Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I had a lovely time at the ÖGSD Conference in Innsbruck (www.uibk.ac.at/de/ifd/sprac...) last week: highly interesting plenaries and presentations, good discussions & a great opportunity to reconnect with & meet new colleagues. 010
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Gedanken zum 03. und 04. Juli 2026. # Erfurt, # Demokratie 010
Reposted by Gila SchauerLinguistics @ Uni Erfurt @ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026We, the Department of Linguistics, are committed to the values that have always characterised our discipline: open-mindedness, respect for & an appreciation of linguistic & cultural diversity. 021
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Vielen Dank an die Organisator:innen der heutigen wissenschaftliche Veranstaltung „Bevor es zu spät ist“ und an die Diskussionsteilnehmenden für die interessanten Beiträge. #Erfurt , #Demokratie , #Wissenschaft 010
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Danke @hrkaktuell.bsky.social für diese klare Positionierung! 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Wichtiges Interview zur Wissenschaftsfreiheit geführt von @jmwiarda.bsky.social mit dem Präsidenten der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz Walter Rosenthal. www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...jmwiarda.de"Das Risiko, dass wir verklagt werden, darf uns nicht abschrecken" 000
Reposted by Gila SchauerUniversität Erfurt @unierfurt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Willkommen auf dem Campus – Ort der Vielfalt, der Toleranz und des Respekts! www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...uni-erfurt.deWillkommen auf dem Campus – Ort der Vielfalt, der Toleranz und des Respekts!Die Universität Erfurt hat auf ihrem Campus mehrere Banner aufgehängt, auf denen sie sich zu Vielfalt, Toleranz, Respekt und Weltoffenheit ausspricht. 042
Reposted by Gila SchauerLinguistics @ Uni Erfurt @ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Ein herzliches Willkommen (zurück) an all unsere Studierenden und Kolleg:innen! Wir wünschen allen ein gutes und interessantes Semester! A very warm welcome (back) to all our students and colleagues! We wish everyone a good and interesting semester! 021
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The European Institute for Gender Equality's (EIGE) "Gender Equality Index 2025" is available online. eige.europa.eu/publications...eige.europa.euGender Equality Index 2025: Sharper data for a changing world 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The European Commission's LGBTIQ+ equality strategy 2026 - 2030 is available online commission.europa.eu/document/b49...commission.europa.euLGBTIQ+ equality strategy 2026 - 2030 | European Commission 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The European Commission's Eurydice (2025) on Academic staff in Europe – 2025 is available open access eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/publications...eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.euAcademic staff in Europe – 2025Academic staff are indisp 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Have recently come across "The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding" by Lewandowsky et al (2025) which is available as an open access ebook. zenodo.org/records/1569...zenodo.orgThe Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic BackslidingThe Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ... 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025At the end of 2021, Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Milica Savic, Anders Myrset and I had our first conversations about editing a book on L2 pragmatics & young language learners. In our blog entry we explain why we felt that this book was needed: channelviewpublications.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/y...channelviewpublications.wordpress.comPragmatics in Primary EFL EducationThis month we published Second Language Pragmatics and Young Language Learners edited by Gila A. Schauer, Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Milica Savić and Anders Myrset. In this post the editors expla… 022
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I am delighted that our edited volume "Second Language #Pragmatics and Young Language Learners - #EFL #Primary #School Contexts in #Europe" is now available www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/.... We are very gratetful to our contributors who accompanied us on this journey! 040
Reposted by Gila SchauerLinguistics @ Uni Erfurt @ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Ein herzliches Willkommen (zurück) an all unsere Studierenden und Kolleg:innen! Wir wünschen allen ein gutes und interessantes Semester! A very warm welcome (back) to all our students and colleagues! We wish everyone a good and interesting semester! 041
Reposted by Gila SchauerLinguistics @ Uni Erfurt @ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Prof. Gila Schauer gave a presentation with the title "Children's #literature and young #L2 learners: investigating the potential of graphic novels for L2 #pragmatic instruction" at the Annual ITAP conference on 26th June. www.ub.edu/itap-associa... 021
Reposted by Gila SchauerLinguistics @ Uni Erfurt @ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025We are deeply worried about recent developments on some social media platforms that no longer prohibit insults based on a person's appearance, ethnic or national background, gender, health, religion, or sexual orientation. We are committed to a respectful communication style. 021
