The Remote Study Range for German as a Foreign Language and German Studies
The Remote Study Range for German as a Foreign Language and German Studies

Published by the Goethe Institute, Munich, the Gesamthochschule Kassel and the Deutsche Institut für Fernstudien, Tübingen, in conjunction with the Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen (ZfA). General pub. Prof. G. Neuner

The Fernstudieneinheiten are designed for the worldwide training and further education of teachers and students of GFL and German. The titles deal with questions of practical teaching and the theories it is based on. The result will be the first complete overview of all aspects which are important to the subject of “German as a Foreign Language”. As well as the educational information, all the books contains practical exercises and an answer key.
1: Grammatik lehren und lernen 1: Grammatik lehren und lernen
Overview of important methods in grammar teaching with practical advice on grammar progression, visualisation, grammar games and development of lesson sequences.
2: Lesen als Verstehen 2: Lesen als Verstehen
This book deals with comprehension problems and the reception of German literary texts by foreign readers. There is also an introduction to the basic terminology of reception theory.
3: Landeskunde und Literaturdidaktik 3: Landeskunde und Literaturdidaktik
This book deals with the possibilities for using literary texts for teaching regional studies and with a model for integrated regional studies. It also provides practical lesson suggestions.
4: Methoden des fremdsprachlichen Deutschunterrichts 4: Methoden des fremdsprachlichen Deutschunterrichts
An Introduction
The most important methodological models of GFL teaching are presented. The reader is given criteria he can use to allocate and critically assess textbooks, exercises, lesson sequences and teaching processes.
5: Fertigkeit Hören 5: Fertigkeit Hören
This book analyzes model exercises on aural comprehension for the basic and intermediate levels. The exercise typology is broken down into exercises before, during and after listening.
6: Routinen und Rituale in der Alltagskommunikation 6: Routinen und Rituale in der Alltagskommunikation
Intercultural interpretation of language transactions in everyday German communication. At the same time, culture-specific behavioral norms in the German language/culture area are described and compared to other cultures.
8: Wortschatzarbeit und Bedeutungsvermittlung 8: Wortschatzarbeit und Bedeutungsvermittlung
What strategies does the brain use to store vocabulary and meanings? Methods of communicating vocabulary and meanings are derived from the answer to this question. Finally, the problem of checking intercultural comprehension is explained.
10: Probleme der Leistungsmessung 10: Probleme der Leistungsmessung
Learning Progress Tests at the Basic Level
Differentiated instructions for teachers to allow them to draw up their own tests of learning progress for the different aptitude levels.
11: Bilder in der Landeskunde 11: Bilder in der Landeskunde
This book analyzes the role of pictures in the different generations of textbooks and deals with the use of pictures for regional studies from the point of view of learning psychology.
12: Fertigkeit Schreiben 12: Fertigkeit Schreiben
This book tackles the difference between speaking and writing as a mediator and target skill and then develops a typology of writing exercises.
13: Video im Deutschunterricht 13: Video im Deutschunterricht
There is an exercise typology based on fictional film examples followed by exercises that can be carried out before, during and after watching video sequences. Then film examples and exercises from the documentary sector are analyzed.
15: Grundlagen des Erst- und Fremdsprachenerwerbs 15: Grundlagen des Erst- und Fremdsprachenerwerbs
Teil 1 geht auf biologische, kognitive und sozial-interaktive Voraussetzungen des Erstsprachenerwerbs ein. Teil 2 beschreibt den Fremdsprachenerwerb sowie die Entwicklung von Lernersprachen.
17: Fertigkeit Lesen 17: Fertigkeit Lesen
This work focuses on the analysis of reader texts, the reading process and the systematic training of reading comprehension. It also practices making up exercises to promote reading strategies.
18: Deutschunterricht planen 18: Deutschunterricht planen
Dieser Band vermittelt Modelle der Unterrichtsvorbereitung und -durchführung. Dabei werden das Modell Didaktische Analyse und die verschiedenen Unterrichtsphasen dargestellt. Die beiliegende DVD gibt durch Unterrichtsmitschnitte Einblick in die Unterrichtsrealität.
19: Fehler und Fehlerkorrektur 19: Fehler und Fehlerkorrektur
This book deals with written and oral correction and also touches on error definition and recognition, reasons for errors and error description and classification.
20: Fertigkeit Sprechen 20: Fertigkeit Sprechen
This unit describes the skill of speaking in foreign language lessons, offers an exercise typology to build on this skill and describes the options for real communication in the lesson.
21: Phonetik lehren und lernen 21: Phonetik lehren und lernen
Firstly, the role of phonetics in GFL teaching is described and then the presentation of phonetics in teaching materials is analyzed. The exercise typology comes complete with practical exercise material.
22: Probleme der Wortschatzarbeit 22: Probleme der Wortschatzarbeit
The emphasis of this unit is the methodology and didactics of vocabulary teaching. It includes techniques, semantics methods and checks on comprehension and also problems with learning vocabulary.
23: Lernerautonomie und Lernstrategien 23: Lernerautonomie und Lernstrategien
The authors explain the meaning of independent learning and the consequences for changing lessons, and also produce, among other things, a typology of learning strategies for autonomous learning.
25: Deutsch im Primarbereich 25: Deutsch im Primarbereich
This unit concentrates on German teaching in the primary sector outside the German-speaking countries. It deals with the findings on early acquisition of a foreign language and with teaching content and methods which are suitable for children.
26: Deutsch als zweite Fremdsprache 26: Deutsch als zweite Fremdsprache
The authors deal with the subject of multilingualism and the language policy of the Council of Europe. They then highlight the principles of tertiary language teaching and methods and give concrete examples of use for the permutation of “English then German”.
28: Spiele im Deutschunterricht 28: Spiele im Deutschunterricht
This remote study unit details prototypes of different games in German teaching, analyzes their success in terms of language learning and gives ideas for adapting games for your own lessons.
29: Gruppenarbeit und innere Differenzierung 29: Gruppenarbeit und innere Differenzierung
This book provides techniques for preparing, carrying out and evaluating group work, and includes extensive information and practical tips.
31: Didaktik der Landeskunde 31: Didaktik der Landeskunde
After explaining various teaching strategies, the authors present a didactic system of intercultural learning and describe the implications for teaching methodology.
32: Unterrichtsbeobachtung und Lehrerverhalten 32: Unterrichtsbeobachtung und Lehrerverhalten
Fachinhaltliche Neubearbeitung. Eine Analyse der Techniken zur Unterrichtsbeobachtung auf der Grundlage von Unterrichtsmitschnitten. Arbeits- und Beobachtungsbögen zur Optimierung der eigenen Unterrichtspraxis. Mit Diskussionen von Lehrern zu den Mitschnitten auf DVD.
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