Teaching German Modal Particles: A Corpus-based Approach offers an approach to the challenges of teaching the usage of modal particles to learners of German that emphasizes awareness raising activities. The worksheets and handouts are sequenced to move learners through a gradual process of inductively noticing patterns of modal particle use, to defining modal particle meanings and usages, to analyzing modal particle use in context, and finally, to deductively using modal particles in extended communicative interactions. All worksheets are followed by answer keys which offer additional explanations about appropriate modal particle usage. The materials have been created on the basis of a collection of authentic communicative computer-mediated interactions that took place between L2 learners of German and native speakers of German.

Teaching German Modal Particles: A Corpus-based Approach is intended for high-intermediate and advanced levels of proficiency and can be used as supplemental materials in a variety of college/university courses.

What educators say:

“Thank you for sharing the German Modal Particles materials! I will be using them from now on with my honor society and German IV students.” Dr. Noelle Andrie, The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Now available as free downloads: All worksheets, answer keys, and handout are now available as free downloadable PDFs. For educational use only. By downloading a PDF, you agree with not reposting or redistributing the materials. Please read “Preface.”