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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
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Postdoc and lecturer in corpus linguistics and project leader in the CRC 1252 "Prominence in Language" at the University of Cologne (Germany)

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Definitely one of the nicest pizza delivery vans I’ve seen around town! 🚲🍕 #koeln
DRANGEL RUHIG UNSER TEIG RUHT 72 STUNDEN WIR HABEN ZEIT
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Our first guest speaker this coming Thursday 13 November 16:00 CET is our Romance linguist colleague Amalia Canes-Nápoles! She will be giving insights into her attempt at making dynamic workflows reproducible.

As usual, you can join us in Cologne […]

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ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas Come and discuss Open Science practices over a cup of tea and biscuits! Thursdays 4:00-5.30 p.m. Room 4.006, USB and via Zoom
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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We have changed our meeting day to Thursdays, but are sticking to our four-o'clock-tea-time. Get those dates in your calendars and join us in person at @unibibkoeln for a real cuppa or online via Zoom for a virtual one (join the mailing list to get the links: […]

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WINTER 2025/26 SCHEDULE 13.11.2025 Reproducibility in automated corpus compilation: Challenges of dynamic workflows. Amalia Canes-Nápoles (Romance Studies, UoC) 20.11.2025 Language data publication using TROLLing. Lukas Sönning (English Linguistics, University of Bamberg) 11.12.2025 Research integrity and reproducibility in the age of generative AI. Mark Dingemanse (Language and Communication, Radboud University Nijmegen) 18.12.2025 What can we do with what data? Maryam Mohammadi (SFB 1646: Sprachliche Kreativität in der Kommunikation/Department of Linguistics, University Bielefeld) 15.01.2026 Universities and research integrity – much ado about nothing? Stephan Rixen (Institut für Staatsrecht, UoC) 22.01.2026 Quarto Workshop – Day 1 23.01.2026 Quarto Workshop – Day 2 29.01.2026 Why and how to repeat research. Lukas Röseler (Münster Center for Open Science, University of Münster) 09.–11.02.2026 Love Data Week
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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#reproducibilitea in the HumaniTeas is is proud to present its fourth season with an exciting programme of guest speakers and topics ranging from reproducible pipelines to data sharing, research integrity in the context of #genai and participant consent! 🌟 […]

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ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas with an image of a glass teapot and a cup of tea Come and discuss Open Science practices over a cup of tea and biscuits! Thursdays 4:00-5.30 p.m. Room 4.006, USB and via Zoom Full schedule and mailing list available at the link given in the post
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Alaaf! 🥳 The carnival season traditionally opens at 11:11 on 11/11 in Cologne. The University campus is largely cordoned off to avoid rampage so I‘m working from home today and sweetening the revision of an article with some Muuzemändelcher!

#karneval #homeoffice
Office desk with a laptop open in the background and in the full ground a small plate with two small doughnuts shaped like an almond, an open passionfruit, and a cup of tea.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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I can't believe how well my terrible web search attempt worked: this is exactly the paper I was looking for! (I'm sorry I couldn't remember how to spell your surname @nicebread, but clearly you are first-name famous, anyway!)
Duckduck Go search for "felix big lies" showing four hits all pointing to an academic paper by Felix Schönbrodt entitled "Big little lies".
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Due to the removal of a WW2 bomb in Osnabrück, no trains are circulating from the main station today. Brompton didn’t fancy being folded into a replacement bus service so we cycled some 10 km on country lanes to the next station. On the way, Brompton decided […]

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A folding bike (Brompton) with a basket in which there is a bunch of flowers against a bench in a field with a wooden hut in the background
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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We closed the symposium with a panel discussion on "The future of foreign language textbooks: bringing together academics and practitioners". We are very grateful to our wonderful discussants, Valeria Crausaz-Prinz (textbook consultant and Spanish and German […]

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The four discussants and two moderators in a university seminar room with black board in the background.
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I don't know why we thought it was a good idea ourselves, as the organisers of the symposium, the last slot of the day: We were honestly relatively brain-fried by that time, but we managed to get through our talk on "Conversational phrasemes in German EFL […]

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Anna and Elen presenting the outline of the their talk combining the Textbook English project (Elen's PhD) and the Phraseme List project (Anna's PhD).
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Laure Gautherot (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris) mastered the difficult after-lunch spot with a much-awaited talk on gender-inclusive language in German as a Foreign/Second Language textbooks and French curricula: "Die geschlechtergerechte Sprache in […]

