Projects

Background:In these days of mass migration, many people learn a brand new language at a later age. This is not easy: Languages have both similarities and differences in the sentence structures with which they express particular meanings. For instance, the Dutch and French active sentences are similar in both languages (Le chat chasse la souris - De kat jaagt op de muis [The cat cases the mouse]), but Dutch has three different forms for the full ...

The grant is awarded at Hasselt University for the organization of the Flemish Olympiad of French: Olyfran 2018-2019, particularly Olyfran-max , Olyfran Junior and Olyfran-Cadet. The organization of Olyfran is done in accordance with the work plan 2018-2019 that was approved by the EWI department.

An important component of communicative competence is sociolinguistic competence, which is the ability to use language appropriately in communication. Despite an increasing body of research into sociolinguistic features of foreign language (L2) learning, a feature that has received relatively little and/or one-sided treatment to date is the acquisition of sensitivity to (in)formal language use in L2 learners. This project addresses that gap by ...

This project directly contributes to the foundation of experimental research into the acquisition of translation revision competence. Funding is required to create a benchmark for the stylistic revision of a formal academic translation. The benchmark will guarantee the validity and reliability of ensuing experimental research. The data-collection instrument used for the benchmark and ensuing research consists of a source text (academic text in ...

This thesis proposal is aimed at studying collocations employed by Flemish learners of Spanish as a foreign language (FL). The main purpose is to analyse how Spanish collocations are produced by undergraduate Ll Flemish learners and which collocations they produce accurately or cause them difficulties. I will rely upon a learner corpus created at KU Leuven called Aprescrilov (Aprender a escribir en Lovaina), as a result of the ElektraRed ...

The grant is awarded at Hasselt University for the organization of the Flemish Olympiad of French: Olyfran 2017-2018, particularly Olyfran-max , Olyfran Junior and Olyfran-Cadet. This grant was awarded under the Covenant between the Flemish Community and the Flemish Math Olympiad association, KU Leuven, Hasselt University and the association Certaminacomité 2013-2018, approved by the Flemish Government on 08/11/2013.

The project meets the objectives and project categories mentioned in the Interreg VA programme by supporting actions fostering language learning and in-company placements, revaluating vocational education, cross-border mobility, students', workers' and job seekers' training. The core idea of this project is to create a sustainable network within the EMR by stimulating professional mobility and improving communication skills (languages and ...

The project ('English for Academic Purposes - Quality, Extension, Sustainability') aims to further deepen teaching processes proper by exploring and developing Blended Learning (BL) solutions for the local context of the seven Congolese universities involved, already introduced in phases 2 and 3. As BL (and in particular its flexible character) allows to cater for different learner groups (level and orientation) and to create a productive ...

The grant is awarded at Hasselt University for the organization of the Flemish Olympiad of French: Olyfran 2016-2017, particularly Olyfran-max and Olyfran Junior. This grant was awarded under the Covenant between the Flemish Community and the Flemish Math Olympiad association, KU Leuven, Hasselt University and the association Certaminacomité 2013-2018, approved by the Flemish Government on 08/11/2013.

Success in the digital economy depends largely on the ability to present yourself in entrepreneurial terms. This requires autobiographical identity work in all-purpose narratives of professional accomplishment and merit. Such narratives present the self as a dynamic and transferable bundle of skills, experiences, and achievements across a range of mobile communicative contexts such as job applications, academic profiles and professional ...