Joachim Grzega

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Joachim Grzega ([ˈgʒeːga] or [ˈgʃeːga]; * 9 September 1971) is a German linguist. He has been a member of the academic staff at Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since 1998 (Ph.D. 2000, Habilitation 2004).

[edit] Fields of Interests

Linguistics: Grzega's current linguistic research interests are: onomasiology, Eurolinguistics, intercultural communication, the didactics of English as a Lingua Franca, applied linguistics in general and the role of language and communication in knowledge transfer. Furthermore, he has developped the system of Basic Global English (BGE) for beginning learners of English (here English is consciously dealt with as an international lingua franca). With Onomasiology Online (OnOn) he has founded one of the first peer-reviewed academic journals of German linguistics. His second internet journal is dedicated to Eurolinguistics: Journal for EuroLinguistiX (JELiX).
University Didactics: Another of Grzega's fields of interest is teaching at university. He particularly helps promote and elaborate the didactic model of learning by teaching (Lernen durch Lehren), which was initiated in the 1980's by Jean-Pol Martin.

[edit] Important Publications

• EuroLinguistischer Parcours: Kernwissen zur europäischen Sprachkultur, Frankfurt: IKO 2006, ISBN 3-88939-796-4 (reviewed by Norbert Reiter here and by Uwe Hinrichs here; English abstract here)
• Bezeichnungswandel: Wie, Warum, Wozu? Ein Beitrag zur englischen und allgemeinen Onomasiologie, Heidelberg: Winter, 2004, ISBN 3-8253-5016-9 (reviewed in Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 1/2007)
• "LdL in technischen und anderen Fächern der Fachhochschulen: Zutaten und Rezeptvorschläge", 'Didaktiknachrichten (DiNa)' (in press; preprint here).
• "How Onomasiologists Can Help with Contributing to Wikipedia", Onomasiology Online 7: 1-15.
• "Towards Global English via Basic Global English (BGE): Socioeconomic and Pedagogic Ideas for a European and Global Language (with Didactic Examples for Native Speakers of German)", Journal for EuroLinguistiX 2 (2005): 65-164.
• "Socioeconomic Linguistics (or Linguistic Socioeconomics)—a New Field of European and Global Research and Teaching", Journal for EuroLinguistiX 2 (2005): 19-43.
• "Learning by Teaching: The Didactic Model LdL in University Classes", on-line here

[edit] External Weblinks

• Joachim Grzega's Homepage
• Basic Global English
• EuroLinguistiX (ELiX) (internet platform with academic journal, bibliography, discussion forum, wiki research projects)
• Onomasiology Online (OnOn) (edited by Joachim Grzega, Alfred Bammesberger and Marion Schöner: academic journal, bibliographies, internet links)
• Sprachwissenschaft für die Öffentlichkeit – collection of predominantly student papers (some in English) for laypersons and teachers