SOME ISSUES ON TEACHING GERMAN MODAL VERBS

Authors

  • Lali Beridze

Abstract

The article deals with the Task Based Learning of German modal verbs at universities. This method is based on Constructivism Teaching Theory according to which a language learner learns language better if he/she constructs the gained knowledge individually. independently. A learner selects the material he thinks is interesting and important for him. According to the new requirements of teaching a foreign language at universities we should foresee the factor of a limited time which is envisaged in the teaching programs and curricula. Besides, we could select optimum language material, work on it didactically and methodically and give it in a right order. It should be based on students’ previous knowledge. The article discusses the samples of choice and sequence of modal verbs at a starter level. It also discusses different variants of presenting the material of modal verbs and the results of the experiment. The article also deals with the teaching projects that envisage collaborative work, the usage of social forms and implementation the teaching process oriented on the result that is the aim of teaching a foreign language.

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Published

2015-06-20

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 18 (2015): GULANI (Linguistics, Literature Studies, History and Education)

Section

Education, Pedagogy and Methodology

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