Program
Last updated on
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Schedule and preliminary program
Location: University of Osnabrück, Room 11/E07 (University Palace)
Thursday 6 November – Day of arrival
| 7:00 pm | Pre-symposium dinner | Depending on the number of participants: An Choi (Asian) or Il Capriccio (Italian) |
Friday 7 November – Symposium
| 9:00 am | Registration and welcome | |
| 9:30 am | Multilingual Corpus-Based Analysis of Literary Texts Adapted for Foreign Language Learners | Iglika Nikolova-Stoupak, Eva Schaeffer-Lacroix, Gaël Lejeune (STIH Laboratory, Sorbonne University) |
| 10:00 am | The representation of Global Englishes in textbooks in Germany: Focus on accents and pronunciation | Philipp Meer, Robert Fuchs, Karoline Wirbatz, Lena Hertze (Universität Münster) |
| 10:30 am | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 11:15 am | Textbook language in bilingual education: linguistic demand and potential subject sequencing as a facilitator for CLIL | Sarah Wunderlich (Universität Koblenz) |
| 11:45 am | ||
| 12:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:00 pm | Die geschlechtergerechte Sprache in französischen DaF-Schulbüchern, eine Sprache zur Abbildung einer soziokulturellen Wirklichkeit in einem normativen Lehrwerk | Laure Gautherot (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris) |
| 2:30 pm | “Una cerveza por favor.” Bestellen nur deutsche Touristen so? Bestellungen aus variationspragmatischer Sicht im Spanischunterricht | Javier Caro Reina (Universität zu Köln) |
| 3:00 pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:30 pm | Conversational phrasemes in German EFL textbooks: Frequency, function, and pedagogical considerations | Anna Fankhauser (Universität Osnabrück) & Elen Le Foll (Universität zu Köln) |
| 4:00-6:00 pm | Podiumsdiskussion: „The future of foreign language textbooks: bringing together academics and practitioners“ | Textbook author (TBC), Yvonne Petter-Zimmer (member of the Klett Akademie), Annegret Hauser-Teubner (representative of the Cornelsen Verlag), Dr. phil. Anja Höing (English schoolteacher), Prof. Dr. phil. Dirk Siepmann (Professor for English language teaching, Universität Osnabrück) |
| from 7:00 pm | Symposium dinner | Depending on the number of participants: Rampendahl brewery or Holling tavern (both traditional local food) |
Saturday 8 November – Departure
| from 10:00 am | Breakfast followed by an informal tour of the historic city centre | Tante Sophies Backstube |
Registration
To enable broad accessibility, attendance is free of charge. We kindly request that all participants register by filling out the following form: https://forms.gle/uSqqmkYFqnC26KdG9.
This symposium is made possible thanks to generous support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung and the Universitätsgesellschaft Osnabrück e.V..