Proceedings of the International Conference on European Multilingualism: Shaping Sustainable Educational and Social Environment (EMSSESE 2019)

Integrated bilingual class as a way to overcome interference of English in German

Authors
Nina Ushakova, Julia Makkoveeva, Natalia Drozdova, Natalia Ershova, Natalia Smirnova, Anna Larkina
Corresponding Author
Nina Ushakova
Available Online November 2019.
DOI
10.2991/emssese-19.2019.40How to use a DOI?
Keywords
foreign language acquisition, integrated bilingual classes, interference
Abstract

This paper is the result of a study investigating the role of integrated bilingual classes in reducing interference in acquisition of German as the second foreign language. Focus groups were students of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk. The students studied English as a first foreign language and German as a second foreign language. The aim of our study was to find a way of reducing the negative effect of English on German acquisition during speaking. Throughout the study, we applied such methods as observation, interviews of focus groups, surveys and oral testing. To achieve the aim of our research, we conducted a series of integrated classes. During the experiment, we found out that integrated class activities contributed to reducing vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation mistakes during learners’ speaking. This study can provide a basis for future research into the phenomenon of interference and the ways of overcoming it.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on European Multilingualism: Shaping Sustainable Educational and Social Environment (EMSSESE 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2019
ISBN
10.2991/emssese-19.2019.40
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/emssese-19.2019.40How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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