Survey of Global Simulation at the Intersection of Theory and Practice in the Intermediate-Level German Classroom

• Published in: Die Unterrichtspraxis Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 99 - 116
• Main Authors: Levine, Glenn S, Eppelsheimer, Natalie, Kuzay, Franz, Moti, Simona, Wilby, Jason
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Association of Teachers of German 2004
• Subjects: Communicative Competence (Languages); German; Higher Education; Intercultural Communication; Learning Theories; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Simulation; Sociocultural Patterns; Teaching Methods

The article presents a format for intermediate, university-level German instruction called "global simulation" (GS) as the curricular manifestation of several recent trends in the literature on instructed second-language acquisition, in particular interactionist and task-based approaches,...