“Das bin ich...”: Corporeality and early German language education in (Slovak) kindergarten

• Authors: Ondrej Kaščák , Branislav Pupala , Iveta Kovalčíková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper, based on ethnographically obtained data, discusses German language acquisition at an early age: the discovery of the interconnection between language and corporeality is the key component of the analysis based on videostudies. The body-conceived as an intermediary and content element of education, becomes an essential base for foreign language acquisition. This will be documented by tangible data and subsequent theoretical analysis with respect to relevant terminology of cultural anthropology (Körper and Leib). The principle of corporeality is further used as a means of perceiving German language education in the sense of the so called language propaedeutic concept and as a means of the legitimisation of particular qualification and the role of foreign language teachers in preschool institutions.

Keywords

EN

anthropology of the body; corporeality; foreign language acquisition; kindergarten

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 56-68

Dates

published

2012-01-01

online

2012-01-13

Contributors

author

Ondrej Kaščák

author

Branislav Pupala

author

Iveta Kovalčíková

• University of Presov

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-012-0006-3