Fremdsprache Deutsch Europäisch - DaF Netzwerk

Abstract
II. Internationale Konferenz des DaF-Netzwerks
Das Taaldorp-Konzept für Deutsch als Fremdsprache
Dr. Christoph Chlosta, Dr. Charitini Iordanidou
Universität Duisburg-Essen, Deutschland in Zusammenarbeit mit Irene van Adrighem
und Judith Hartig (Amsterdam)
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages offers the possibility to
express the proficiency of a foreign language learner. Scale descriptors are formulated to
show which situations a language learner can cope with and to provide a guide for identifying
existing language levels of non-native language users.
In the discussion concerning language proficiency with respect to German as a foreign
language repeated reference is made to the Common European Framework of Reference
for Languages, although examination and testing formats have also been developed that
check the learner’s command of the language rather than their ability to apply the language
in specific situations. Here there is an overemphasis on speaking and writing activities,
which creates a gap between the practical application of language and speaking and listening
skills.
At the workshop a new testing format was presented that could close this gap. It is called
Taaldorp and it has been developed in the Netherlands. This format is an action-oriented
approach that concentrates on communicative activities and uses them as a basis for assessing
language skills.
1. Zur Entstehung von taaldorp
Das Konzept des taaldorps ist 1993 im Rahmen der Abschlussarbeiten der Lehrerausbildung
von Frau Koning und Frau Koon an der Universität Amsterdam entwickelt und erprobt wor-
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