Their idea was to design a top-notch, intensive, free language course for a group of refugees — and to partner with these newcomers in a language experiment.
There’s a debate about the best way to teach German to nonnative speakers, Goucha says. Often, teachers start with a heavy dose of vocabulary and leave German syntax and sentence structure until later. But some language scholars now think introducing sentence structure earlier in the process may be helpful, especially for adults learning German. Anwander and Goucha hope to help figure out who’s right by directly comparing the two methods.
Learning German In The Name Of Science And Cross-Cultural Collaboration
This combines two areas that are super important to me: language research and helping newcomers get access to language courses. So fascinating!
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