Frank G. King

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Frank Gerhard Königs (born March 21, 1955 in Bochum ; † April 20, 2019 ) was a German scientist specializing in language teaching research and foreign language didactics . As a university professor, he taught general didactics and language teaching research at the Philipps University of Marburg .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1973, Königs studied linguistic research, Romance philology and political science at the Ruhr University in Bochum . In 1979 he finished his studies and obtained the academic degree Magister Artium with the title "with distinction". In 1981 he became the specialist language teaching research with the grade "summa cum laude" doctorate . In December 1983 he received an award from the Ruhr University Bochum for his scientific work. The habilitation followed in 1990 with a thesis on the subject When translating you write - do you translate when you write? A psycholinguistically oriented comparison of two foreign language production processes in advanced German Spanish learners. From 1990 to 1995 he was a lecturer at the seminar for language teaching research at the University of Bochum. In addition to his teaching activities, he held several visiting professorships in Brazil and Chile. In April 1995 he took over the professorship at the University of Leipzig for the subject "Methodology and Didactics of Foreign Language Teaching, especially German as a Foreign Language". In April 1998 he was appointed to Marburg and in July took up the professorship for “General Didactics and Language Teaching Research” at the Department of Education at the Philipps University of Marburg. In the same year he also took over the management of the information center for foreign language research in Marburg. From January 2000 he was also the managing director of the language center, the establishment of which is largely thanks to him.

Work and research

König's main research areas were didactics and methods of teaching foreign languages ​​as well as the psycholinguistics of foreign language acquisition. His research projects focus on the empirical determination of learning procedures and processes and the resulting consequences for foreign language teaching and second language acquisition. The scientific occupation with learning and teaching material were also focal points of his work.

Research projects:

  • Foreign language teacher training - new concepts and new ways
  • Multilingualism and Foreign Language Teaching - Multilingualism and Foreign Language Teaching,
  • Methodical and didactic developments in and for foreign language teaching.

From 1985 to 1990 he ran together with K.-R. Bausch and K. Kleppin the project

  • Special features of tertiary language teaching in upper secondary school using the example of Italian and Spanish.

From 2005 to 2010 he accompanied W. Hallet on the scientific school experiment

  • Integrative multilingualism at the European School Gladenbach.

In over 200 publications, Königs discussed the subject of learning and teaching foreign languages ​​and tried to provide answers to questions about optimizing, influencing and making learning processes more effective.

Memberships

  • From 1995 co-organizer of the annual spring conference on research into foreign language teaching
  • Co-editor of the magazine Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lern ​​(FLuL)
  • Member of the advisory board of the journal for foreign language research
  • Member of the German as a Foreign Language Association
  • Member of the advisory board of the electronic journal for intercultural didactics
  • Member of the editorial group of the magazine Informations Deutsch als Fremdsprache
  • Member of the external evaluation committee at the Department for Modern European Languages ​​at the University of Pretoria
  • Member of the Senate of the Philipps University of Marburg

Publications

  • Translation in theory and practice: starting points for the conception of a didactic of translation. Groos, Heidelberg 1979.
  • Normative aspects in foreign language teaching. A conceptual contribution to the study of foreign language teaching. Narr, Tübingen 1983.
  • with K. Kleppin: On the trail of correction. Observations and analyzes of the oral correction behavior of foreign language teachers. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1991.
  • with João Azenha: Study letter "Translation" (Brazilian version). Goethe Institute, São Paulo 1995.
  • with A. Bahr, K.-R. Bausch, B. Helbig, K. Kleppin, W. Tönshoff: Research subject tertiary language teaching . Results of an empirical project. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1996.
  • with E. Burwitz-Melzer, C. Riemer: Identity and foreign language learning. Notes on a Complex Relationship. Working papers of the 33rd Spring Conference on Research into Foreign Language Teaching. Anthology. Narr, Tübingen 2013.
  • with J. Jakisch, L. Küster: Lines of Development. Viewpoints of foreign language research. Special issue of the journal Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lern 42nd anthology. 2013.
  • The foreign language teacher in focus. Special issue of the magazine Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lern 43rd anthology. 2014.
  • with W. Hallet: Handbuch Fremdsprachendidaktik. Anthology. Kallmeyer, Seelze-Velber 2013.
  • with W. Hallet: Handbook of Bilingual Teaching. Content and Language Integrated Learning. Anthology. Kallmeyer, Seelze 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commemorative page of Frank G. Königs | WAZ.Trauer.de. Retrieved September 6, 2019 (German).
  2. ^ Research project for foreign language teacher training. Accessed on June 3, 2014
  3. ^ Research project multilingualism. Accessed June 10, 2014
  4. ↑ Research project Didactic Developments. Accessed on June 11, 2014
  5. ↑ [1] Retrieved September 3, 2014
  6. ^ German Society for Foreign Language Research (ZFF) Retrieved June 20, 2014
  7. ↑ Association DAF Retrieved June 5, 2014
  8. ↑ Department for Modern European Languages ​​at the University of Pretoria ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 20, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / web.up.ac.za
personal data
SURNAME Königs, Frank G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Königs, Frank Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German linguist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2019