Leonie Wiemeyer

Universität Bremen | Uni Bremen · English-Speaking Cultures

Combining forms (CFs) are bound lexical elements which are abundant in the English language, such as the well-established CFs eco-, geo-, -holic, and -athon. In the 20th century, a new class of so-called ‘native combining forms’ emerged. These often occur in jocular formations, predominantly on the Internet. They are used to name new cultural pheno...

Rap music has a long history as a site for socio-political awareness and commentary. In recent years, socially critical attitudes have permeated German mainstream rap. This chapter explores expressions of dissatisfaction and dissent in a corpus of contemporary, commercially successful German rap lyrics. The analysis shows that German rappers employ...

Reference to previous literature in the field, for example by means of paraphrases, is a characteristic feature of academic texts and frequently addressed in academic writing classes. As it requires the writer to rephrase the source text using their own words and grammatical structures, paraphrasing is a complex skill, especially in a foreign langu...

The present paper presents an approach to fostering (oral) communication skills in L2 English using social media in complex competency tasks. Its aim is to discuss the usefulness of such tasks for combining language learning with learning goals related to social and media literacy. Complex competency tasks are tasks that aim at developing learners'...

Intertextuality in second language writing: Source use and paraphrasing in academic learner English Leonie Wiemeyer, University of Bremen This paper explores intertextual strategies of L2 writers in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) contexts. It outlines the goals and methodology of a corpus-based project and presents a pilot study of the form an...

Das Ziel des vorgeschlagenen Beitrags ist es, die Entwicklung intertextueller und bildungssprachlicher Kompetenz deutschsprachiger Englischlerner zu untersuchen. Dazu soll anhand einer Korpusstudie die Weiterentwicklung in der Formulierung von Paraphrasen und ihren Einleitungen in von den Lernern geschriebenen Zusammenfassungen1 über mehrere Schulj...

The large number of classroom activities and empirical studies found in the literature that promote social networks, (micro-)blogs, image and video hosting websites and wikis bear testimony to the fact that the use of social media in foreign language teaching is no longer just a fad. They are usually used in activities in and outside the classroom...

Combining forms (CFs) are bound lexical elements which are abundant in the English language. Examples of well-established CFs include eco-, geo-, -holic, and -athon. In the past, only so-called neo-classical CFs played a role in English word-formation. In the 20 th century, however, a new class of CFS derived from English words emerged. Native comb...