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Deutsch lernt man meistens auf Niederländisch. Zielsprachengebrauch im schulischen Fremdsprachenunterricht in den Niederlanden. German you learn mostly in Dutch. Target language use in language teaching at schools in the Netherlands

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Jentges S.

Glottodidactica

2016

vol. 43

issue 1

107-121

Teaching German as a foreign language in the Netherlands is mostly contrastive in nature – at all language levels. It is repeatedly argued that this is due to the close proximity of the two languages. Therefore, Dutch GFL textbooks use both target and source language throughout. At the same time, both learners and teachers repeatedly state that too little German is spoken in GFL-teaching in the Netherlands. This paper discusses the target language use at schools in the Netherlands by critically analysing (a selection of) GFL teaching materials. And the situation of German teaching in general.

Da oder weil, daher oder deswegen? / Weil es nicht zielsprachenadäquat ist…? Deswegen! Zielsprachenadäquate Ausdrücke von Kausalität in L1- und L2-Texten im Deutschen

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LAURENTZEN C., JENTGES S.

Glottodidactica

2017

vol. 44

issue 2

41-57

Grammar books for L2-learners mostly follow grammatical themes, e.g. sentence – verb – conjunctions. However, when a L2-learner composes a text, he will probably focus more on the function he wants to express than the form he wants to use. In this article, functionality versus grammatical categories will be discussed in order to answer the question, whether and – if so – how German and Dutch students differ in their way of expressing causality in academic writing. An analysis of German Bachelor’s and Master’s theses written by German and Dutch students showed differences between these groups in their use of subcategories (word classes) and specific words for expressing causality. The absence of a functional structure and specific information about the use of causal connectives in grammar books can therefore be regarded asan important cause for these findings. Especially for advanced L2-learners of German it seems recommendable to organize grammar books to put a greater focus on function (rather than form).

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Deutsch lernt man meistens auf Niederländisch. Zielsprachengebrauch im schulischen Fremdsprachenunterricht in den Niederlanden. German you learn mostly in Dutch. Target language use in language teaching at schools in the Netherlands

Da oder weil, daher oder deswegen? / Weil es nicht zielsprachenadäquat ist…? Deswegen! Zielsprachenadäquate Ausdrücke von Kausalität in L1- und L2-Texten im Deutschen