Dr. Ludger Schiffler

Biography

After studying Romance and Classical Philology in Frankfurt and Paris, Ludger Schiffler taught French and Latin in Mühlheim Main from 1963 to 1969. He also studied Educational Sciences and Educational Psychology. His promotion took place in 1963. Between 1969 and 1971, he worked as a specialist in the training of French teachers during the second phase of teacher training. In 1971, he was appointed to a chair in 'Didactics of the French Language and Literature' at the Pedagogical University of Berlin. He has since held the same position at Free University of Berlin following its integration with the Berlin Pedagogical University. His work focuses on action-oriented foreign language teaching, suggestopedic foreign language teaching, and French literature in upper secondary education. He has contributed significantly to the empirical study of foreign language instruction, examining the effectiveness of audiovisual methods in teaching French. Schiffler has published numerous articles and books on foreign language pedagogy, emphasizing interactive teaching methods and the psychological aspects of language learning. He has also held guest professorships at universities in Paris. His ongoing research involves the impact of recent neurological findings on foreign language education and the effectiveness of audiovisual teaching methods for German-speaking seventh-graders. Schiffler's academic contributions have greatly influenced contemporary best practices in language education.

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