TEACHING GERMAN IN THE MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONTEXT. A Textbook. Author: Yanka Koeva. Veliko Tarnovo: “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” Publishing House of the University of Veliko Tarnovo, 2020, 242 p. ISBN: 978-619-208-215-4

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Pages: 266-268
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/YYPQ8321

Abstract:

A new book for teaching German as a foreign language is presented in the paper. The author, Yanka Koeva, writes about the modern dimensions of some methodological issues since learners, educational policy and social demands have changed. Considering the latest achievement in neurodidactics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics as well as the European dimensions of education policy allows the author to define the goals, principles and content of the modern foreign language teaching. Well-known traditional teaching methods are presented followed by some recently developed alternative methods. Yanka Koeva gives special attention to teaching and acquiring linguistic knowledge and skills, necessary for learners to be able to use the target language for communication; she also systematizes modern views of the teachers’ professional competencies and gives useful ideas for organizing the process of foreign language teaching.

Keywords:

German; foreign language; teaching; neurodidactics; methods; knowledge; skills; professional competencies

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