Im Haus der Sprache wohnen

The study proceeds from the identification of a paradox in communicative foreign-language learning: only a minority of school learners develop into competent, conversationally versatile speakers. This negative showing is discussed in the theoretical section of the book. Sensitization of perception and drama-group work encourage a verbal use of language that approximates the natural development of oral communication skills and stimulates acquisition mechanisms. The result is a communication culture sui generis that creates the very conditions required for communication: closeness, cooperation, solidarity.