As early as the 1970s, the fields of linguistics and communication studies underwent a transformation known as the "pragmatic turn," which manifested itself, for example, in the communicative approach to (foreign) language teaching (cf. Piepho 1974). This shift was strongly influenced by theoretical concepts that are now considered classical in the field of pragmatics, including Grice’s (1989) theory of implicature, speech act theory (Austin 1962; Searle 1969), various strands of conversation analysis (e.g., Sacks et al. 1974), and, more recently, usage-based approaches to linguistics. The focus on linguistic communication as social interaction was by no means confined to academia; rather, a pragmatic, competence-oriented perspective has now been incorporated into school curricula in many European countries (cf. for Germany, KMK 2022; for the Czech Republic, the current version of RVP – see https://prohlednout.rvp.cz/).

This state of affairs in teaching methodology forms the backdrop for the next conference in our LPPL pragmatics series, to which we cordially invite you. Following the first conference (LPPL 2024; https://www.lppl.zcu.cz/), which aimed to provide a broad overview of current perspectives in pragmatic research, we now look forward to contributions from research projects and practical applications that investigate how pragmatic concepts, methods, and perspectives manifest concretely in school and academic teaching and what potential they hold for the further development of teaching concepts (cf. Börjesson/Kristenson 2025; Frydrychová 2024).

Guiding questions that will structure our discussion and may serve as orientation points for conference contributions include the following:

What consequences arise from viewing foreign language learning as the acquisition of intercultural communicative competence?
Can pragmatic categories such as speech act type, indirectness, conversation structure, etc., be utilized more effectively to analyze classroom communication across various subjects (from mathematics to foreign languages) and to develop approaches for its optimization?
Can pragmatic concepts contribute to the development and promotion of specific linguistic-communicative competencies?
Can different instructional mediation strategies employed in the classroom be evaluated from a pragmatics perspective in terms of their efficiency? Which strategies have proven particularly effective in which teaching situations?
What approaches does pragmatics offer for analyzing and further developing digital teaching and learning communication forms?

About the Conference

Since we remain convinced that multilingualism also broadens perspectives and fosters mutual inspiration in academic discourse — and following our experiences at the LPPL 2024 conference — we aim to provide a linguistically diverse space at our conference. Therefore, we have designated German, English, Czech, and Slovak as the conference languages. However, to ensure that this multilingualism does not hinder discussions, we kindly request that presentations include slides or handouts in a language other than the spoken presentation (e.g., a presentation in Czech with slides in English) or that they incorporate multilingual elements.

conference programme

Čtvrtek / Thursday / Donnerstag – 13. 11. 2025

10:15
Registrace / Registration / Registrierung

11:15
Zahájení / Welcome and Opening / Begrüßung und Eröffnung
doc. Ing. Eva Kuželová Košťáková, Ph.D.,
proděkanka pro internacionalizaci a doktorská studia

I. Pragmatické přístupy ve výuce

Pragmatic approaches to teaching / Pragmatische Ansätze im Unterricht
Moderátorka / Chair / Moderatorin: Martina Kabelková (TU Liberec)

11:30
Werner Holly (TU Chemnitz)
Analyse politischer Sprache im Unterricht: pragmatisch-rhetorisch

12:00
Neda Khodaverdi / Tobias Weber (TU Liberec)
Supporting social integration of individuals with autism through foreign language learning: A pragmatic perspective

12:30
Kristin Börjesson (U Halle-Wittenberg) / Katharina Kellermann (U Braunschweig) / Sarah Stumpf (U Halle-Wittenberg)
Reflexionen über Sprachgebrauch im Deutschunterricht – eine Analyse von Curricula und Lehrmitteln

13:00
Přestávka na oběd / Lunch break / Mittagspause

II. Beziehungsarbeit / Relational work

Moderátorka / Chair / Moderatorin: Kristin Börjesson (U Halle-Wittenberg)

14:30
Tereza Hrabcová (U Ústí nad Labem)
Zur Beschäftigung mit Textfunktion auf sprechakttheoretischer Basis im Bachelor-Studium

15:00
Adéla Dědinová (Univerzita Karlova v Praze)
Výzkum oslovování ve školské komunikaci

15:30
Tilo Weber (TU Liberec)
Beziehungsarbeitsfähigkeit als fundamentale Kommunikationskompetenz – interkulturelle Aspekte des DaF-Unterrichts

16:00
Přestávka na čaj a kávu / Tea and coffee break / Tee- und Kaffeepause

16:30
Ingrid Hudabiunigg (TU Chemnitz)
"This is gonna be great television" – Entwicklung sprachlich-kommunikativer Kompetenzen anhand einer inszenierten Kontroverse

17:00
Jiří Jančík (Univerzita Karlova v Praze)
Lernende aus der Perspektive der Theorie der zwei Gesichter

17:30
Tali Kigel (BEC, Petah Tikva, Israel)
Communicative strategies in semi-official email correspondence in English, Russian, and Hebrew

19:00
Společná večeře / Dinner / Gemeinsames Abendessen

Pátek / Friday / Freitag – 14. 11. 2025

III. Interkulturalita a výuka cizích jazyků

Interculturality and foreign language teaching / Interkulturalität und Fremdsprachenunterricht
Moderátorka / Chair / Moderatorin: Tereza Hrabcová (U Ústí nad Labem)

09:00
Artur Boháč / Hynek Böhm (TU Liberec)
Multilingualism in the Czech-Polish Borderland and Its Educational Background

09:30
Shayan Aqdas (U Stavanger)
Impact of Familiar Cues on Reading Comprehension: An Investigative Study of Pakistani English Language Learners

10:00
Adéla Buriánková (Univerzita Karlova v Praze)
Pragmatika (mezigeneračních) sociolingvistických rekontextualizací

10:30
Přestávka na čaj a kávu / Tea and coffee break / Tee- und Kaffeepause

11:00
Ondřej Drobnik (ZČU Plzeň)
Pragmatika a jazyková identita luxusní značky na příkladu Gucci

11:30
Nataliya Getmanenko / Lenka Rozboudová (Univerzita Karlova v Praze)
Concepts of Culture in the Study of Foreign Languages in the Context of Neurolinguodidactics

IV. Nové technologie jako nástroje praxe a analýzy výuky

Recent technologies as tools for the practice and analysis of education /
Neuere Technologien als Werkzeuge im und zur Analyse von Unterricht
Moderátor / Chair / Moderator: N. N.

12:00
Michaela Voltrová (ZČU Plzeň)
Sprechplan „Erklären“ in YouTube-Lernvideos

12:30
Přestávka na oběd / Lunch break / Mittagspause

14:00
Alexej Tymbay (TU Liberec)
Grice’s Maxims in Student Assessments of AI Writing Tools: A Pragmatic Lens on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Jenni AI in the Classroom

14:30
Tobias Weber (TU Liberec) / Paul Compensis (U Bamberg) / Tobias-Alexander Herrmann (U Köln)
Towards a multimodal corpus of spontaneous Czech

15:00
Anastasija Daňková (U Brno)
Kalauerverarbeitung im Deutschen: Eye-Tracking-Einblick

15:30
Fazit a výhled / Conclusions and Perspectives / Závěr a výhled

16:00
Závěr konference / End of conference / Konferenzende

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