NJK001 Didactics of the German language

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Ursula Dorothea Riedner, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Trombiková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ursula Dorothea Riedner, Dr. phil.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 9:00–16:40 L32
Prerequisites
The requirement for the participation in this class is a completed bachelor degree in german language or a comparable field of study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers an introduction to the didactics of German as a foreign language and its theoretical foundations. The course focuses on the social, institutional and language policy framework conditions of foreign language teaching, reflection on its central subject matter from various perspectives relevant to foreign language teaching, on concepts and methods of teaching German as a foreign language and on language acquisition theories relevant to teaching practice. In addition, students will familiarize themselves with important specialist journals, reference works and introductions to German as a foreign language and foreign language didactics.
Learning outcomes
- The students know important basic concepts of foreign language didactics. - They have an insight into the contextual conditions and factors of GFL teaching and can describe and critically reflect on important methods of foreign language teaching. - Students will be guided by the latest methodological development of GFL didactics. - They are familiar with important specialist journals, reference works and introductions to the subject and are able to deepen their knowledge by reading current specialist literature.
Syllabus
  • - Framework conditions and factors of teaching German as a foreign language - Different perspectives on language and German as a subject of teaching - Language acquisition and language learning theories - Methods of teaching German as a foreign language - Competence orientation - insights into new perspectives on teaching German as a foreign language
Literature
  • DOBSTADT, Michael and Ursula Renate RIEDNER. Literatur und andere ästhetische Medien in Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache (Literature and other aesthetic media in German as a foreign and second language). In Altmayer, Claus / Biebighäuser, Katrin / Haberzettl, Stefanie / Heine, Antje. Handbuch Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Stuttgart u.a.: Metzler, 2021, p. 394-411. ISBN 978-3-476-04857-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04858-5_24. URL info
  • KRUMM, Hans-Jürgen. Sprachenpolitik Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache : eine Einführung. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2021, 383 stran. ISBN 9783503199204. info
  • DECKE-CORNILL, Helene and Lutz KÜSTER. Fremdsprachendidaktik : eine Einführung. 3., vollständig überarbeit. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 2015, xiii, 318. ISBN 9783823369578. info
  • Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache : ein internationales Handbuch. Edited by Hans-Jürgen Krumm. Mouton: De Gruyter, 2010, xix, 1072. ISBN 9783110240245. info
  • Handbuch Fremdsprachendidaktik. Edited by Wolfgang Hallet - Frank G. Königs. 1. Aufl. Seelze-Velber: Kallmeyer, 2010, 399 s. ISBN 9783780010537. info
Teaching methods
The course comprises three hours of classroom teaching per week and one hour of asynchronous teaching via the learning platform. - presentations - reading of basic literature - reading-related task on scientific literature - debates in class - group work - Exchange via the course forum of the learning platform and via co-operative writing pads
Assessment methods
Reading-related task: summarising and reflecting on the central theses of a specialist article on a topic of the course and a self-selected article from the specialist journals presented in the course. 75% attendance is compulsory.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 18 hodin za semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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