"Am Kürzeren Ende Der Sonnenallee" in 140 Characters or Less: Using Twitter as a Creative Approach to Literature in the Intermediate German Classroom

Autor/in	Steckenbiller, Christiane
Titel	"Am Kürzeren Ende Der Sonnenallee" in 140 Characters or Less: Using Twitter as a Creative Approach to Literature in the Intermediate German Classroom
Quelle	In: Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 49 (2016) 2, S.147-160 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1756-1221
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Telecommunications; Teaching Methods; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Second Language Instruction; German; Communicative Competence (Languages); Learner Engagement; Communication Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Telekommunikationstechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Deutscher; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Kommunikationsstil
Abstract	The advent of new and social media, and Twitter in particular, has not only revolutionized how we communicate with each other, but also how we learn and teach. Twitter is increasingly incorporated across the disciplines as a tool to engage with content. In the foreign-language classroom, for instance, Twitter has been used to facilitate language learning, communicate with native speakers, and build community. This article describes how Twitter was initially introduced into an intermediate German classroom to improve communicative competence and foster student engagement. Yet its main focus is on how Twitter was used as the only method of instruction as part of the discussion of Thomas Brussig's 1999 novel "Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee". The first section explains the methodology behind using Twitter, and briefly charts the advantages and disadvantages of the social networking tool for honing communicative skills and building community. The second section outlines the classroom unit during which the students and the instructor communicated solely via Twitter. After a discussion of the session, and sample student assignments and reactions, the article concludes by highlighting the educational benefits of Twitter as a playful and motivating approach to teaching literature in the intermediate foreign-language classroom. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01