NJK001 Didactics of the German language

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Berthold Linder (lecturer)
Ursula Dorothea Riedner, Dr. phil. (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
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 provides an introduction to the didactics of German as a foreign language and its theoretical foundations. Special emphasis of the course lies on the social, institutional and linguistic-political framework of language teaching, the reflection on its central subject from a foreign language didactic perspective and on different concepts and methods of teaching German as a foreign language. Furthermore a first insight into aspects and possibilities of class room observation will be given.
Learning outcomes
- The students know important basic concepts of foreign language didactics. - They have insight into important contextual conditions and factors of foreign language teaching and can describe and critically reflect on important methods of foreign language teaching - Students will be guided by the latest methodological development of foreign language didactics - They are capable to broader their knowlege due to the reading of secondary literature.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: 1. Social and linguistic-political framework of teaching German as a foreign language 2. Different perspectives on the subject of language teaching 3. Language acquisition and language learning theories 4. Methods of foreign language teaching 5. Competence orientation 6. New perspectives on foreign language teaching
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
- presentations - reading of basic literature - reading-related task on scientific literature - debates in class - group work
Assessment methods
Reading-related task: Summary and reflection of central theses of two academic articles on a topic of the course.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 18 hodin za semestr.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/23-24/course/view.php?id=7601
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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