Dr. Edith Szlezak
Academic Council
- E-mail address: edith.szlezak(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
- Tel: +49 941 943 3980 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Location: PT, 1.0.7a
- Important information: Office hours: by appointment via email
CV
Academic career
1993 | General higher education entrance qualification Gymnasium Neutraubling |
1993 | Start of teacher training in English and French and master's degree in british studies, american studies and romance studies (French and Italian) at the University of Regensburg |
1997/98 | Studies and position as Teaching Assistant at Williams College, Massachusetts |
1998/99 | Studies at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg |
2001 | 1. State Examination |
2002 | Master's degree |
2007 | Doctorate with the thesis "No French no mo' 'round here" - Franco-Americans in Massachusetts , written in English |
2008 | Dissertation prize of the Bavarian American Academy |
Professional career
2003-2009 | Research assistant in the DFG project Grammaire comparée des variétés du français acadien (Prof Dr Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh) |
2007-2011 | LfbA at the Institute of Romance Studies, University of Regensburg |
2008-2025 | Contract for teaching at the Society for Canadian Studies as part of the Virtual Canadian Studiesprogramme |
2008-2010 | Lecturer for Cultural Studies Advanced at the Chair of American Studies (Prof. Dr Udo Hebel), University of Regensburg |
2010 | Lectureship in French Linguistics at the Chair of Romance Linguistics (Prof. Dr Martina Drescher), University of Bayreuth |
2011 | Representation of an academic council position at the Institute of Romance Languages and Literature, University of Regensburg |
Since 2011 | Student advisor for the teacher training programs in Romance Studies, University of Regensburg |
2012 | Academic Councillor (LfbA) on probation at the Institute of Romance Studies, University of Regensburg |
Since 2013 | Academic Councillor (LfbA) for life at the Institute of Romance Studies, University of Regensburg |
Publications
"Phonological Variation and Change in Canadian and U.S. French". In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 2022.h ttps:// (external link, opens in a new window) doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.489
(ed. with Klara Stephanie Szlezák). Language and cultural contact phenomena in the Romania. Phénomènes de contact linguistique et culturel dans la Romania. Festschrift für Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh zum 65. Geburtstag. Berlin: Schmidt. 2019.
"Die Darstellung von Québec in Schulbüchern für den Fremdsprachenunterricht in Bavaria: Ausgewählte kulturelle und sprachliche Aspekte". In: S. Dubois/J. Montemayor Garcia/V. Neusius (eds.). Les manuels de langue étrangère comme médiateurs culturels: Québec - Canada - Europe. St Ingbert: Röhrig. 2018. 155-168.
"Eine frankokanadische Norm – Chancen und Grenzen". In: W. Dahmen et al. (eds.). Sprachkritik und Sprachberatung in der Romania. Romanistisches Kolloquium XXX. Tübingen: Narr. 2017. 81-100.
"Le français dans le monde: Canada." In: C. Polzin-Haumann/W. Schweickard (eds.). Manuel de Linguistique française. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2015. 478-504.
"Prestige et stigmatisation dans les variétés du français canadien". Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 35. 2015. 8-24.
"The Role of the Media in Language Loss among Franco-Canadians in New England". In: H.-J. Lüsebrink/C. Vatter (eds.). Multiculturalisme et diversité culturelle dans les médias au Canada et au Québec. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. 2013. 193-200.
Franco-Americans in Massachusetts. "No French no mo' round here". Tübingen: Narr. 2010.
"Les conséquences intralinguistiques de l'étiolement du français chez les Franco-Américains du Massachusetts". in: M. Illiescu/H. Siller-Runggaldier/P. Danler (eds.). Actes du XXVe Congrès international de Linguistique et de Philologie romance languages and literature. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2010. 283-290.
"Aspects morphosyntaxiques des variétés du français canadien parlées au Massachusetts". In: M. Drescher/I. Neumann-Holzschuh (eds.). La syntaxe de l'oral dans les variétés non-hexagonales du français. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. 2010. 111-121.
"Les insécurités linguistiques chez les Franco-Américains du Massachusetts. " In: B. Bagola/H.-J- Niederehe (eds.). Français du Canada - Français de France VIII. Actes du Huitième Colloque international de Trèves, du 12 au 15 avril 2007. Tübingen: Niemeyer. 2009. 243-253.
"Zur Situation der Frankoamerikaner in Massachusetts: Ein Beispiel für Sprachverfall". In: S. Jansen/H. Symeonidis (eds.). Dynamik romanischer Varietäten außerhalb Europas. Frankfurt a.M.: Lang. 2009. 83-106.
"'No Need for French': Extralinguistic Factors of Language Loss among Franco-Americans in Massachusetts." Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 26. 2006. 17-38.
Teaching
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WS 2025/26 |
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| WS 2024/25 |
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Academic Advising for Teaching Degrees
LPO I:
Information and legal requirements regarding admission to the state examination and the state examination
https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BayLPO_I/true (external link, opens in a new window)
§Admission requirements: "Kenntnisse in Latein oder in einer weiteren romanischen Fremdsprache auf dem Niveau A2 des „Gemeinsamen europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen"
§65 French, §70 Italian, §82 Spanish Grammar school teaching degree Admission requirements: "Gesicherte Kenntnisse in Latein"
Knowledge and assured knowledge of Latin:
Latinum for students of all faculties
Examination and study regulations for teaching degrees:
Information and legal requirements regarding module structure, consecutivity of courses and calculation of the overall university grade: Examination Regulations for Teaching Degrees
§32 French
§35 Italian
§44 Spanish