Jean-Jacques Weber
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University of Luxembourg
Faculté des Lettres, des Sciences Humaines,
des Arts et des Sciences de l'Education
Route de Diekirch
L-7220 Walferdange
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Jean-Jacques Weber is Professor of English and Education at the University of Luxembourg. He graduated at the University of Lancaster, where he was awarded a First Class Honours degree in English. He has a PhD in English from the University of Leuven (Belgium). His main research interests are discourse analysis, stylistics, as well as the study of language and education in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Most of his earlier publications are in the area of pedagogical and literary stylistics. A few years ago, he joined the LCMI research group and since then his publications have focused primarily on issues of multilingualism and education, language policy and globalization, as well as language use in urban neighbourhoods. He also supervises PhD students and teaches courses in these areas, thus contributing to a range of programmes including the English Studies programme, the BA in Economics, as well as the MA in Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts. He is a member of the editorial boards of the academic journal Language and Literature (edited by K. Wales and P. Simpson, and published by Sage) and of the book series Linguistic Approaches to Literature (edited by W. van Peer, G. Steen and P. Verdonk, and published by Benjamins). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Commission for Educational Exchange between the USA, Belgium and Luxembourg (the Fulbright Program).
Academic Qualifications
- 1991 PhD in English at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Title: Discourse Stylistics and Literary Narrative: The Linguistic Analysis of Ideological Structure
- 1975 BA, First Class Honours in English + linguistics at the University of Lancaster, England
Professional Career
- Since 1998 Professor, University Centre Luxembourg/University of Luxembourg
- Since 1996 Head of the English Department, University Centre Luxembourg/University of Luxembourg
- October 1989 Erasmus staff exchange with Aberdeen University
- Since 1988 part-time lecturer of English Language and Literature at University Centre Luxembourg, Department of English
- 1983-1988 teacher of English at Lycée Michel Rodange Luxembourg (and part-time until 2002)
- 1978-1983 teacher of English at Lycée Technique de Bonnevoie
- 1975-1978 teacher of English at Athénée de Luxembourg
Research
- Sociocultural and sociolinguistic theory
- Multilingualism and education
- Language use in urban neighbourhoods
- Language policy and globalization
- Literary linguistics and discourse analysis
Research Projects
- 2008-2010: Language Learning and Language Use in Multilingual Affinity Spaces
- 2004-2006: Cognitive-Linguistic Approaches to Discourse
- 1999-2004: Research in Linguistics and Language Education
- 1997-1999: Literary Representations and Discursive Dynamics: Semiotic and Stylistic Analysis
- 1995-1997: Regimes of Enunciation and Metaphor Analysis
- 1988-1994: Integration of the New Information Technology into Language and Human Science Education
Teaching
- Discourse Analysis, Multilingualism and Education, Language Policy and Globalization (MA multi-LEARN)
- Language and Style, Language and Society, Multilingualism and Education (English Studies)
- Business English (Faculty of Law and Economics)
Scientific Publications (Selection of the Main Publications)
- Multilingualism, Education and Change. Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 2009
- Constructing Lusobourgish Ethnicities: Implications for Language-in-Education Policy. Language Problems and Language Planning 33 (2009), 132-152
- (with K. Horner) The Language Situation in Luxembourg. Current Issues in Language Planning 9 (2008), 69-128
- Safetalk Revisited, or: Language and Ideology in Luxembourgish Educational Policy. Language and Education 22 (2008), 155-169
- Educating the Reader: Narrative Technique and Evaluation in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland. In R. Carter and P. Stockwell (eds) The Language and Literature Reader. London: Routledge. 2008. 177-186
- (with C. Calvo) The Literature Workbook. London: Routledge. 1998
- (ed.) The Stylistics Reader: From Roman Jakobson to the Present. London: Edward Arnold. 1996
- (ed., with P. Verdonk) Twentieth-Century Fiction: From Text to Context. London: Routledge. 1995
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