GERST 5070 - Teaching German as a Foreign Language: Principles and Practices

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Intended primarily for: graduate students preparing to teach German and undergraduate students interested in deeper understanding of language study and teaching. Taught in German. Readings are in English and German.

G. Lischke.

Designed to familiarize students with current thought and theories in the field of applied linguistics and language pedagogy. Introduces different models of foreign language methodology and presents and discusses various practices for the foreign language classroom. Special consideration is given to topics such as language acquisition phases, planning syllabi, creating tasks, designing classroom tests, and evaluating students’ performance. Participants conduct an action research project.