DGFF Conference for Early Career Researchers 2024

Building Bridges - Perspectives and Potentials in Foreign Language Research

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Date: 16 & 17 September 2024

Location: Paderborn University

Contact: dgffnt24[at]upb[dot]de

Call for Papers (see below for further information)

German: Download as [ pdf ] or [docx]

English: Download as [ pdf ] or [ docx]

The call has ended. We are thankful for the many submissions and will publish the detailed programme soon.

Registration

Registration is now open until 15 August - click [here].

You can register without submission.

The conference offers academics in the field of second and foreign language research a platform to present their research projects and provides you with the opportunity to network and engage with expert researchers.

Presentation formats

1. Presentation with project discussion:

Within thematic strands, researchers will be able to present their work-in-progress projects and engage in extensive discussions. Expert researchers in the respective topic will lead panel sessions with concurrent segments (featuring 20-minute presentations followed by discussion). In this format, you can present data, research instruments and designs and receive valuable feedback.

2. Project consultations with experts in small groups:

Individual project consultations in small groups with experts are offered for doctoral students in the initial stages of a PhD project. In this early phase of your doctorate, you will receive suggestions and ideas on research approaches and methodological decisions.

German: Call for Papers as [pdf] or [docx].

Englisch: Call for papers as [pdf] or [docx].

Submission

We also explicitly invite doctoral candidates who have little presentation experience and whose projects are still in the early stages. One contribution per person can be submitted as lead author. Contributions can be submitted from 01 February 2024 to 30 April 2024 using the Indico registration and submission tool:

Submission via Indico [Link]

Please note that abstracts are limited to 300 words (excluding title and references). Please provide three to five keywords so that your contribution can be categorised thematically. We would also ask you to indicate a preference for which format (presentations or project consultations) you would like to submit your contribution. We will try our best to accommodate your preference accordingly.

++ Note on submission ++

To submit a contribution, you will be asked to log in using the Shibboleth procedure and your university account.
If this is not possible, please register with Indico first. Once you have successfully completed the registration process, you can log in with your details and continue.

If you have any questions or difficulties, please contact us via e-mail (dgffnt24[at]upb[dot]de).

Preliminary programme

(as of 26 July 2024)

Day 1 (Monday, 16/09/2024)

From 10:30 am Registration
12:00 pm Opening of the conference
12:30 pm

Panel discussion "Building and Sustaining Bridges – Netzwerke(n) in der Fremdsprachendidaktik"

with Jens Folkerts, Dr. Jennifer Wengler & Prof. Dr. Dominik Rumlich
1:15 pm Keynote Coffee
2:00 pm Workshops
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Parallel Sections I / Project Consultations
7:00 pm Conference Dinner

 

Day 2 (Tuesday, 17 September 2024)

9:00 am Parallel sections II / project consultations
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Parallel sections III / project consultations
1:15 pm  Lunch break
2:15 pm

Keynote von Dr. Elen Le Foll

"Open Scholarship as a compass: Mapping out skills and strategies for early-career researchers"
3:30 pm Closing of the conference

Workshops will be in German.

Workshop Expert Title Description
Prof. Dr. Marcus Callies

Publishing in peer-reviewed journals in linguistics and language education - From choosing the right publication outlet to finalising your manuscript

Auswahl des richtigen Publikationsorgans Schreiben des Beitrags und Vorbereitung des Manuskripts Einreichen des Beitrags der redaktionelle Prozess das Peer-Review-Verfahren Umgang mit dem Feedback von Herausgeber:innen/Gutachter:innen Wiedereinreichung des überarbeiteten Manuskripts der letzte Schliff
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Frisch Small but mighty - Junge Fremdsprachenlernende im Fokus der englischdidaktischen Forschung

Dieser Workshop richtet sich an Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen, die zum frühen Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen forschen. Wir setzen uns mit den Besonderheiten junger Fremdsprachenlernenden auseinander, um daraus ethische und methodische Schlussfolgerungen für die Konzeption von Forschungsprojekten zu ziehen. Darüber hinaus werden verschiedene Forschungsansätze diskutiert, um den Teilnehmenden die Möglichkeit zu geben, ihre eigene Forschung dem Forschungsdiskurs zuzuordnen.
Prof. Dr. Lena Heine Von der Forschungsidee zum einschlägigen Ergebnis: Gutes Argumentieren in wissenschaftlichen Abhandlungen der Fremdsprachenforschung t.b.a.
Prof. Dr. Urška Grum & Prof. Dr. Katharina Wieland Wissenschaftskommunikation in frühen Karrierephasen Abstract [de]
Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz Theoretisch-konzeptionelle Forschung

