Who's responsible? The German language learner perspective

The University of South Carolina (USC) Upstate's German Studies program has evolved considerably since its inception and today boasts healthy enrollments in its lower and upper-level courses. Turning to the students enrolled in lower-level L2 courses when deciding what's next in terms of p...

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Published inDie Unterrichtspraxis Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 42 - 46
Main Author Lorenz, Alexander
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cherry Hill American Association of Teachers of German, Inc 01.03.2024
Subjects
College students
Computer science
Course Descriptions
Data analysis
Departments
Enrollments
German as a second language
High Schools
Informatics
Interdisciplinary subjects
Language Proficiency
Middle schools
Nontraditional students
Political science
Questionnaires
Second language instruction
Second language learning
Secondary schools
Socioeconomic factors
Student retention
United States > US
South Carolina
Germany
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Summary:The University of South Carolina (USC) Upstate's German Studies program has evolved considerably since its inception and today boasts healthy enrollments in its lower and upper-level courses. Turning to the students enrolled in lower-level L2 courses when deciding what's next in terms of program development is key to effective curricular adjustments and sustainable growth of a German Studies department. The main data for this analysis were obtained from a 30-item survey administered to a group of 115 undergraduate students of German enrolled in the lower-level German sequence in the Spring semester of 2023.
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ISSN:0042-062X
1756-1221
DOI:10.1111/tger.12271