Foreign language growth

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So-called foreign language growth is a concept of learning a foreign language . It was developed in 1988 by Susanna Buttaroni and Alfred Knapp as part of the Association of Viennese National Education .

Foreign language growth follows two principles:

  • There are authentic texts are used in language teaching. Authentic texts (audio samples of "real" everyday dialogues) are often not available. Language learning is a process. Everyone willing to learn has specific strategies to find their way around. The foreign language growth approach enables learners to develop their own strategies and learn on their own. So it has an emancipatory approach
  • Learners should learn to recognize small forms (which do not yet result in a systematics of a language) independently.

In theory, it is based on the universal grammar of Noam Chomsky on Language and language ability are innate in man and organized modularly in the human brain.

literature

  • Susanna Buttaroni: Foreign Language Growth . Linguistic psychological background and didactic instructions. Hueber, Ismaning 1997, ISBN 3-19-006622-1 .
Italian edition: Crescita di una lingua straniera. Meccanismi di acquisizione e applicazioni didattiche (= Lingua Alpha & Beta. Volume 3). Edizioni Alpha & Beta, Meran 1997, ISBN 88-7223-018-7 .

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