Inglés Presencial Presentación Congreso Internacional de Lenguas

Although migration to Germany has been an important topic for many years, the number of recently migrated children and teenagers has significantly increased in the last decade. This has led to the task of integrating children with little or no German language proficiency into the educational system across all school subjects, including Physical Education (PE) classes. PE classes, in particular, are seen as helpful for integrating non-native German speaking students into existing class contexts. Consequently, an interdisciplinary team has been formed between the chairs of German as a Second Language and Didactics of Physical Education at the University of Paderborn. Since PE classes not only focus on developing physical skills but also promote a reflective approach to sports, workouts, and health issues, the importance of German as a language of instruction becomes even more relevant for teaching and learning in this field. As the integration of language learning in PE classes is a relatively new area of research, the current findings represent a needs assessment. To achieve the long-term goal of developing practical guidelines to support (subject-specific) language acquisition in PE classes, the curricula for PE classes across all school forms in North Rhine-Westphalia were analyzed to determine in how far language is required to achieve official learning goals. The results presented at this congress demonstrate the importance of language in obtaining and demonstrating competences acquired throughout PE lessons and will be discussed with regard to its potential for PE in Germany as well as for international schools worldwide.

Ponentes: ALEXANDRA TREDER CONSTANZE NIEDERHAUS ELKE GRIMMINGER-SEIDENSTICKER