Université de Fribourg

Immersion et enseignement de la langue orienté vers le contenu : continuités, ruptures, défis = Immersion und inhaltsorientierter Fremdsprachenunterricht: Kontinuitäten, Brüche, Herausforderungen

Gajo, Laurent ; Steffen, Gabriela ; Vuksanović, Ivana ; Freytag Lauer, Audrey

(Rapports du Centre scientifique de compétence sur le plurilinguisme)

In this project, we aim at questioning the demarcation and the interfaces between bilingual education and content-based language teaching.

Université de Fribourg

Does the territoriality principle work in practice? : The principle’s applicability to the Romansh area in the Swiss Canton of Grisons

Grünert, Matthias

In: Methods in Contemporary Linguistics, 2012, p. 463-486

The present paper addresses the question of territoriality with reference to the Swiss minority language Romansh, taking account of the contributions of jurists who were dealing with the legal situation in Switzerland and showing the importance of the principle in the common perception of the national languages of Switzerland. Furthermore, insights from a philosopher, Philippe Van Parijs, who...

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19. Multilingualism in Switzerland

Grünert, Matthias

In: Manual of Romance Sociolinguistics, 2018, p. 526-548

This chapter deals with the two Romance languages which are officially recognized as minority languages of Switzerland, Romansh and Italian, and with Francoprovençal and French dialects spoken marginally in the francophone area of Switzerland. Romansh, the language that has gained new recognition in the process leading to the quadrilingual Swiss Confederation, is considered in most detail. The...

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Institut de plurilinguisme : rapport annuel 2017 = Institut für Mehrsprachigkeit: Jahresbericht 2017

Institut de plurilinguisme

2017 was a year marked by beginnings and endings, with several long-serving staff members leaving the Institute for a new professional challenge. From our point of view, it is good news when scholars employed at our Institute – whether for a short time or a longer term – find positions at other higher education institutions to continue their research in Switzerland or, as is often the...

Université de Fribourg

Institut de plurilinguisme : rapport annuel 2016 = Institut für Mehrsprachigkeit: Jahresbericht 2016

Institut de plurilinguisme

In 2016, the Institute of Multilingualism once again pursued its intense research programme. Over the past year, we completed or began various projects and mandates funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and other parties. In our capacity as the National Research Centre on Multilingualism, we launched the second roster of activities. These projects, which are financed by the federal...

Université de Fribourg

Le plurilinguisme dans le monde du travail : Une synthèse = Mehrsprachigkeit und Arbeitswelt: Das Wichtigste in Kürze

Coray, Renata ; Duchêne, Alexandre

(Rapports du Centre scientifique de compétence sur le plurilinguisme)

The past several years have witnessed a growing number of scholarly publications that highlight the increasing importance of language and language skills at the workplace, regardless of an individual’s hierarchical position in a company and even in jobs outside the service industry. The present executive summary is based on an extensive literature review, published in German (available at...

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Mehrsprachigkeit und Arbeitswelt : Literaturübersicht = Le plurilinguisme dans le monde du travail

Coray, Renata ; Duchêne, Alexandre

(Berichte des Wissenschaftlichen Kompetenzzentrums für Mehrsprachigkeit)

Die wachsende Bedeutung von Sprache und Sprachkompetenzen in der Arbeitswelt, auf allen Hierarchiestufen und über den Tertiärsektor hinaus, wird seit einigen Jahren in allen Artikeln zum Thema hervorgehoben. Angesichts der seit einigen Jahren stark zunehmenden Anzahl wissenschaftlicher Studien zur mehrsprachigen Arbeitswelt kann die vorliegende Literaturübersicht bei weitem keinen...