LEARNING GERMAN VOCABULARY AT A1 LEVELREPETITION AND ACTIVE USE IN THE CLASSROOM
Keywords:
German as a foreign language, A1 level, vocabulary learning, retrieval practice, language teachingAbstract
This paper examines how vocabulary can be introduced and reinforced at A1 level in German as a foreign language. It draws on a focused analysis of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the Goethe-Institut's A1 word list, and selected experimental studies of vocabulary learning. The analysis distinguishes recognition of a word from independent use. On this basis, the paper proposes a short teaching sequence in which learners encounter words in a concrete situation, retrieve them repeatedly, and then use them in their own utterances. The sequence is a teaching proposal; its effectiveness was not tested empirically in this paper. The central aim is to help learners use words to complete simple communicative tasks rather than merely recall translations.
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