Program (Wednesday to Friday)

9:00 to 9:30

Check-in (Frankfurt UAS, Nibelungenplatz 1, 60318 Frankfurt)

9:30 to 9:45

Welcome address

Prof. Dr. Maren Harnack, Vice President for Studies and Teaching, Frankfurt UAS

Dr. Maria Kopp-Kavermann, Head of the Language Centre, Goethe University

Dr. Sabine Schmidt, Head of the FSZ, Frankfurt UAS

9:45 to 11:15

Keynote: Struggling for Second Place. The Role of English in Multilingual Russian–Speaking Families (Language: English)

Dr. Natalia Ringblom, Sweden; Dr, Natalia Meir, Israel; Dr. Sviatlana Karpava, Cyprus; Dr. Anna Ritter, Koblenz, Germany; Dr. Anastassia Zabrodskaja, Tallinn

11:15 to 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 to 13:15

Workshops (parallel sessions)

Workshop 1: Plurilingual Learning - Opportunities and Challenges in a Multilingual Society (Language: English)
Tanya Kaya, University of Duisburg-Essen

Workshop 2: Process-Oriented Writing Assessment in Heritage Language Education (Language: German)
Dr. Maria Sulimova, University of Wuppertal / University of Leipzig

Workshop 3: Poetry in the Language Classroom: Who, How, What, Why and When? Using the Example of Russian Literature (Language: German)
Anna Shibarova, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

13:15 to 14:45

Lunch (at own expense)

14:45 to 17:00

Linguistic and Aesthetic Learning through Works of Art in Heritage Language Education
Dr. Dorota Okońska, University of Duisburg-Essen (Institute for German as a Second and Foreign Language)

Becoming Bilingual and Biliterate: Writing Poetry in Italian Heritage Language Education
Dr. Cinzia Marongiu, Frankfurt UAS

Development of Heritage Language Competence and Identity of People of German Origin in Hungary
Dr. Adrigán Zsuzsanna, Széchenyi István Egyetem/Széchenyi István University, Hungary

Ukrainian as a Heritage Language at German Universities and Schools: Prospects and Development Opportunities
Dr. Olesia Lazarenko, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

Same Language, Different Customs
Zorica Mladenovic, Lecturer in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian as a Heritage Language at Frankfurt UAS

Artificial Intelligence in Heritage Language Education
Kira Sadoja, Moderator of the Düsseldorf District Government in the Area of Qualification for Heritage Language Educators

Thinking and Speaking in Context in Russian Heritage Language Education: Potential and Challenges
Katsiaryna Roeder, University of Hildesheim (Institute for Intercultural Communication)

from 18:00

Dinner (at own expense) & get-together

Please let us know when you register if you would like tojoin us for dinner.

9:00 to 9:30

Check-in (Frankfurt UAS, Nibelungenplatz 1, 60318 Frankfurt)

9:30 to 11:00

Keynote: From Needs Analysis to Material Development: Do Heritage Language Classes Still Need Textbooks?

Prof Dr Zeynep Kalkavan-Aydin, PH Freiburg

Language: German

11:00 to 12:00 

Poster Session and Exchange  of Learning Materials

1. Current Research on Heritage Languages and Heritage Language Education in Germany: The Heritage Language Education-Interregio Project
Prof. Dr. Helena Olfert, University of Osnabrück; Dr Erkan Gürsoy, University of Duisburg-Essen; Prof Dr Till Woerfel, University of Cologne

2. Your Language Counts! All Languages Matter in a Multilingual Society, Starting in School
Elisabeth Caroline Schmidt¹, Sabine Brachmann-Bosse¹, Dr Erkan Gürsoy², Elisabeth Caroline Schmidt¹, Dr Tatjana Atanasoska³, Clarissa Diekmann², Rainer Fußgänger¹, Prof. Dr. Tobias Schroedler²
(¹ Goethe-Institut Stockholm, ² University of Duisburg-Essen, ³ PH Linz)

3. Artificial Intelligence in Arabic Heritage Language Education: Perspectives of Heritage Language Educators
Dr. Zouheir Soukah, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

4. Designing the Writing Process with the Help of AI Chatbots in Russian Heritage Language Education
Daria Dornicheva, University of Bamberg; Dr. Maria Sulimova, University of Wuppertal / University of Leipzig

5. Opportunities and Challenges of a Multilingual Approach to Heritage Language Education for University Course and Test Development in Multilingualism Didactics
Melanie Alexandra Zedler, foreign language linguist

