German Society for Foreign Language Research

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The German Society for Foreign Language Research ( DGFF) is a registered association based in Düsseldorf , whose aim is to promote research activities related to foreign languages ​​( foreign language research ). From a psycholinguistic perspective, this involves research into the acquisition and use of second languages ​​as well as the phenomenon of multilingualism, and from a special foreign language didactic perspective, research into teaching and learning of foreign languages ​​in schools, especially in an intercultural context.

aims

In order to promote the scientifically justified further development of the teaching and learning of foreign and second languages ​​in universities, schools and other educational institutions, the DGFF supports German and international research activities in the above-mentioned foreign language-related areas. To this end, it advocates the promotion of young scientists and the safeguarding of the appropriate institutional conditions in the scientific universities.

In pursuit of these goals, the DGFF financially supports regional research symposia and the publications resulting from them and organizes annual junior conferences as well as (since 1990) the "Congresses for Foreign Language Didactics" that take place every two years at a different university location. In addition, as the DGFF's scientific publication organ, it publishes the journal for foreign language research (two issues a year) and the book series Contributions to Foreign Language Research.

history

The initiative to found the association arose in 1988 from the annual spring conference at Rauischholzhausen Castle on research into foreign language teaching. It was founded on February 18, 1989 at the University of Essen by Werner Hüllen , Gerda Lauerbach, Dorothea Möhle, Helmut Sauer, Johannes-Peter Timm , Helmut Johannes Vollmer and Günther Zimmermann. Werner Hüllen became the first chairman, Dorothea Möhle second chairman and Helmut Sauer, treasurer.

"Through the interaction of foreign language didactics and language teaching research , their weights in the context of research-oriented scientific organizations and teacher training should be strengthened and the non-organized work meetings of foreign language didactics, which had developed into considerable congresses, should be placed on an organizational basis good neighbors with the FMF (= professional association for modern foreign languages ) and other organizations and reinforce the use of the FMF at the school level through that of the DGFF at the college and university level. "

The current (2016–2017) board consists of Lars Schmelter, University of Wuppertal (1st chairman), Karin Vogt, University of Education Heidelberg (2nd chair) and Jürgen Mertens, University of Education Ludwigsburg (treasurer).

literature

  • Friederike Klippel , Gisela Schmid-Schönbein : "The 'German Society for Foreign Language Research' introduces itself". Online at: TU Darmstadt Language Center .
  • Johannes-Peter Timm, Helmut J. Vollmer: Foreign language research: On the conception and perspectives of a scientific area. In: Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachforschung , Vol. 4 (1993), Issue 1 (pp. 1-47), pp. 9-37.

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  1. ↑ http://www.dgff.de/uploads/media/Satzung_DGFF_01.pdf
  2. ↑ See DGFF website ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgff.de
  3. ↑ See DGFF website ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as well as German education server @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgff.de
  4. ↑ See Helmut Sauer: "On the history of the DGFF" (PDF; 98 kB) ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgff.de
  5. ↑ http://www.dgff.de/de/die-dgff/vorstand-und-beirat.html

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