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Ab initio language learning : a guide to good practice in universities and colleges : the example of German

Title
Ab initio language learning : a guide to good practice in universities and colleges : the example of German / edited by Gabriela Leder, Nicola Reimann, Riana Walsh.
Publication
London : CILT, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Leder, Gabriela.
  • Reimann, Nicola.
  • Walsh, Riana.
  • Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research.
  • Goethe-Institut London.
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.
Description
220 pages : illustrations, map; 30 cm
Subject
  • Language and languages > Study and teaching
  • German language > Study and teaching
  • Higher education institutions > Curriculum > Language
  • Great Britain
  • Ausländer
  • Deutschunterricht
  • Fremdsprachenlernen
  • Fremdsprachenunterricht
  • Taalonderwijs
  • Duits
  • Vreemde talen
Note
  • At foot of title: Goethe-Institut, DAAD.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Credits (note)
  • At foot of title: Goethe-Institut, DAAD.
Contents
  • Introduction: The emergence and development of ab initio language courses / Gabriela Leder, Nicola Reimann and Riana Walsh -- Pt. I. Towards a pedagogy of ab initio language teaching -- 1. Language teaching methodologies and coursebooks -- Paradigms, changes and choices / Sabine Hotho -- 2. The context of ab initio language teaching -- Factors influencing the development of ab initio courses / Dietmar Rosler -- 3. Integrating subject matter and language learning -- The case for content in ab initio German / Katrin Kohl -- 4. German for specific purposes -- Teaching language to engineering and science students of ab initio German / Riana Walsh -- 5. Study/placement abroad -- Cultural awareness and language development / Gabriela Leder and Riana Walsh -- 6. Learner autonomy -- Introducing ab initio German students to language learning strategies / Nicola Reimann -- 7. Computer-assisted language learning -- Technology inside and outside the ab initio German classroom / Mathias Schulze -- Pt. II. Reflections and examples of ab initio practice -- 1. The learner diary -- Self-reflections on the learning process / Jean E. Conacher -- 2. What type of learner am I? Cognitive learning styles / Sabine Jones -- 3. Wie heisst das auf deutsch? -- Dictionary skills / Nicola Reimann -- 4. CDU, FDP, SPD, ... Who won the elections? -- Listening to authentic language / Nicola Reimann -- 5. Foreigners in Germany -- Integrating grammar and content teaching / Monika Prutzel-Thomas
  • 6. Reading with an open mind -- Reading strategies for specific purposes / Heinz Lechleiter -- 7. Finding your way round the building site -- Communicative tasks for specific purposes / Rosanna Molloy and Gabriela Leder -- 8. Word power -- Business terminology and computer-assisted language learning / Erwin Thiem -- 9. Bridging the gap -- Distance learning / Margaret Stone -- 10. Learning to live abroad -- A mini-project / Sabine Hotho -- 11. Typisch deutsch? -- Cross-cultural awareness and writing skills / Susanne Beyenburg-Weidenfeld -- 12. Epilogue -- Potentials and pitfalls of complementary studies abroad. A personal account / Michael Jones -- App. 1. Acronyms -- App. 2. Selected ab initio German materials.
ISBN
  • 1874016585
  • 9781874016588
OCLC
  • ocm34886452
  • 34886452
  • SCSB-9588141
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library