Reposted by Gila SchauerLinguistics @ Uni Erfurt @ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Ein herzliches Willkommen (zurück) an all unsere Studierenden und Kolleg:innen! Wir wünschen allen ein gutes und interessantes Semester! A very warm welcome (back) to all our students and colleagues! We wish everyone a good and interesting semester! 021
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Open access books on various aspects of linguistics published by John Benjamins can be found here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/coll...jbe-platform.comOpen Access Books (ca. 80 titles) | John BenjaminsWelcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access. 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Just came across Bloomsbury's open access ebook collection which at the time of writing includes 695 books from a variety of subjects (e.g., education, history, linguistics, etc.). The link below goes to the linguistics section. www.bloomsburycollections.com/search-resul...bloomsburycollections.comBloomsbury Collections - Search Results 020
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025UNESCO's "Languages matter: global guidance on multilingual education" (2025) is now available. It also contains a helpful overview of key acronyms and terms on pages 12-14. unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...unesdoc.unesco.org 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Circumstances in many places all over the world have been challenging in 2024. I wish all of us a peaceful, happy and healthy 2025, and hope that we will experience a renewed appreciation for democratic processes, kindness, and living in harmony with each other & nature in the new year. 080
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Interesting research project focusing on openings & closures of "academic degree programs (BA, MA, minors, majors, PhD) in languages or linguistics, literatures and cultural studies, translation or interpreting studies, and language teaching offered in university language centers" in Europe. 054
Reposted by Gila SchauerGila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Ein sehr spannender Vortrag, der gerade auch für Forscher:innen im Bereich der Pragmatik sehr interessant war. Das #openaccess Buch "Berufsbezogene #Deutschförderung - #Lernziele" von O. Bärenfänger, N. Nietsche & S. Plassmann findet sich hier: www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/A...bamf.de 002
Reposted by Gila SchauerLinguistics @ Uni Erfurt @ling-unierfurt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Wir bedanken uns herzlich bei Herrn Professor Olaf Bärenfänger (Universität Leipzig) für seinen Vortrag im EPPP Nachwuchskolleg mit dem Titel: "Sprachliche Kompetenzen für den Beruf modellieren: Skalen erstellen und anwenden". #Sprachwissenschaft , #Deutsch , #DaZ , #DaF 111
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Nach dem Post mit dem Link zur finanziellen Situation der britischen #Universitäten, hier nun ein lesenswerter Blogbeitrag zu der Situation der deutschen #Hochschulen von @jmwiarda.bsky.social , www.jmwiarda.de/2024/11/25/k...jmwiarda.deKnappe Kasse?In Baden-Württemberg und Berlin protestieren die Hochschulen gegen drohende Kürzungen. Vorboten für Entwicklungen, die auch anderswo drohen? Ein aktueller Überblick über die Hochschulfinanzierung in a... 010
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Just seen the list of UK universities closing departments, restructuring and making staff redundant qmucu.org/qmul-transfo... via @iancushing.bsky.social & @gsoh31.bsky.social . This is horrendous. My thoughts are with colleagues working at these institutions and their students.qmucu.orgUK HE shrinkingThis is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s… 053
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024An interesting (and at times rather funny) form of protest 000
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 24/11/2024If you are interested in second language (L2) pragmatics & young language learners (YLL), I highly recommend "Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners: Beneath the Linguistic Surface" by M. Savic, A. Mryset, M. Economidou-Kogetsidis, www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...multilingual-matters.comResearching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 LearnersThis book introduces the main concepts and research findings of second language pragmatics in relation to young language learners. It also explores issues in teaching pragmatics and conducting pragmat... 062
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Over the years, I have frequently referred to "Let's talk and talk about it" by Willis Edmondson & Juliane House (1981), which had been out of print for some time. I was delighted to come across "Expressions, Speech Acts & Discourse" by Edmondson, House & Kadar published in 2023 by CUP. 010
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024My open access book "Intercultural Competence and Pragmatics" came out this year. It examines how modern foreign language teachers in higher education conceptualize intercultural competence in relation to pragmatics. Link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 2318
Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024It's great to see so many accounts from people that I knew from that other place. 😊 My last post there was in December 2022. I am looking forward to getting (re)acquainted with people here. 020