Für die theoretische Forschung gibt es kaum methodische Empfehlungen und Handreichungen, wie theoretische Fundierung von Arbeiten oder gar gänzlich theoretische Arbeiten Forschungsarbeiten geplant und umgesetzt werden können. Dieser Workshop widmet sich dem Themenbereich des theoretisch-konzeptionellen Arbeitens und dient entsprechend der Beratung solcher Vorhaben.
Prof. Dr. Henning Rossa An interactive Approach to Research Design Der Titel des Workshops ist einem Buch von Joseph Maxwell (2012) entnommen ("Qualitative Research: An Interactive Approach"), das ich jedem emergent researcher zur Lektüre empfehle.
Im Workshop beschreibe und diskutiere ich Maxwells zentrale Fragen (Maxwell 2012: 216), zu denen sich Forschende bei der Planung und Umsetzung eines Forschungsvorhabens positionieren sollten:
1. Goals: Why is your study worth doing? What issues do you want it to clarify, and what practices and policies do you want it to influence? Why do you want to conduct this study, and why should we care about the results?
2. Conceptual framework: What do you think is going on with the issues, settings, or people you plan to study? What theories, beliefs, and prior research findings will guide or inform your research, and what literature, preliminary studies,
and personal experiences will you draw on for understanding the people or issues you are studying?
3. Research questions: What, specifically, do you want to learn or understand by doing this study? What do you not know about the things you are studying that you want to learn? What questions will your research attempt to answer, and how are these questions related to one another?
4. Methods: What will you actually do in conducting this study? What approaches and techniques will you use to collect and analyze your data, and how do these constitute an integrated strategy?
5. Validity: How might your results and conclusions be wrong? What are the plausible alternative interpretations and validity threats to these, and how will you deal with these? How can the data that you have, or that you could potentially collect, support or challenge your ideas about what’s going on? Why should we believe your results?
Diese Fragen betreffen aus meiner Sicht die ganz grundlegenden Dimensionen eines jeden Forschungsprojekts, und sie sind für die wissenschaftliche Qualität des Vorhabens von großer Bedeutung. Ich lade die Workshopteilnehmenden dazu ein, ihre eigenen Vorhaben vor dem Hintergrund der vorgestellten Fragen und Beispiele zu prüfen und ggfs. schon passende Antworten zu formulieren.

 

Das Conference Dinner findet in der KUMP 365 HOCHBAR (https://www.kump365.de/hochbar) statt.

Bei atemberaubender Aussicht auf Paderborn wird eine Vielzahl an Speisen mit veganen und vegetarischen Optionen angeboten.

Ac­co­mod­a­tion

For a pleasant stay, we have reserved a number of rooms in various hotels for you to choose from. You can call up the hotel of your choice via the websites (download below) and book with the keyword.

Hotel contingents (as of 25 July 2024) [pdf] [docx] [de]

Travel

By train:

The city of Paderborn is connected to the national rail network and is also easy to reach by public transport. Paderborn main station can be reached by regional train, IC and ICE trains. We recommend using the following bus routes when traveling by train or public transportation:

  • Line 1 (direction "Kaukenberg")
  • Line 4 (direction "Dahl")
  • Line 100 (UNI line) (direction "Südring/Universität")

Please refer to the app and the Padersprinter website [link] [en] for exact departure times and timetable information.

By car:

Paderborn University is also easily accessible by car. From the possible highway exit (A33) you can follow the signs to Paderborn University. You can use the parking facilities available both in the city center and on campus.

By plane:

If you arrive by plane, there is a direct connection via the express bus line S60 of DB Ostwestfalen-Lippe-Bus between Paderborn main station and the terminal at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport (PAD). The S60 takes just 20 minutes to cover the route. The first bus in the morning departs from the airport at 06:19, the last bus leaves at 21:49, and the same applies to the return journey from Paderborn main station.

Dortmund Airport (DTM) offers a shuttle bus to "Holzwickede" station with a subsequent connection via Soest with the RB 59 and the RB 89 to Paderborn Central Station. Another connection would be from "Holzwickede" station via Hamm with the RB 7 and the RB 11 to Paderborn.

Hanover Airport (HAJ) provides a direct connection to Paderborn in around 2.5 hours via the S-Bahn line S5.

These are the following culinary options near the university:

In the university building (ME on the map)

< 500m

< 1km

< 1,5 km

 

The organisation team:

  • Maike Bauer
  • Katharina von Elbwart
  • Julie Intveen
  • Thomas Janzen
  • Dagmar Keatinge
  • Christina Lennert
  • Leonie Schieffer
  • Madusha Sivanandan
  • Alexander Woitinas

Information on the processing of data for the registration and organization of the conference can be viewed here [pdf] oder [docx] [German].

English language versions can be viewed here [pdf] or [docx]. Please not that only the German versions are legally binding.

 

Spon­sor­ing

Wir bedanken uns für die freundliche Unterstützung!