Techniques of explaining unknown words in German language teaching

Tasevska, Marica and Sarafova, Natasa (2023) Techniques of explaining unknown words in German language teaching. Knowledge - International Jurnal, 61 (5). pp. 935-939. ISSN 2545-923x

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Abstract

The goal of every modern German language teaching is acquisition of language competences, that is,
training students to manage themselves in everyday communicative situations. Knowing as many words as possible
of the target language is certainly one of the main elements for smooth communication. Apart from the continuous
practice and repetition of the words, teacher’s approach towards the explanation of new words in German language
teaching is also of great importance. One of the oldest and at the same time easiest explanation technique for
teachers is the direct translation into the native language. Since the emergence of the grammar-translation method,
the direct translation of unknown words has been the main and basic technique applied in the German language
teaching. With the appearance of the direct method, through the audio-lingual and audio-visual method, up to the
pragmatic-functional concept, various techniques of explaining the unknown vocabulary appeared, with the aim of
more effective and long-term memorization of the certain vocabulary. The purpose of this paper is to determine how
much various techniques for explaining new words are applied in German language teaching. This paper presents a
large number of techniques for explaining unknown words, namely non-verbal and verbal techniques of explanation,
and through a questionnaire conducted among German language teachers, mostly from the Eastern region, it
determines which technique is most used in modern German language teaching.
Keywords: German language, teaching, explanation technique, vocabulary

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Marica Tasevska
Date Deposited:	25 Dec 2023 09:03
Last Modified:	25 Dec 2023 09:03
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/33096

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