News about Languages

The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago

Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago. The sources have been analysed by researchers from the University of…

Talks at the conferences NOFA and Linguapeda

In May 2023, Line Krogager Andersen participated in two different conferences: NOFA in Vaasa and Linguapeda in Jyväskylä.

New book: The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited

New book edited by Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev.

Increased interest in English courses for technical and administrative staff

During the first quarter of 2023, CIP has experienced an increase in inquiries about English courses for staff. Academic language consultant, Pete Westbrook, is very enthusiastic about the development.

New book: The Aeolic Dialects of Ancient Greek

Matthew Scarborough's book on the classification of the Aeolic dialects of Greek is out now!

Talk on motivation for language learning

On April 20th, Line Krogager Andersen gave a talk on motivation for language learning at Lærfest ´23 in Aarhus, drawing on the PE-LAL project operationalization of Plurilingual Education and presenting both teaching…

Challenges international researchers face when teaching in Danish

International researchers attend Danish classes for several years in order to fulfil UCPH’s language requirements regarding teaching in Danish. Still, they are evaluated negatively by the students.

Lecture on Cross-linguistic approaches

Lecture by Line Krogager Andersen.

New structure and broadened entry requirements for courses in German and French

Registration for the August 2023 courses German and French for students going abroad is now open. The entry requirements have been broadened, and the courses in January will be structured as shorter workshops to account…

Interactive workshop focused on intercultural dynamics in teaching and learning

CIP hosted a workshop on Intercultural Dynamics 27 January 2023 designed by Danish Network for Educational Development in Higher Education (DUN). Participants from UCPH, RUC, SDU, CBS and ITU were engaged in discussions…

Professor Anne Holmen co-edits new book on translanguaging

The book Translanguaging and Epistemological Decentring in Higher Education and Research is published on 31 January. Professor and centre leader at CIP, Anne Holmen, is co-editor. Purchase the book at 50% off before 31…

Two new professorships at CIP

As of 1 December 2022 CIP has two new professorships, Professor of multilingualism and language evaluation Slobodanka Dimova and Professor of multilingualism and language policy Janus Mortensen.

After-work meeting organized by Studieskolen

Petra Daryai-Hansen has been invited speaker at an after-work meeting organized by Studieskolen: ”Fyraftensdebat: Motiverer målsproget?”. Her presentation focused on the question ’What are the benefits of teaching…

Plenary talk at Multicultural Schools 2022

Petra Daryai-Hansen has been invited as plenary speaker at the Danish national conference ‘Multicultural Schools’. The plenary talk had the title: ”Flersprogethedsdidaktik – hvordan kan vi tage højde for elevernes…

Succesfully completed CIP symposium 2022

The CIP symposium 2022 focused on various aspects of how university pedagogy is influenced by the international and multilingual context at universities. You can find the presentations from the day at the CIP website.

Plenary talk at CIP symposium 2022

Petra Daryai-Hansen has been invited to give a plenary talk on Content and Language Integrated Learning, transitions and plurilingual education at the CIP symposium 2022 “Internationalisation 2.0: New perspectives on…

Denmark's youngest female professor appointed at the University of Copenhagen

Her research investigates how to combat fake news through automated online fact-checking and the portrayal of women in digital language. 33-year-old Isabelle Augenstein from the Department of Computer Science at UCPH’s…

Dissemination to the Danish and Nordic field of language teaching practice

In autumn 2022, Natascha Drachmann has given and hosted several presentations and workshops on plurilingual education and language awareness in a national and Nordic context.

Launch of project looking at fighting food waste funded by VELUX FONDEN

From September 2022, CIP will head an interdisciplinary research project Fighting food waste – Exploring the interplay between values, choices and habits. The project is funded by VELUX FONDEN’s HUMpraxis programme.

This year’s summer language courses in Danish/German/French were extremely popular!

In August, CIP organised summer language courses in both Danish for international students and German and French for Danish students going on exchange. Both Danish and international students have been highly satisfied…

New book: The Indo-European language family

New book on the Indo-European language family.

Conference workshops at Multicultural Schools 2022

The PE-LAL project is represented at the Danish national conference ‘Multicultural Schools’ with two workshops.

Presentation at IDT 2022

Petra Daryai-Hansen and Natascha Drachmann will be presenting a paper at the German teachers’ conference Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer, held in Vienna on 15-20 August.

Associate professor Slobodanka Dimova is guest editor on special issue of the journal Language Testing

The most recent special issue of the journal Language Testing is guest edited by Slobodanka Dimova, associate professor at CIP, and two colleagues. The special issue extends the discussion on local language testing…