SUMMARY OF THE CREATIVE RESEARCH GRANT RESULTS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF GOSPEL PRINCIPLES IN BEGINNING GERMAN CLASSES

Authors

Sandra Ehlert, Brigham Young University
Dr. Randall Lund, Brigham Young University

Keywords

gospel principles, German classes, language classes

College

Humanities

Department

German and Russian

Abstract

First of all, I must admit that it was more difficult than I initially thought it would be to approach this project. The curriculum for beginning German classes, as well as for other beginning language classes here at Brigham Young University, is very tight. Class time has to almost be exclusively used for the teaching of grammar and other principles; thus, if I spent much time trying to integrate gospel principles, the class got behind and felt disadvantaged at test time. In other words, the curriculum does not allow time for education outside the curriculum; and gospel teachings are not in the curriculum. Culture is a very important aspect in language classes and schooled not be treated lightly. Students need to know about the culture of the country they are learning the language of. This takes away some time that could be used to talk and teach about gospel principles in the target language.

Recommended Citation

Ehlert, Sandra and Lund, Dr. Randall (2013) "SUMMARY OF THE CREATIVE RESEARCH GRANT RESULTS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF GOSPEL PRINCIPLES IN BEGINNING GERMAN CLASSES," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 822.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/822