Describes an experimental course in informal German conversation and dramatics at the University of California, Berkeley, California. (RS)

Describes an exercise in adapting Grimms' fairy tales as colloquial radio plays for class performance at the University of California, Los Angeles. (RS)

Discusses language fieldwork (direct personal contact with native speakers) as an adjunct activity in German conversation and composition courses and as a means of encouraging contacts between students and native speakers of German. Discusses the author's personal experience with such an activity, evaluates the project, and draws conclusions based…

The German weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" contains a very rich variety of topics and is therefore an inexhaustable source for an exciting conversation class. This article outlines and lists the advantages of a German conversation course organized around this newspaper. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Describes classroom techniques to develop student participation in a German conversation course at Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, Colorado. (RS)

Describes a week of special German studies implemented at Del Valle High School, Walnut Creek, California. (RS)

Describes a situation-centered approach to second language acquisition and provides examples of class activities, assignments, and exams. (EKN)

Describes a fifth-semester university course in German in which students analyze the stylistic features of the language and its function in specific cultural contexts, such as films, speeches, songs, and newspapers. The course is conducted entirely in German and focuses on a single stylistic theme each week. (SED)

Presents the goals, procedures, visual aids, instructional materials used in a German conversation and culture class taught in English. The courses are intended to realistically portray the way of life and the environment of the people of East and West Berlin. (LMO)