DEUTSCH LERNEN MIT KINDERLITERATUR
LEARNING GERMAN THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Summary/Abstract: In the post war period, in the mid-fifties, children’s books saw a spectacular increase in number. The teaching of foreign languages changed radically as well during those years, so that at the end of the 20th century children’s books were specifically introduced as a method of learning a foreign language. In the 21st century children are not the only ones learning a new language by means of children’s literature, adults learn this way, too. These findings can be illustrated with two children’s books, the classical novel of Erich Kästner Erich and the Detectives and the very popular Olchi series by Erhard Dietel.

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