Cooperation with EHP (2): Language Emergency Doctor

ASEcoLi  has helped the Europäisches Haus Pappenheim (EHP) in developing the Language Emergency Doctor method (in German: Sprach-Not-Arzt), an innovative method with which you can teach German to migrants and refugees with no prior knowledge basic communicative skills for their new life within just a few days. The teaching material for adults has appeared as ASEcoLi Publications by the Academy for SocioEconomic Linguistics 6. A number of EHP Newsletters have already reported on the method and the courses. The principles can also be transposed to teaching other languages to beginners.

Basic Global English – New Free Downloads

Good news for primary schools and adult training institutes: Thanks to the cooperation between the EHP and ASEcoLi it is now possible to offer further learning material for our concept Basic Global English for free (via the ASEcoLi, the EHP,  or the BGE website):

„30 Years of LdL“: Celebration + Book Presentation

Last Saturday we celebrated 30 years of LdL at the Europäisches Haus Pappenheim (EHP). The celebration included the presentation of the new LdL book by Bea Klüsener and me. Here are press releases from Der Skribent and Weißenburger Tagblatt. The LdL website is currently hosted by ASEcoLi.

 

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99 audios for learning Hungarian for the first encounter

While skills in French are relatively widespread in Germany, Hungarian is a hardly studied language here. Due to the partnership between Pappenheim and Iszkaszentgyörgy, to be officially started at the weekend of the EHP opening, the EHP is therefore offering in cooperation with ASEcoLi learning material, developed by myself for the first encounters with Hungarians. The innovative study concept was already tested by students. It consists of a little textbook and 99 audio files that are freely downloadable at ASEcoLi or via the EHP website. The concept consists of 4 phases and uses the German language as an aid for learning the words and structures and offers memory hooks.

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New book on European languages and cultures

If you are familiar with German, you may be interested in my latest book Europas Sprachen und Kulturen im Wandel der Zeit, available at amazon.de.

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German materials of „Welcome to the World!“ at Amazon

For self-teaching Basic Global English, Germans can now purchase the accompanying material to Welcome to the World! at amazon.de.  The core material is still available for free at the BGE website or via ASEcoLi.

 

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„Hello World“ at Amazon

Our book Hello World! Teacher Handbook Basic Global English (BGE) is now also available at amazon.de, amazon.com, amazon.co.uk and amazon.ca.

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Introduction to Linguistics by Joachim Grzega

My materials for the introduction to linguistics have now been published as a book at LINCOM. If students order it directly at LINCOM, they will get it at a special discount clearly below the prices for other introductions of smaller size.  The book’s full title is Introduction to Linguistics from a Global Perspective: An Alternative Approach to Language and Languages. It is based on a 10-plus-year-long teaching experience. 10 chapters

New BGE Article

A new article on BGE, by Sandra Stenzenberger and myself, has now been published in the Journal for EuroLinguistiX. The article deals with teaching pronunciation, vocabulary and communication skills and tests different skills with respect to the Common European Framework of Reference.

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On the Michel Thomas Method

In a self-experiment and in a class experiment, I tried out the Michel Thomas Method (MTM). I tried out the Spanish course (with pre-knowledge of Spanish) and the Polish course (without previous knowledge of Polish) and I designed lessons in Russian and Swedish to be taught to other people. The MTM is based on these principles: