About the Journal
Didaktik Slawischer Sprachen (Didactics of Slavic Languages) (DiSlaw) is an Open Access journal that is published twice a year and follows a strict double-blind peer review process. DiSlaw is listed in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) (https://doaj.org/toc/2960-4117).
DiSlaw meets the urgent need for a subject-specific journal focused on the teaching and learning of Slavic foreign and heritage languages in German-speaking regions. It combines theoretical foundations with practical approaches to address the challenges of guided language acquisition.
We – the editorial team – do not see subject didactics as a mere collection of best practice examples but rather as a research-driven, theory-based, and practice-oriented discipline. Therefore, DiSlaw provides a publication platform for various types of contributions that engage with the teaching and learning of Slavic languages. In addition to scientific-theoretical articles and theory-guided studies from teaching practice, DiSlaw also publishes practical teaching examples and book reviews (e.g., of textbooks).
DiSlaw presents itself as a multilingual journal, publishing articles in German and English as well as in Bosnian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, and Ukrainian. The journal is also open to contributions in other Slavic languages.
- Issue 7: Audiovisual Media in teaching Slavic languages
- Issue 8: Language and cultural contact
Current Issue
We are pleased to present the sixth issue of DiSlaw magazine, which this time is dedicated to
‘Teaching Slavic Languages’.
After decades of learner orientation or learner-centredness and related concepts such as individualisation or learner autonomy being the focus of foreign language didactics and language teaching research, there has been renewed research interest in teaching and teachers, and not just since the publication of the Hattie study (Caspari, 2016; Hattie, 2021; Klippel, 2016; Königs, 2014; Martinez, 2016). The complexity of teaching processes and teaching is reflected in numerous general didactic models (for an overview, see (Jank & Meyer, 2000); research is dedicated to topics such as successful teacher behaviour, professionalisation of teachers, methods in foreign language teaching, use of media or questions of assessment and evaluation (see Hallet et al., 2020; Kniffka, 2016).