6. Multilingualism and Heritage Languages: Core Skills – not Soft Skills
Dr. Sabine Schmidt, Frankfurt UAS; Dr. Maria Kopp-Kavermann, Goethe University; Dr. Elena Tchernega Meinert, Frankfurt UAS

7. German for Pupils with Migrant Backgrounds in the Primary School Teaching Degree Programme at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Dorota Okońska (Prof. Dr Katja Cantone, Beata Feier), University of Duisburg-Essen (Institute for German as a Second and Foreign Language)

12:00 to 13:00

Lunch (at own expense)

13:00 - 16:00

Parallel Sessions

Session 1: Ukrainian as a Heritage Language (Language: Ukrainian)

• The Introduction of Ukrainian in Hesse: Current Situation and Future Potential
  Dr. Liudmyla Pidkuimukha, Justus Liebig University Giessen

• The Ukrainian Language in Tyrol: Didactic Context
  Dr. Natalia Sorokina, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck

• Ukraine Studies at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen: Challenges and Perspectives
  Dr. Olena Saikovska, University of Tübingen

• Ukrainian as a Heritage Language: Principles of Programme Design
  Dr. Oksana Turkevych, University of Regensburg

• Ukrainian as a Heritage Language at German Universities: A Practical Experience Report
  Dr. Olesia Lazarenko, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

• Through Saturday Classes to level B2/C1: The Role of Saturday Schools in Learning Ukrainian as a Heritage Language
  Roksolana Rakhletska

• Bilingual Ukrainian-German Children's Books as an Instrument for Bilingual Education and Language Acquisition of Ukrainian Children of Pre-School and Primary School Age - The Case of the Oseredok Association
  Elisabeth Walther, Olha Baumann, Oseredok e.V. (Leipzig)

• Language as a Tool, not a Goal - Our Experiences with Ukrainian as a Heritage Language
  Olena Rudnieva

Session 2: Russian as a Heritage Language (Language: German / Russian)

• The Connection between Heritage Languages and German: Aesthetic Experiences for Sustainable Educational Processes
  Dr. Dennis Tark, University of Rostock, Institute for Primary School Education

• Linguistic and Cultural Knowledge in Russian Heritage Language Literature Education
  Katsiaryna Roeder, University of Hildesheim, Institute for Intercultural Communication

• Language Learning at the Intersection between Literature and History using the Example of the Book "Children of the Crow" by J. Jakowlewa
  U. Retzlaff, Heritage Language Educators NRW, N. Antonenkova, Portugal, I. Demjanova, Italy

• Limited Language Skills and Heterogeneous Learning Groups in Serbian Heritage Language Education
  Zorica Mladenovic, Frankfurt UAS

• Literary Works in Russian Heritage Language Education: Presentation of Custom-Developed Open-Source Materials
  Shibarova Anna, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

• The Case System in a Bilingual Class with different Levels of Russian Proficiency
  Samatova Lola, Lidirus Publishing House, Bulgaria

Session 3: Turkish as a Heritage Language (Language: Turkish)

• From Dialect to Written Language: Writing Skills for Turkish as a Heritage Language in a University Context
  Dr. Derya Nuhbalaoglu-Ayan, Frankfurt UAS
  (The round table offers the opportunity to share experiences with colleagues about strategies, methods,  and materials in heritage language Educations at universities and schools.)

Session 4: Arabic and Persian as a Heritage Language (Language: Arabic/German/Persian)

• Artificial Intelligence in Arabic Heritage Language Educations: Perspectives of Heriatge Language Educators
  Dr. Zouheir Soukah, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

• The Persian Alphabet for Self-Learning: An E-Learning Concept
  Ali Esmi, Frankfurt UAS

• The Arabic Alphabet in Heritage Language Education
  Hamza Boutemin, Frankfurt UAS

Session 5: Research section (Languages: Plurilingual)

• Working and Teaching Conditions of the Heritage Language Education in International Comparison
  Dr. Tatjana Atanasoska, Clarissa Diekmann², Dr. Erkan Gürsoy², Prof. Dr. Tobias Schroedler²
  (¹PH Linz, ²University of Duisburg-Essen)

• Family Language Policies of Linguistic Minorities from Turkey in Germany
  Irem Karacay, University of Mannheim

• Heritage Language Education: Challenges, Needs and Opportunities
  Sviatlana Karpava, University of Cyprus

• Innovative Assessment Methods for Heritage Language Learners: A Case Study of A2-B1 Level Students at the University of Turkish Aeronautical Association
  Eli̇f Bi̇rsöz, Meltem Özköse, University of Turkish Aeronautical Association

16:00 to 16:30

Coffee break

17:30 to 18:30

Final discussion: Presentation of the results of the sessions