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Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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07743 Jena, Germany
Adult Second Language Literacy (ASLL) - international hybrid conference
Background and Goal of the Conference
Since the foundation of the international LESLLA network (Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults) in 2005, it has been clearly and repeatedly stated that there is a strong need for empirical studies on second language acquisition of adult migrants with low literacy skills and that the amount of research devoted to this area is still limited (Lemke-Ghafir et al. 2021; Tarone & Bigelow 2012; Young-Scholten 2013; Young-Scholten & Naeb 2020). Low-literate adult migrants differ significantly from other well-studied groups of learners, e.g. children, adult L1 speakers and well-educated L2 learners.
The aim of our conference is to better understand language and literacy acquisition of adult migrants with low literacy skills and to promote scientific exchange and collaboration on this vulnerable learner group.
The ASLL conference is hosted by the Department for German as a Second and Foreign Language and Intercultural Studies at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, from March 16-18, 2023. The working language of the conference is English.
The conference is organized as part of the ongoing ELIKASA research projectExterner Link, in which we developed a set of literacy assessment tools to measure basic literacy skills in L2 German and L1 Arabic, Dari-Farsi and Turkish. This set of instruments has been used to assess participants in 15 contrastive literacy courses of the KASA projectExterner Link. In a qualitative interview study, a focus group of 12 Arab participants report on the literal challenges they encounter in their everyday life in Germany and the strategies they apply to deal with these challenges.
The ASLL conference is financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as a part of the ELIKASA project (BMBF grant no. W146500).
Program & Registration for online Participation
The conference will be held at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, with presenters, organizers and other people involved in ELIKASA onsite in Jena and a wider audience online. Unfortunately, our venue is too small for a wider audience on-site, but all sessions will be accessible online via Zoom. There are no participation fees, but registration is obligatory.
Please register using the registration form “registration form for online participants (and presenters): https://indico.rz.uni-jena.de/event/49/registrations/Externer Link
Further information regarding the updated program, additional material and the Zoom links for the sessions will be made available via the conference website: https://indico.rz.uni-jena.de/e/asllExterner Link
Our keynote speakers
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Registration & Program
The conference will be held at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, with presenters, organizers and other people involved in ELIKASA onsite in Jena and a wider audience online. Unfortunately, our venue is too small for a wider audience on-site, but all sessions will be accessible online via Zoom. There are no participation fees, but registration is obligatory.
Please register using the registration form “registration form for online participants (and presenters)": https://indico.rz.uni-jena.de/event/49/registrations/Externer Link
Further information regarding the updated program, additional material and the Zoom links for the sessions will be made available via the conference website: https://indico.rz.uni-jena.de/e/asllExterner Link
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Travel & Accomodations
Information for Active Participants:
Getting thereThe best way to get to Jena from outside Europe is by plane. Airports with good train connections to Jena: Leipzig, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt.
Trains or buses which commute between Jena and any major city can be booked via DB Navigator App, Flixbus App. Furthermore, you can purchase the ticket in advance from the official German railways website (https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtmlExterner Link) or from the ticket machine at the railway station.
Ground Transportation
You can use the public transport within Jena, such as streetcars or buses of the local transport Jena (Nahverkehr Jena) or the transport association Mittelthüringen (Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen). In order to use these means of transport, you need a ticket before you start your journey, which you can buy via the DB Navigator app or at the ticket machines in the means of transport.
Accommodation
A number of places to stay are available in Jena at affordable prices. The most comfortable and/or closest to the conference site are Hotel Schwarzer Bär, Externer LinkVielharmonie Externer Linkand IbisExterner Link. Apart form these options, there are a wide range of hotels and AirBnb available.
Note: There are special rates for ASLL presenters at the very affordable B&B HotelExterner Link. Make sure to reserve your room by February 18 to receive the conference rate from 3/16 to 3/18, 2023.
Please contact the hotel independently:
B&B Hotel:
- addressed to Sara Alejo Gonzalez, email: jena@hotelbb.com
- stating the keyword "ELIKASA" and the group reservation no. 527153
- stating your full name, address and cell phone number.
Rates at the B&B Hotel:
Single room: 61 € per night per room (excluding breakfast, 10,50 € p.p.)
Double room: 71 € per night per room (excluding breakfast, 10,50 € p.p.)Cancellation: After 2/18/2023, any guest can cancel their reservation free of charge until 7pm on the day of arrival (3/16/2023).
All rooms that have not been booked by 2/18/2023 will then automatically go back on sale, i.e. higher room rates will then apply. -
About Jena
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Do Manh, Gina research associate
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Erdmann, Dorothea research assistant
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Förster, Franziska research associate
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Mashhadi, Parivash, Dr. research assistant
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Nuranfar, Feroz research fellow
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