Forschungsprojekte

Daniela Caspari

Untersuchung zum beruflichen Selbstverständnis von Fremdsprachenlehrern/innen

Abstract:

The article describes a new research project into the professional self-concept of foreign language teachers. The “professional self-concept” of foreign language teachers is defined as the teacher’s “subjective theory” concerning themselves in relation to their professional activity. To gain first insights into this neglected research field, 30 interviews with modern language teachers of Hessian grammar schools and comprehensive schools will be analyzed in a qualitative research paradigm.

Seite 95-100, Heft 1/1997, Band 8

Gilda Rippen

Fachsprachlicher Englischunterricht aus der Sicht von Sprachdozenten/innen und Studierenden

Abstract:

This article describes a research project which aims to evaluate the teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by exemplarily investigating two universities and two polytechnic colleges in Berlin. The project examines learners’s needs by means of a questionnaire and structured interviews. In addition to obtaining data from students, ESP teachers are also investigated through structured interviews focussing on their professional background, qualifications, methodological awareness and the syllabus and course design which they use.

Seite 101-107, Heft 1/1997, Band 8

Gabriele Blell & Karlheinz Hellwig

Bild- und Tonkunst im Fremdsprachenunterricht

Abstract:

The problem is discussed in how far meaningful works of art can influence the learning of foreign languages. Topics of the investigation are the motivation from paintings for linguistic performance and the reflection of such motivation in linguistic processes; moreover the affections and stimulations triggered by music, besides and beyond what is practiced in suggestopedic methods of foreign language teaching. Acts of verbalisation of musical experience are researched in learning protocols. The background of these investigations are general theories of artistic reception and perception. All this is part of a comprehensive project on process-oriented application of media in foreign language teaching and learning.