Mit der vorliegenden Festschrift fur Karin Kleppin wird eine Wissenschaftlerin geehrt, die die deutsche Sprachlehrforschung seit ihren Anfangen in den 1970er-Jahren massgeblich gepragt hat. Der Sammelband orientiert sich an den Forschungsschwerpunkten von Karin Kleppin und ist unterteilt in die Themenbereiche "Individuelles und individualisiertes Fremdsprachenlernen", "Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung von bzw. zu Experten fur Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen", "Testen, Prufen, Evaluieren fremdsprachlicher Kompetenzen" sowie "Fremdsprachenlernen im Hochschulkontext". Die Beitrage spiegeln aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Sprachlehrforschung und benachbarten Disziplinen wider. Ruckblicke in ihre Biografie zeichnen die Forscherpersoenlichkeit von Karin Kleppin nach. Dieser Band schliesst die Reihe ab.

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