Digital spaces in the field of foreign language teaching

Über Sinn und Unsinn digitaler Medien im Fremdsprachenunterricht
Prof. Dr. Jörg Roche, Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, LMU München
12 November 2020, 12:25 – 14:00 IST

Despite the obvious importance of media in day-to-day life, it remains a hesitant entrant in the field of German language teaching – especially towards focussing its value on active application. A simple orientation towards the important principles of linguistic pragmatics would serve useful to re-establish an authentic approach to communication in the field of Didactics of German as a Foreign Language of DaF. This talk illustrates, through varied examples, the numerous and often simple possibilities there are, to generate value added digital aspects in the field of German as a Foreign Language like electronic tools of learning, E-communication, Serious Games, grammar animations, hypertexts, virtual reality and many more.

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