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Politische Sprachregelungen in Deutschland und Frankreich LehrerInnen Lehrer: innen Lehrer _inner - Seit 2021: „Genderverbote" an Schulen Schleswig-Holstein (2021), Sachsen-Anhalt (2023), Sachsen (2023), Bayern (2024), Hessen (2024) → Genderzeichen (Binnen I, Doppelpunkt, Gendergap, Genderstern, Schrägstrich) verboten - 2021: Ministerielles Verbot der inklusiven Schreibweise (écriture inclusive) (Circulaire du 5 mai 2021 relative aux règles de féminisation dans les actes administratifs du ministère de l'Éducation Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports, 5 mai 2021) → Mediopunkt verboten GgS und frz. DaF-Schulbücher: Authentizität atischen Sprache, bzw. „explizite - Sprachmittel der ggs als metasprachliche Objekte" 4.2 Analyse des pädagogischen Diskurses 2025 Lexikalische Entwicklung in Fantastisch Das Nibelungenlied • der Held (-en) / die Heldin (-nen), • die Hauptfigur (-en) • der Drache (-n) • der König (-e) / die Königin (-nen) • auf die Schulter (-n) fallen • der Hof (*-e) • heiraten • jdn betrügen → der Betrug (*-e) • gegen jdn / etwas kämpfen → der Kampf (*-e) • gewinnen • vor jdm / etwas Angst haben • sich vor jdm / etwas fürchten • von jdm / etwas erzählen • jdn töten • den Schatz v • das Geheip Sorbonne Nouvelle université des cultures sonde, 2025: 86 Das Nibelungenlied • der / die Held/in • der Drache (-n) • der / die König/in • der Schatz (*-e) • die Schulter (-n) • das Blatt (*-er) • der Hof (*-e) • heiraten = zur Frau / zum Mann nehmen • die List = der Betrug • jdn betrügen • gewinnen • Angst haben • jan ausfragen - etwas herausfinden • jdn töten • den Schatz versenken • das Geheimnis (-se) Fantastisch, Terminale, 2020: 74
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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We now turn to a very thorough analysis of "Textbook language in bilingual education: linguistic demand and potential subject sequencing as a facilitator for CLIL" by Sarah Sarah Wunderlich from the University of Koblenz.
• most commonly used books in RLP • grades 7 through 10 • topics according to the curricula • chapters from the beginning and end sum of 16 chapters • 400 tasks featuring 927 uses of discourse functions
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Our poster-with-coffee-and-snacks session was a great success: lots of passionate discussions between presenters, academic participants, M.Ed. students, and representatives of two major German textbook publishers, Klett and Cornelsen. Perhaps you can spot our […]

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Three happy people with mugs in front of the Klett stand Yuka presenting her poster Five adults and one child looking and discussing two posters Two academics and a representative of a publisher discussing a poster on linguistic landscapes in EFL textboks
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Next up is Philipp Meer from the neighboring University City of Münster, speaking on behalf of Robert Fuchs, Karoline Wirbatz, and Lena Hertze, about fascinating ongoing work on "The representation of Global Englishes in textbooks in Germany: Focus on accents […]

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Philipp presenting a slide showing an evaluation of Blue Line 6 Green Line 6 Pronunciation (N speakers) CanE speakers only in the unit on Canada BrE/AmE speakers appear throughout the book One German speaker is a real teacher from Castrop-Rauxel, who appears in explanatory videos 1 BrE, 1 AmE track announcer
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Iglika Nikolova-Stoupak delivered the opening talk "Multilingual Corpus-Based Analysis of Literary Texts Adapted for Foreign Language Learners" with panache! Her work, co-authored with Eva Schaeffer-Lacroix, Gaël Lejeune (all from the STIH Laboratory […]

