“Visions of Languages in Education”

posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany

New issuance: Doff, Sabine; Hüllen, Werner & Klippel, Friederike (Eds.) (2008). Visions of Languages in Education - Visionen der Bildung durch Sprachen. Berlin, München, Wien, Züstrong, New York: Langenscheidt ELT. [MAFF = Münchener Arbeiten zur Fremdsprachen-Forschung; edited by Friederike Klippel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany]

Available discussion of school education in Germany has been dominated by a move towards purely working goals. The obligation to compare learning outcomes between schools, regions or even countries may, in many respects, be reassuring, but it narrows the teaching in schools. This is particularly true for unassimilable language teaching. As a consequence, general goals of Bildung, self-arrangement and the acquisition of cultural knowledge are neglected or even by-passed intentionally.

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