Developing of the Multilingualism in the Tertiary Language Learning – German as a Foreign Language in Czech Republic and Poland Cover Image

Förderung der Mehrsprachigkeit im Tertiärsprachenunterricht – interlingualer DaF-Unterricht in Tschechien und Polen
Developing of the Multilingualism in the Tertiary Language Learning – German as a Foreign Language in Czech Republic and Poland

Author(s): Jacek Gryczka
Subject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
Keywords: didactics of multilingualism; tertiary language learning and teaching; German after English

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to deal with the topic of German as a foreign language by considering German in the context of the other languages already known to the learners. It is about the positive effects of prior knowledge as well as prior experience in learning subsequent languages, i.e. about language and language learning transfer in the constellation “German after English”, because English is mostly the first foreign language in school today. The goal is to raise awareness of the multilingual context of Central Europe and to use it specifically for didactic support of foreign language teaching. After an introduction and an overview of the knowledge on language learning and the didactics of multilingualism the outlook deals with the use of the research results considering the didactic theory in learning and teaching practice.

  • Issue Year: 24/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 265-273
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: German