Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Denk, Walter Josef
• Karottki, Hartmut

Titel

Authentic Materials for the Business German Classroom

Ort / Verlag

Harmut Korottki, Goethe Institute

Erscheinungsjahr

1988

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A discussion of authentic instructional materials for the business German classroom examines the reasons for using such materials, and focuses on reading strategies to be used with authentic German texts. Authentic materials' advantages include their communicative function, their intended use by a real audience, and their specific form. It is proposed that authentic materials can be adapted for instructional use without compromising these advantages. A 5-stage reading process that draws on schema theory to help students attain global proficiency is applied to the use of authentic materials. The stages include: (1) preteaching/preparation; (2) skimming and scanning; (3) decoding/intensive reading; (4) comprehension check; (5) and transferable/integrating skills. Variations of some aspects of the model are also discussed. (MSE)