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MOST REPRESENTED PUBLISHERS/ SERIES English: Oxford Bookworms, Penguin Readers, Oxford: Progressive English Readers, Black Cat Publishing, Harrap's School French: CLE International, Hachette FLE Italian: Easy Readers LLP Japanese: NLP Tagengo Tadoku Spanish: Cideb GRADED READERS • Typically grouped by proficiency level • Often adapted versions of famous literary works • Graded readers, as well as the practice of intensive reading, offer significant benefits, especially in terms of motivation and vocabulary acquisition (Godwin-Jones, 2018; Dickinson, 2017; Hill, 2013) - But very few graded readers exist in the majority of languages - An increased understanding of these texts' characteristics can help increase their number and quality and reduce the effort of professionals
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Last minute preparations for today’s symposium at Osnabrück University. I have been entrusted with a key to the University Palace which makes me a little nervous…
Golden inscription on with the words university of Odnabrück
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Well, that was a very nice pre-symposium dinner with a small group of very fine people! Very much looking forward to hearing about everyone’s research on the language of textbooks and other materials for foreign language teaching tomorrow! https://elenlefoll.quarto.pub/textbooklanguage2025/
The portal of the university Palace at night
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Ein kleiner Einblick in die Baustelle am Hauptgebäude der @UniKoeln…
Hole in a board allowing a glimpse into a building site with scaffolding
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Darf man eigentlich noch Fruchtfleisch sagen?!?

#vegan
Halbierte Orange
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The madrigal choir of the University of Cologne invites you to our Christmas concert. I promise it won’t be quite as gloomy as the poster suggests… #koeln #cologne #earlymusic
Sa, 6. Dez 25 17:00 Uhr St. Maria vom Frieden So, 7. Dez 25 16:00 Uhr Basilika St. Aposteln Eintritt frei UNIVERSITÄTSKONZERTE IM WINTER 25/26 Nacht, lichter als der Tag Motetten und Choräle zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit von Schütz, Monteverdi, Hammerschmidt, Lasso u.a. Madrigalchor der Uni Köln Gerhard de Buhr Leitung UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN collegium musicum der Universität zu Köln
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Join us next Wed 6 pm CET to talk about teaching linguistics, the creation of Open Educational Resources, and teaching innovations in higher education: https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/4799217418

#OpenEducation #oer #linguistics #highered
ISLE Online Forum 2025 Teaching with Impact: Linguistics in the Classroom Wednesday, 12 November 2025 | 6:00 PM CET (Berlin) Featured Presentations: Julia Schlüter (University of Bamberg) Introducing KorPLUS KorPLUS is an open, interactive learning package designed to build corpus and AI literacy among non-native English-speaking language professionals. Through hands-on activities and real-world data, it empowers learners to engage critically with language data and emerging technologies. Katharina Deckert (University of Bamberg) Core Collaborator on KorPLUS Joining Julia to discuss the development and implementation of the project. Elen Le Foll (University of Cologne) Presenting: Data Analysis for the Language Sciences This open textbook, recognized with an Honourable Mention, offers an accessible and inclusive introduction to statistics and data visualization in R for students and researchers in the language sciences. Designed for diverse learners, it supports both standalone study and integration into blended learning environments. How can open educational resources make corpus linguistics more accessible? What role does data literacy play in empowering language professionals? How can digital tools support inclusive and innovative teaching in English linguistics? Event Details: Register & Learn More: https://www.isle-linguistics.org/events/outreach Revisit recordings of previous ISLE Online Forums on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@isle2008
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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So this frozen yogurt kiosk opened on campus last semester and I never managed to test it because the queue was always huge on nice days, but today I spontaneously decided to treat myself to their winter special hot brownie with frozen yogurt and chocolate […]

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Cup from Yomaro frozen yoghurt with a large heap of chocolate in it and a plastic spoon, balanced on outdoor plastic furniture with the main building of the university in the background
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Look at what just arrived by special courrier! 🤩 This edited volume (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003434184) has been a long time in the making so I'm particularly pleased to finally see it in print! My chapter is about "Encouraging Pre-Service Teachers to […]

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Book cover of "Approaching Multiliteracies: Digitally Mediated Second and Foreign Language Teacher Education" Edited by Carolyn Blume on a desk with some pens and cables.
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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#silentsunday
Concrete wall with step like gap in it
November 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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What have you been up to this Sunday? Tag yourself!
Large horizontal painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (Workshop) Large Peasants' Fair after 1616 Oil on wood from Dr. Clemens Sels Collection
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Lachen ist im Leben besonders wichtig. Deshalb habe ich mich gerade ein Papier-Abo für den @postillon gegönnt und freue mich schon sehr auf die erste Aufgabe!
Weil er vergessen hat, die Uhr umzustellen: ICE-Zugführer kommt seit 5 Tagen immer pünktlich an. "Überall Ausländer!" – Merz entsetzt über Stadtbild in Ankara.
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM