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6.5 OTHER HUMANITIES
Abstract
Language has to power to bind us or divide us. Language enables us to cooperate with each other or impede each other. Through language, we are able to be the human beings we are today, hold our value systems dear and accomplish all that we have done over millennia. This volume provides an impression of the first international EUt+ language conference on ‘Inter/Multiculturalism in a Post Colonial Era: Languages and European Values’ hosted by University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. Thirteen contributions invite you to experiences, ideas and research findings related to language and its interaction with intercultural communication, European values and post-colonialism.
DOI
10.21427/r3pb-ay96
Recommended Citation
Onnis, Tamara and Morgret, Stefanie, "1st EUT+ International Conference on Languages" (2024). Conference Proceedings. 7.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/eutpresscon/7
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1ST EUT+ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGES: Inter/Multiculturalism in a Post Colonial Era: Languages and European Values.
Language has the ability to impact and transform while itself being impacted and transformed. It is a core part of the EUT+, and the conference sought to create dialogue, generate new knowledge and understanding, research, and awareness on language and various themes relating to languages. Especially regarding topics such as intercultural communication, multiculturalism, European values and post colonialism. European integration and globalization have had extensive impact on the education systems of the EU member states. Tertiary institutions have implemented new study programs, or have even restructured their degrees to align with European integration and values. Methods of teaching and modes of language learning have also developed and have increasingly become ethnically and culturally diverse and focused. At the same language education and approaches may still reflect European values and positions and may not take language and culture in postcolonial and indigenous countries, groups and areas into consideration. Discourse on languages, learning, teaching and administrative practices may afford valuable insights in the above points.
The conference took place in an interdisciplinary environment that afforded the unique opportunity of persons from all area of tertiary education to share and discuss their experiences, ideas and research relating to language and its interplay with intercultural communication, European values and post colonialism. Participants had the possibility to forge contacts, network, and facilitate partnerships across the EUT+ campuses. This volume provides an impression of the first international EUt+ language conference on ‘Inter/Multiculturalism in a Post Colonial Era: Languages and European Values’ hosted by University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. Thirteen contributions invite you to experiences, ideas and research findings related to language and its interaction with intercultural communication and European values.