GRMN6619
Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics for the Teaching of German
This course introduces principles and concepts in applied linguistics and a variety of approaches to language pedagogy to enhance the understanding of foreign language teaching, with an emphasis on teaching German. Topics include: second language acquisition, socio-linguistics and pragma-linguistics, phonetics, recent changes in usage in the German language, various assessment tools, and the introduction to The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages as a model for curriculum development.
Required Texts: Jörg Roche, Fremdsprachenerwerb Fremdsprachendidaktik, 2008 2nd Edition (Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, Tübingen), as well as handouts and prepared materials.
This course introduces principles and concepts in applied linguistics and a variety of approaches to language pedagogy to enhance the understanding of foreign language teaching, with an emphasis on teaching German. Topics include: second language acquisition, socio-linguistics and pragma-linguistics, phonetics, recent changes in usage in the German language, various assessment tools, and the introduction to The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages as a model for curriculum development.
Required Texts: Jörg Roche, Fremdsprachenerwerb Fremdsprachendidaktik, 2008 2nd Edition (Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, Tübingen), as well as handouts and prepared materials.
- Subject:
- German
- Department:
- German
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Language & Stylistics
- Equivalent Courses: