The following course
has been added to the IEAS course program. Registration is still open for it.
Linguistics and
science communication: Sharing linguistic research with the world
Instructor: Manfred
Sailer
Monday, 12.15-13.45, starting 4.11.2024
Room: IG 3.201
Modules:
- L3
FW 3.1, FW 4.2
- BA
ES 3.4.2 /
- BA
EmpSprachw En5
- MALing LING-INT-ARC, LING-CORE-ARC B
- MA
EmpSprachw MA-ES-EN-B
Course description
There is a growing
interest in and a growing need for accessible and available presentation of
scientific research and insights. According
to linguistic-TikToker Simon Meier-Vieracker (Dresden), linguistics is in an
ideal situation for science communication: (i) Everyone uses
language and has some opinion on language and language use. This makes it easy
for most people to relate to linguistic topics. (ii) There are many freely
accessible tools and resources that make it possible to put interesting content
together quite easily, and to empower the
audience to start their own linguistic exploration.
The aim of this class
is to produce material for various science communication scenarios (such as
short videos for platforms like
youtube, material for projects in a secondary school classroom, or material for
information talks addressing adults).
In the course,
participants will get some theoretical background on science communication. We
will evaluate existing science communication material and initiatives on
linguistic topics – including TED talks, Science Slam contributions, popular
science books and others. We will identify possible science communication
settings, as well as topics on which the course praticipants have some
background from previous linguistics courses or that seem to be of interest for
the intended target group.
In addition to the
regular weekly meetings of the whole course from November 4 on, groups are
expected to have individual meetings with the instructor to discuss their
projects.
Course reading
among others:
Wagner, Laura & Cecile McKee. 2023. How to talk language science with
everybody. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(Available
electronically at the UB)
Prerequisites
Introduction to
Linguistics
To register, write an
e-mail message to Manfred Sailer
(sailer@em.uni-frankfurt.de) and enroll in the course’s OLAT class and its
learning group:
https://olat-ce.server.uni-frankfurt.de/olat/auth/RepositoryEntry/22786834434
The password for the
Olat course is: Sailer-WiSe2425
Leistungsnachweis
Assignments, in-class presentation, term paper
