News about Languages

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…

English bias in computing: Images to the rescue

Training sets for Machine Learning are normally created in English. This introduces cultural bias. A new image-grounded benchmark developed by researchers from the University of Copenhagen enables a more diverse…

English bias in computing: Images to the rescue

Training sets for Machine Learning are normally created in English. This introduces cultural bias. A new image-grounded benchmark developed by researchers from the University of Copenhagen enables a more diverse…

Research integration in teaching

In spring semester 2022, students at the University of Copenhagen and University College Absalon have participated in teaching based on research work generated in the PE-LAL project.

Plenary talk at NORDAND 15

Petra Daryai-Hansen has been invited to give a plenary talk on Content and Language Integrated Learning and plurilingual education at the 15th conference on Nordic Languages as a Second Language. Read more about NORDAN…

Talk: A Plurilingual Approach to the General Language Awareness Course

On January 20, Line Krogager Andersen gave a talk on a virtual seminar organized by the Danish Ministry of Education, focusing on a plurilingual and awareness-oriented approach to the General Language Awareness Course.

Podcast on plurilingual education and language awareness

In collaboration with Stemmer fra Skolen, the project has published the podcast ‘Flere sprog i spil – om flersprogethedsdidaktik'.

Our computers are sexist towards male and female politicians

Female politicians are often described as 'beautiful' or 'hysterical' in language models, while descriptors like ‘brave' and 'independent' are elicited for their male counterparts. A new analysis by researchers from th…

Talk on oral participation through plurilingual affordances

Line Krogager Andersen gave a talk at the TAL21 Conference at the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with Altijana Brkan on oral participation through plurilingual affordances, drawing on project theory and…

Workshop on oral participation through plurilingual affordances

Line Krogager Andersen gave a workshop in collaboration with Gro Caspersen and Altijana Brkan on oral participation through plurilingual affordances, at the TAL21 Conference at the University of Copenhagen.

Presentation of the project: Tværsproglighed i Læreruddannelsen

On 18 May 2021, Petra Daryai-Hansen was invited to give a presentation at the kick-off seminar for the project "Tværsproglighed i Læreruddannelsen", University of Southern Denmark

Talk for PhD students at Engerom

On 16 April 2021 Petra Daryai-Hansen gave the talk 'Doing praxis-based research' for PhD students at the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen.

NCFF's conference

NCFF organised a conference on strategies at the organisational level and in foreign language teaching.

Digital series of talks on plurilingualism and interculturality

In 2021, Petra Daryai-Hansen coordinated a digital series of talks on plurilingualism and interculturality in collaboration with Natalia Morollón Martí, Natascha Drachmann, Stephanie Kim Löbl, Anna Lena Sandberg and…

Presentation at the conference: Tidligt møde med nabosproget

On 24 March 2021, Petra Daryai-Hansen was plenary speaker at the conference ‘Tidligt møde med nabosproget’ with a presentation on ‘Tidlig flersprogethed – praksisanbefalinger’.

Talk about the project plans

Line Krogager Andersen gave a talk on the project plans at a research group meeting at the Department for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark.