The Routledge Handbook of German Language Teaching

Ruth Whittle is Associate Professor at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Birmingham (UK) Angela Kalt was a lecturer in Anglistik and Amerikanistik at the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Preface

List of Contributors

Part i: Overview

1. Contexts of Teaching German

2. Linguistic and Cultural Competency in Context

3. Communicating across a Transcultural World: the place(s) of critical terminology

4. The Question of Linguistic Identity in India

Part ii: Opening the German-language World to the Learner through Working with Literature and Theatre



Interculturality and Mediation – Literature as an Object of Learning in DaZ/DaF
Language-Sensitive Literature Teaching
Intercultural Literature in Germany since the 1960s from a DaF perspective
Multilingual Theatre in the German Language and Culture Class: inviting learners to explore fluid identities

Part iii: Opening the German-language World to the Learner through Working with Film and Song



Language Learning through Music in a Super-diverse Culture
The Role of Short Films in Cultural Studies in DaF

Part iv: A Critical Evaluation of Language Learning – some teachers’ perspectives



Distance not Distant: Enriched, Enlivened Online-Learning
A Critical Evaluation of the Digital Media Revolution in 2020/21
Inside the Classroom: Translating from and into German
Developing Communication Skills through Collaborative Learning in the German Language Classroom
A Voice and a Choice – introducing portfolio assessment to German courses at an Australian university

Part v: Difficult Histories in the German-language Classroom



Exploring the Transnational in Teaching on the GDR in UK Higher Education
Teaching Germany’s ‘1968’: New Questions and Directions

Part vi: Teaching, Learning and Evaluation in the Transcultural Classroom



The Changing Space of Germany in Turkey
based on an interview with Kerstin Reichardt, conducted by Silke Henkele:
What Integration? Refugees and their Teachers Battle with ‘Integration’
based on an interview with Christiane Rösinger conducted by Silke Henkele, and with Claudia Hübner-Pitsela
Learning German as a Migrant in Austria: a Discussion of the Gap between Research and Practice
Bridging the Gap. Fusing language and content whilst addressing student heterogeneity in Erasmus courses at Potsdam University
The ‘Native Speaker’ Teacher: A languages professional in a transcultural world

Index