Multilingualism, diversity and interactions in the workplace
All staff and students of the university are warmly invited to
attend the workshop. To register please email Julia de Bres at
[email protected] by 31 May 2014.
Montessori › Bâtiment 3, Campus WalferdangeTuesday June 10 2014
› 14h – 17h30
The Institute for Research on Multilingualism and the Institute
for Luxembourgish Language and Literatures at the University of
Luxembourg are delighted to present a one afternoon workshop with
Professor Janet Holmes (Language in the Workplace Project, Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand) on the theme of
‘Multilingualism, diversity and interac-tions in the
workplace’.
The workshop will begin with a keynote talk by Profes-sor Holmes
on the topic of ‘negotiating intercultural interaction in the
workplace’. Professor Holmes is a leading figure in
sociolinguistics internationally, with an extensive research record
on language in the workplace. She is Director of the Wellington
Language
in the Workplace Project, which has analysed small talk, humour,
management strategies, directives, and leadership in a wide range
of New Zealand workplaces. Her recent research focuses on cultural
differences in workplace communication patterns between Maori and
Pakeha New Zealanders, as well as the communi-cation issues and
attitudinal challenges faced by skilled migrants in New Zealand
workplaces.
The keynote talk will be followed by shorter talks by staff
members of the University of Luxembourg work-ing on further themes
related to multilingualism and diversity in the workplace (Ingrid
de Saint-Georges, Julia de Bres, Stefan Serwe and Claudia
Seele).
