Digitalisierung und virtuelle Lernräume erschließen neue Möglichkeiten für den Fremdsprachenunterricht. Welches Verständnis von virtuellen Sprachlernräumen aber haben wir? Sind digitale Wörterbücher und Korpora Lernräume? Was ist der Unterschied zu Tools, die Zugang zu Räumen und Diskursen ermöglichen? Wie ist eine diesbezügliche Lernortdidaktik zu konzipieren? Dieser Band versucht eine Begriffsklärung und Systematisierung des Digitalen und Virtuellen. Er spannt aber auch den Bogen zu konkreten Lehrkonzepten für den Umgang mit dem sich beständig erweiternden Gegenstandsbereich. Erste empirische Studien runden die Betrachtung dieses wachsenden Forschungsfeldes ab. In elf Beiträgen stellen 15 Autor: innen ihre aktuelle Forschung zu Englisch und Deutsch als Fremdsprache vor.

Teaching languages to adolescents can be a challenge. . . but one that is most rewarding! What works? What doesn't work? This book provides a reader friendly overview on teaching modern languages to adolescents (Years 7-13). Each chapter takes an aspect of language teaching and learning, and explains the underlying theory of instructed language acquisition and its application through examples from real language classrooms. The book explores teachers' practices and the reasoning behind their pedagogic choices through the voices of both the teachers themselves and their students. At the same time, it highlights the needs of the adolescent language learner and makes the case that adolescence is a prime time for language learning. Written in an accessible, engaging way, yet comprehensive in its scope, this will be essential reading for language teachers wishing to integrate cutting-edge research into their teaching. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at 10.1017/9781108869812

Teaching languages to adolescents can be a challenge. . . but one that is most rewarding! What works? What doesn't work? This book provides a reader friendly overview on teaching modern languages to adolescents (Years 7-13). Each chapter takes an aspect of language teaching and learning, and explains the underlying theory of instructed language acquisition and its application through examples from real language classrooms. The book explores teachers' practices and the reasoning behind their pedagogic choices through the voices of both the teachers themselves and their students. At the same time, it highlights the needs of the adolescent language learner and makes the case that adolescence is a prime time for language learning. Written in an accessible, engaging way, yet comprehensive in its scope, this will be essential reading for language teachers wishing to integrate cutting-edge research into their teaching. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at 10.1017/9781108869812