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Hermann-Paul-Preis 2022: Congratulations to Aline Bieri and Florian Dreyer
The Hermann-Paul-School of Linguistics (HPSL) gave the 2022 prize for the best PhD to Florian Dreyer (Freiburg) and to Aline Bieri (Basel). Aline Bieri wrote on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in a Swiss Context: The…
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Places of English in Switzerland: Basel
In connection with the 75th anniversary of the Swiss Association of University Teachers, which contains a section on Places of English in Switzerland, our department has contributed four exciting reports. Please check them out./ Research, Events
Thinking about translation – activities for the English classroom
In connection with the 75th anniversary of the Swiss Association of University Teachers, which contains a section on research transfer (materials for teachers), Thomas Messerli and Miriam Locher have designed activities around translation…/ Research, Doctorate/PhD
Dr. Stefanie Meier’s PhD now available open access
Her doctoral thesis on "Language education and the global care work economy – Mapping structural inequalities in Philippine nurse migration to Germany" is now available open access: https://edoc.unibas.ch/90104/ In this excellent thesis…/ Research, Events
Swiss English or English as a Lingua Franca in Switzerland?
Publications on English in Switzerland (Bibliography compiled for the 75th-SAUTE anniversary)
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Publication of “English in the workplace”- Blog
Please visit our new department blog: https://englishinbasel.philhist.unibas.ch/en/blog/, which has just gone online! The blog presents findings from student research projects investigating the role of English in the multilingual landscape…
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Ina Habermann comments on the future of the UK and the Commonwealth
Prof. Ina Habermann has been invited by Swiss newspaper Blick to comment on the future of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations following the death of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and the succession of Charles III as a…