Reflections on the teaching of German Modal Particles in an extension course: Needs assessment and experiences of students and teachers

• Autor(a) principal: Aquino, Marceli
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Badain, Gabriela Sarmento
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Domínios de Lingu@gem
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/dominiosdelinguagem/article/view/71855
• topic: Alemão como Língua Adicional; Ensino de partículas modais alemãs; Perspectiva de professoras e estudantes; German as an Additional Language; Teaching German Modal Particles; Perspective of teachers and students

This article critically discusses the teaching of German Modal Particles (MPs) from the perspective of teachers and students who participated in an Extension course offered by the University of São Paulo. Despite being essential for everyday interaction in the German language, MPs are rarely linguistically contextualized in the teaching of German as an additional language (GAL) (Thurmair, 2010; Weydt, 1983; Aquino, 2020). Our research group has been engaged in the discussion and dissemination of teaching and learning approaches for MPs, especially in the local context. With the goal to better understand the needs and knowledge of Brazilian GAL teachers and students, we conducted two data collections through online questionnaires, before and after the extension course. The findings indicate the relevance of the course in raising awareness about the MPs, having a positive impact on the participants' education, significantly increasing their confidence in dealing with the subject in the GAL classroom. Considering the lack of proposals based on practical and theoretical concepts that consider the experiences of our target audience, this study represents a significant contribution to the teaching of MPs in Brazil.