9 Increasing Learner Activity in the First ICMM Phase: a First-Hand Report

Dirk Weidmann

9.1 Introduction

In the realm of competence-based teaching, teachers are constantly facing the challenge of offering a stimulating learning environment, thereby adjusting instructions as well as exercises towards their pupils’ needs. Therefore, a profound diagnosis of the learners’ language competences – based on a reliable amount of collected data – must be recognized as an indispensable prerequisite for establishing an effective learning route. According to Marianne Horstkemper (2006: 4), the results of this initial evaluation usually reveal a complex heterogeneity of the group and imply the necessity of a thorough and ideally individualized training ...

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