Angelika Kubanek

• Professor
• Technische Universität Braunschweig

This document is the report about a 2 year study on regular versus intensified foreign language teaching in primary schools in Germany. (languages taught: English, French, Czech, Polish), conducted for the Saxon Ministry of Education, handed in 2003, covering linguistic and cultural aspects.

In the light of recent trends in educational assessment, language testing and the pedagogical discussion about new teacher roles, this article focuses on the skills and abilities required of a language teacher wishing to respond to these developments, with specific reference to the primary (elementary) foreign language classroom. A new concept is i...