230373 Applying Linguistics in the Secondary School Classroom: Focus on Plurilingualism (S) (SoSe 2026)

The reality in and outside of our English language teaching classrooms is increasingly plurilingual. However, institutional norms and, to some extent, educational policy still perpetuate a so-called double monolingual habitus: According to the principle of "aufgeklärte Einsprachigkeit", English language teachers often insist on an English-only policy and - if at all - only allow German as the majority language in some exceptional circumstances.
In this seminar, we will investigate how we can find out about your (future) learners' linguistic repertoires and about how languages are (not) represented in the linguistic land- and schoolscapes in which your (present and future) classrooms are embedded. We will critically deconstruct language representations in the English language classroom and consider what plurilingualism could and should mean for English language teaching.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

Having completed the other elements of the Basis3 module (i.e. "Introduction to English Linguistics" (Basis3.1) and "Introduction to Sociolinguistics" (Basis3.2)) before attending this seminar is highly recommended!