Hello all, Chris here again with a couple of videos for fellow German teachers about the history of the German language. We have all had students ask why certain words, spellings, and sounds are the way they are in German. Without launching into a detailed discussion on historical linguistics, you can instead show these fairly short videos to your students if you want to let them in on a little bit of the history behind the development of German! These videos bring up a few interesting discussion questions:
- Do you discuss the development of German in your courses? If so, how do you incorporate this topic into your lessons?
- What are the benefits of discussing the history of a language in lower level classes?
- Should this be introduced at all in the lower levels or is this best saved for higher level language courses and/or courses in linguistics?
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