  • can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.


Method

A communicative approach is applied including all four modes of communication (reception, production, interaction, mediation) according to the Companion Volume CEFR (2020).

The course is entirely online including synchronous sessions (90 minutes/week) and asynchronous learning time during the week.

For the synchronous online language lessons, you will need to have your camera and microphone activated.


Category: 2022-23

The language focus of this trilingual course will be decided at the beginning of the course and depends on the course participants. It will be co-taught by French and English native speakers, who are multilingual language teachers and fluent in German. We will include activities that develop the reading comprehension and speaking in particular. The topics we will explore are all space related (cooperation vs. space race, demographics of the space industry, space and sustainability, environmental aspects, innovation...). Participants will thus familiarise themselves with a transdisciplinary approach by dealing with themes that hardly ever appear within their respective curricula. Unlike a traditional language course, this course does not focus on the systematic acquisition of grammar but aims to highlight the parallels that can exist between different languages in order to improve the participants' language learning strategies and foster the emergence of a translanguaging awareness.

Category: 2022-23