ForumSprache
is a new online journal dealing with the learning and teaching of modern languages. Of interest to linguists, language students and teachers alike, it publishes new work done in the field of language research as well as contributions from practising teachers.
ForumSprache is published twice a year and is available only as a download service.
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Current Issue 2 | 2009
This second issue of ForumSprache contains four theoretical and two practical contributions (free of charge) as well as a new section entitled “Controversies” (free of charge). Here, two authors, Wilfried Brusch and Wolfgang Butzkamm, discuss the impact and
validity of Stephen Krashen’s theories and teaching ideas. Since both authors base their arguments on different premises, they reach
different conclusions. These, we hope, will stimulate our readers to participate in an online discussion both of Krashen’s theories and their evaluation by our authors in our FORUM.
The other articles look at the necessary competences of foreign language teachers (Manuela Wipperfürth) in the classroom. Based on the analysis of small group interactions as implemented by intermediate learners of French, Evelyne Pochon-Berger discusses the
notion of task from a micro-sequential account.
Annina Lenz focuses on multilingual vocabulary teaching with a combination of English and Latin. Britta Viebrock breaks new ground in her contribution on CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) in Mathematics. Her theoretical discussion is supported by materials and procedures in the “Best Practice” section of ForumSprache. The second practical paper by Petra Kirchhoff deals with a project fostering extensive reading in a beginners’ class of English at secondary school (Gymnasium).
ForumSprache has more to offer: Have a look at our updated information pages on conferences, book reviews and web links to teaching materials for language learning. We are aiming to establish a growing list of dissertation abstracts in the field of foreign language education and applied linguistics. If you have completed a PhD or postdoc qualification you can publish details and a dissertation abstract on our web page.
The editors are looking forward to a lively discussion in the FORUM and hope you will enjoy this issue.
Issue 2|2009
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