Dr. Nevra Lischewski

• Language Contact
• Code Copying
• Linguistic Hybridity
• Armeno-Turkish
• Karamanlidika
• Script Choice and Script Practices
• Transfer and Innovation in Contact Zones

• Multilingualism in the Ottoman Empire and Beyond
• Language Contact, Mobility, and Exchange
• Language Policy
• Language Planning
• Language Ecology and Linguistic Diversity
• Linguicism
• Sociolinguistic Profiles

• Ottoman Turkish
• Armeno-Turkish
• Multiscriptality and Multiple Writing Systems
• Script Change and Script Shift
• Script as a Cultural Practice

• Linguistic Landscapes
• Multilingualism in Urban Spaces
• Linguistic Visibility and Representation
• Linguistic Orientation and Navigation in Urban Environments
• Space, Language, and Identity
• Language Ecology

• Modern Turkish
• Ottoman Turkish
• Riḳāʿ and Ottoman Manuscripts
• Source Reading and Source Interpretation

• Sociolinguistics
• Multilingualism Research
• Language Contact and Language Change
• Linguistic Landscapes
• Research-Based Learning

• Learning Design
• Blended Learning
• Multimedia Learning Environments
• H5P and Moodle
• Artificial Intelligence in Language Education

• Urban Learning Spaces
• Citizen Science
• Project-Based Learning
• Community-Based Research
• Participatory Knowledge Production
• Intercultural Learning

Within the framework of SMART vhb, 20 digital learning units in Turkish have been developed. They are organized into two thematic packages that address different linguistic and content-related focal areas. Together, they form a structured learning environment that can be used both in university teaching and in self-directed learning.

• Structure & Grammar (2024–2025)

These learning units highlight what makes the Turkish language structurally distinctive. Interactive exercises and multimedia content make linguistic patterns and structures tangible and foster a clear understanding of the typological logic of Turkish.

SMART vhb repository

• Culture & Communication (2025–2026)

This project expands the digital Turkish learning units developed at LMU with new topics and formats. It integrates language, culture, and communication into an interactive, accessible learning environment and presents Turkish as a living language in use.

Visible Turkish investigates how and where Turkish is present in Munich’s public space. This includes signage, business names, restaurants, advertising boards, cultural markers, and public information. The project demonstrates that Turkish is an integral part of the city’s linguistic landscape and contributes to making urban cultural diversity visible.

Using the Lingscape app developed by the University of Luxembourg (cf. Purschke, Christoph / Gilles, Peter (2016 ff.): Lingscape – Citizen Science Meets Linguistic Landscaping, Esch-sur-Alzette: University of Luxembourg), all collected examples are digitally documented, categorized, and mapped on an interactive platform.

Objectives:

• Document visible Turkish-language texts in the urban environment
• Analyze usage contexts: commercial, cultural, informational, or symbolic
• Provide a digital, interactive map for public access

This project combines asynchronous and synchronous online phases with in-person classroom teaching. It is supported by interactive H5P modules within Moodle, enabling flexible, feedback-oriented, and motivating learning processes.

LMU Moodle as a Central Learning Infrastructure
Moodle serves as the central platform for the structured provision of all digital learning materials and for the organization of teaching and learning processes.

H5P in Moodle as a Core Digital Learning Technology
Interactive H5P modules integrated into LMU Moodle enable playful and visual learning formats, automated feedback, and self-directed, repeatable practice.

The blended learning concept facilitates flexible learning and individual deepening of content. It makes learning progress visible while fostering student self-organization, responsibility, and sustainable learning competencies.