Global English, Minimal English: Towards better intercultural communication

Featuring an impressive range of speakers from multiple countries and disciplines, "Global English, Minimal English" aims to bring new energy and new ideas to interdisciplinary dialogue on two pressing issues: reducing the dangers of Anglocentrism and achieving better intercultural understanding in these times of Global English.

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Convenor:  Anna Wierzbicka
Email: anna.wierzbicka@anu.edu.au

Convenor:  Zhengdao Ye
Email: Zhengdao.Ye@anu.edu.au

Convenor:  Cliff Goddard
Email: c.goddard@griffith.edu.au

Please see below Program for Accommodation options.

Program

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Morning session

8.30–9.00amWarm-up over coffee
9.00–9.15amProfessor Cliff Goddard (Griffith University), Professor Paul Pickering, (Director of the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, and Interim Dean, CASS) and Professor William Christie (Director HRC)
Welcome
9.15-9.30am

Professor Anna Wierzbicka (ANU)
Opening Remarks: Global English vs. Minimal English

9.30-10.00amProfessor Cliff Goddard (Griffith University):
Minimal English: The science behind it
10.00-10.30amDr Anna Gladkova (University of New England)
Global English, Minimal English: A view from Russia
10.30-11.00amDr Annabelle Mooney (Roehampton University, UK):
Torture laid bare: Global English and Human Rights
11.00–11.30am Coffee Break
11.30am–12pmRespondent: Professor William Maley
(Professor of Diplomacy, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU)
12.00–12.30pmGeneral Discussion
12.30-2.00pmLunch

Afternoon session

2.00-2.30pmProfessor Anna Wierzbicka (ANU)
A Charter of Global Ethics in Minimal English
2.30-3.00pmA/Professor Bert Peeters (Griffith University):
Empirical evidence: Neither évident nor empirique?
3.00-3.30pmProfessor Felix Ameka (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Can Minimal English bridge the gap between African Englishes and Global English?
3.30-4.00pmCoffee Break
4.00-4.30pmRespondent: Professor Catherine Travis
(Professor of European Languages, ANU)
4.30–5.00pmProfessor David Christian (Macquarie University, Professor of History and President of the International Big History Association)                        Minimal English and the Big History Project
5.00-5:30pmGeneral Discussion

Friday, July 3, 2015

Morning session

9.00–9.30amDr Carsten Levisen (Roskilde University, Denmark)
Lanwis Ideologies: A perspective from Postcolonial Melanesia
9.30-10.00am

Dr Sophie Nicholls (University of Western Sydney)
Speech Acts and Intercultural Communication: A North Australian Kriol Perspective

10.00-10.30amProfessor Jakelin Troy ((Director , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Centre, Sydney University)
Aboriginal cultural concepts and the challenge of intercultural education: Can Minimal English help?
10.30-11.00amRespondent: Dr Deborah Hill (University of Canberra)
11.00–11.30amCoffee Break
11.30am–12pmProfessor Michael Wesley (Director, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific and Dr. Nicholas Farrelly (Fellow, Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU)
Internationalising Minimal English: Perils and parallels
12.00–12.30pmGeneral Discussion
12.30-2.00pmLunch

Afternoon session

2.00-2.30pmDr Zhengdao Ye (ANU)
Speech Events in International Affairs: Chinese duìhuà对话 vs. English ‘dialogue’, ‘talks’, ‘consultations’
2.30-3.00pmDr Jock Wong (National University of Singapore)
Semantic challenges in the understanding of Global English: A perspective from Singapore
3.00-3.30pmMr. Gian Marco Farese (ANU)
Global English: A Perspective of an International Student in Australia
3.30-4.00pmRespondent: Professor Richard Rigby (Professorial Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Executive Director, ANU China Institute)
4.00-4.30pmCoffee Break
4.30–5.00pmProfessor Joseph Lo Bianco (Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of Melbourne)
Utility, Neutrality, Efficiency, and Open Doors: Problems with the claims for English in education in multiethnic societies
5.00-5:30pmGeneral Discussion
5.30-5.45pmProfessor Cliff Goddard
Closing Remarks

 

Date & time

  • Thu 02 Jul 2015, 8:45 am - Fri 03 Jul 2015, 5:45 pm

Location

HRC Confererence Room, A.D. Hope Building #14, The Australian National University

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