Cultivating Critical Listening: "Hörspiele" in the German Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Kita, Caroline A.; Eley, Michelle R.
Titel	Cultivating Critical Listening: "Hörspiele" in the German Classroom
Quelle	In: Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 52 (2019) 1, S.69-81 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1756-1221
Schlagwörter	Acoustics; Radio; Programming (Broadcast); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Cultural Awareness; Nouns; Listening Comprehension; Listening Skills; Familiarity; Literary Genres; Cultural Context; History; Units of Study; Drama; Teaching Methods; Grammar; Critical Thinking; Auditory Stimuli; German + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akustik; Programmgestaltung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Hörverständnis; Literarische Form; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Lerneinheit; Schauspiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Grammatik; Kritisches Denken; Auditive Stimulation; Deutscher
Abstract	This article examines how the radio drama, or "Hörspiel", might be successfully implemented in the German classroom to train students' ability to listen for context. "Hörspiele" can help students reduce their dependency on visual stimuli, develop critical and discerning listening skills, and acquire familiarity with a lesser-known literary genre and its historical and cultural context. Offering a sample five-day unit modeled on Heinrich Böll's radio play, "Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen", this article outlines three ways that this "Hörspiel" can be used in the German language classroom with intermediate- to advanced-level language learners: (1) to develop students' ability to listen for context through an acoustic literary genre, (2) to reinforce and contextualize grammar concepts such as case and noun declension, and (3) to introduce postwar German culture and the concept of "Vergangenheitsbewältigung". The unit's overall aim is to teach students to think critically about how contextual clues such as the quality of voices, background noises, and other acoustic elements help convey meaning. At the conclusion of the unit, students demonstrate their knowledge of the genre and its acoustic markers by creating their own original "Hörspiel" or radio play adaptation of a short story. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01