Dr. Naomi Shafer

Title

Learning German in Israel

Duration

01.2019 - 12.2020

The project looks at learning and teaching German as a Foreign Language in Israel, where after 1945 the German language was looked down upon and where learning German still does not seem self-evident today. Proceeding from the historically...

Title

Dealing with standard variation in German as a foreign language

Duration

01.2018

The project deals with the linguistic diversity of German as a foreign language from a theoretical as well as practical point of view. The empirical study sheds light on the question of how GFL-beginners (CEFR level A2) deal with standard...

Title

How do you speak Swiss? Consensus Democracy, Multilingualism and Political Participation

Duration

02.2024 - 12.2026

This interdisciplinary research project focuses on the relationship between multilingualism and plurilingualism, political institutions and legal conditions in Switzerland.The Swiss Confederation is a federal state with four national languages....